Really Interesting and Beautiful RIZAL Postcards! Hope the Movie Was!
Friday, June 30, 2006
More "RIZAL the Animated Movie" Postcards
Really Interesting and Beautiful RIZAL Postcards! Hope the Movie Was!
"RIZAL The Animated Movie" Postcards
Got these postcards of "RIZAL the Animated Movie" a while back; but still haven't been able to see the Movie. Was it released for public exhibition in theaters? Is it available on video?
JOSE P. RIZAL POSTCARD BY BENCAB "Execution of Rizal"
BEN CABRERA / Execution of Rizal / Charcoal on paper / 1996 /23" X 30"
On December 30, 1883, Rizal had a nightmare, "I dreamed that imitating an actor in a scene in which he dies. I felt vividly that my breath was falling and i was rapidly losing strength. Then my vision became dim and a dense darkness like that of nothingness overpowered me; the anguish of death. I wanted to shout and ask for help...feeling that I was about to die. I awoke weak and breathless." Thirteen years to the day; at 7:03 in the morning of December 30,1896, Rizal's life was snuffed out by two bullets, one in the back, another in the head.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
JOSE P. RIZAL POSTCARD BY BENCAB "Towards Bagumbayan"
BEN CABRERA / Towards Bagumbayan / Charcoal on paper / 1996 / 23" X 30"
Walking to his place of execution at the Luneta on the cool morning of December 30, 1896 Rizal was quoted as saying "What a beautiful morning! On mornings like this, I used to take walks here with my sweetheart. "Turning to the two Jesuits who accompanied him, he looked towards Intramuros and asked "Is that Ateneo? I spent many happy years there."
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
JOSE P. RIZAL POSTCARD BY BENCAB "Mi Ultimo Adios"
BEN CABRERA / Mi Ultimo Adios / Charcoal on paper / 1996 / 23" X 30"
Were there any moths in Rizal's Fort santiago prison cell in late December 1896? I imagine one or two insects attracted to the smokeless blue flame of Rizal's alcohol lamp where he later hid the manuscript Ultimo Adios. Isn't it fascinating that the Rizal story begins with a lamp and a moth and his mother reading the the tale of the Moth and the Flame, then Rizal ends life with another lamp. A very thematic coincidence indeed. Or was it the carefully choreography of a concious hero?
BEN CABRERA / The Moth and the Flame / Charcoal on paper / 1996 / 23" X 30"
JOSE P. RIZAL POSTCARD BY BENCAB "Rizal in Fort Santiago"
BEN CABRERA / Rizal in Fort Santiago / 1996 / 23" X 30"
The Jesuits worked in vain to convert Rizal to the religion of his youth. Unknown to Rizal in his prison cell, Paciano was being tortured to implicate his brother. Family tradition says that paciano was returned hoe half-dead and never fully recovered from the beating he received.
JOSE P. RIZAL POSTCARD BY BENCAB "Rizal the Sportsman"
BEN CABRERA / Rizal the Sportsman / Charcoal on paper / 1996 / 23" X 30"
Rizal was born with a frail body and an oversized head. His left shoulder was slightly lower than the right and he spoke with a slight lisp. Due to his physical defects Rizal compensated physically wuth sports: fencing, pistol shooting, weightlifting, swimming, riding, and calisthenics. Filipino children know Rizal as an intellectual than as a sportsman, but true to his Jesuit education, Rizal maintained a healthy mind in a healthy body. Mens sana in corpore sano.
JOSE P. RIZAL POSTCARD BY BENCAB "Los Indios Bravos"
BEN CABRERA / Los Indios Bravos / Charcoal on paper / 1996 / 23" X 30"
When Columbus set foot in America in 1492 he mistook the place for India, hence the people he found there were called indios. The term later became generic for native peoples in Spanish colonies. Indio in the Philippines took on a negative shade since " Filipino" referred to Spaniards born in the Philippines. Rizal and his expatriate barkada in Europe took the term as a badge of courage and called themselves Los Indios Bravos (The Brave Indians).
JOSE P. RIZAL POSTCARD BY BENCAB "The Family Tree"
BEN CABRERA / The Family Tree / Charcoal on paper / 1996 / 23" X 33"
This is the first time that Rizal's family tree is graphically represented, thus providing faces to the familiar names in textbooks and biographies of the hero. What comes out very clear here is that Rizal grew up in a house dominated by strong-willed women starting from his mother.
JOSE P. RIZAL POSTCARD BY BENCAB "El Indio Bravo"
BEN CABRERA / El Indio Bravo / Acrylic on canvas / 1996 / 23" X 30"
JOSE P. RIZAL Postcard Book By BENCAB
Postcard Book on JOSE P. RIZAL (18 postcards)
BEN CABRERA -better known as Bencab is a master of contemporary Philippine art. Bencab studied fine arts at the University of the Philippines. A prolific painter and printmaker, he has exhibited widely in the Philippines and abroad. In a career spanning three decades, he has collected several major awards, including the 1992 Gawad CCP para sa sining (Cultural Center of the Philippines Award for the Arts) and the 1997 ASEAN Achievement Award for Visual Arts.
The Postccard book is avisual narrative of Rizal's life and death. The drawings were originally commissioned by Tahanan Books to illustrate a biography of the Philippines' national hero, written by Ma. Asuncion Lopez-Bantug, Rizal's grandniece.
Captions by Ambeth R. Ocampo
SUPERMAN POSTCARD
Part of a five post card set of comic book superheroes issued in 1995 by the Canada Post Corporation.
Captions at back:
SUPERMAN, first of the superheroes, made his debut in ACTION COMICS No. 1 (June 1938). He was the brainchild of artist Joe Shuster and writer Jerry Siegel.
SUPERMAN, le tout premier superheros, fit son apparition en juin 1938, dans le premier numero de la revue ACTION COMICS. Ses creaturs furent l'artiste Joe Shuster et l'ecrivain Jerry Siegel.
Other heroes in the set: Johnny Canuck, Nelvana of the Northern Lights, Captain Canuck and Fleur de Lys.
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
SUPERMAN on STAMPS
The movie SUPERMAN RETURNS will be in theaters by next week. Here is an issue from Canada which features the well-loved Superhero. Are there any more stamps which has superman (or other superheoes) on them?
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
100 years of BASKETBALL - STAMPS
With the 2006 NBA FINALS also currently going on; here is a souvenir sheet commemorating 100 years since the invention of Basketball (issued by CANADA in 1991)
WORLD CUP STAMPS (2002)
With the World Cup Fever on; we have here the 2002 World Cup Stamps (Korea) issued by the host country. Now if we could just get the 2006 World Cup Stamps (Germany) ...
More Omnibus Coronation Stamps (1953)
GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS - NORTHERN RHODESIA - NORTH BORNEO
MAURITIUS - NIGERIA - CAYMAN ISLANDS
MALAYA PENANG - GIBRALTAR - VIRGIN ISLANDS
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
ISABELLA Stamps from Cuba (1855-1857)
Stamps from Cuba issued under Spanish Dominion
Early issues (1855-1857) including #1??
Isabella Stamps
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