verve... vivacity... virtue...

verve... vivacity... virtue... http://gelchris.multiply.com/ "There are two classes of poets- the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and the poets by nature, these we love" -Emerson- Wed, 14 May 2008 16:03:01 -0000 Sun, 4 May 2008 16:09:45 -0000 verve... vivacity... virtue... http://images.gelchris.multiply.com/logo http://gelchris.multiply.com 100 100 for Andouille The Magic Moment. The Magic Ride _Christian Licen_                                                                         I wish I did a lot.  I wish I could do more.  But I could only wish.  This wishful thinking about my life is but a dream revealed by the fiction of reality.  Like a child who dreams of fantasies with a comical universe of its own and fairytales with its feel-good happy ending.  I wish I were one again.  Just as the dogmatic writer, Paolo Coelho says, “We have to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside us.  That child understands magic moments.  We can s... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/63/for_Andouille Sun, 4 May 2008 16:09:45 -0000 sa pakalssssss...... lewlsss... nadayon jud me! reminiscing the good old days.... whatta a big change.. marton ikaw nana? salvee? gettin sexier? ahhaha and me? ambot ...^^ kamo nalay http://gelchris.multiply.com/photos/album/21/sa_pakalssssss...... Sun, 4 May 2008 15:45:25 -0000 Memories all alone the moonlight Memory of the Sunken Noon Christian Ray Licen   Young were the days When she held me on her lap Seated against the wicker chair   So much to paint that picture When words were- but milk- And I am an infant- sucking Her succulent tender breasts.   “Honey-sweet”, I reckon. Though tastelessly lactic they would say. And she would nimble To hear me say, ‘ma-ma’ And eke out a gentle smile Pressing me to her bosom With a cradling nocturne Of the young evening.   And when the sun warms The mattress, The soaked dampen sheets, She wouldn’t tire to change With hands to thread the pleats.   Until the day stretches the hammock To suspend the calloused toil Amid the fecund bloom of noon But the sun’s disk had shrunk. Like a raisin wrinkled on the soil.   And where was I to find? Just above the festered earth Drenched by the sediments of my calling,   :”Mama! Mama!”   Words were there to mouth The frothing curdles of milk And the silence braced the dusk A knot... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/62/Memories_all_alone_the_moonlight Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:07:12 -0000 pensive soul Love Divine, Love Madness Poetry the saddest   What madness lies in me tonight To fill the shadowy corners of my sight To write some poetry, succeed? I wonder. Or orphan defeat. You reconsider. Such madness knows no contrite But curse my heart so fraught with fright. My face frown a chagrin stare That bellows the cries of the solitary air But afar my sight, though distance nearing A soul in flaming red-hot glaring, Came nearer and nearer, then ember-cold Like ashes crumbled from the heavens untold. To fill the gaps in my head And clear my blurry sight To ease my heart’s despair And calm the rubble plight Oh what success I count In my poetry tonight That it gives a magic treat And write with eternity my heart’s delight A soul in the shadows so bitter-sweet   http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/61/pensive_soul Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:20:43 -0000 oeuvre III To my one and only Eternal     Beneath the belly of the skies A fond seedling grows And where it sprouts                                   Green. Green. Green.                                                         Seedbed of the rose.   The ephemeral city lights Just go round about me And where I sit in the center                                      Wind. Wind. Wind.   ... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/60/oeuvre_III Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:17:19 -0000 Criticism on William Butler Yeats   Metaphor and Meaning in William Butler Yeats’ Poetry -Christian Ray Licen BA English Major in Literature                   Metaphor from Greek metapherein means to transfer (from meta- + pherein to bear).  It is the expression of an understanding of one concept in terms of another concept, where there is some similarity or correlation between the two (<A href="http://www.sil.org/linguistics">www.sil.org/linguistics</A>).  In poetry, Metaphor takes its roots in figurative locution that states a transfer of features, characteristics and details from objects, ideas or events.  The concept employs metaphor as fundamentally general.  Meaning, on the other hands, is the essential construction of thought revealed by major salient elements in poetry. In this analysis, I combined the two for the purpose of unraveling a terse understanding of William Butler Yeats’ turgid poesy.          &nb... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/59/Criticism_on_William_Butler_Yeats Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:11:45 -0000 comparative literature Licen, Christian Ray C. BA English Major in Literature III-V   Comparative Literature: Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton A Critical Essay                                                   Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton are three famous giants in the literary world.  Each of them leaped a towering bulk of significant literary canon, thus, bringing about an indelible and formidable impression until this post-modern era.  Notably, these prime shakers had not just enkindled their literary flare to its utmost luminescence but also belted out the course of literary history with an iron hand. Chaucer gradually pioneered a major historical change in the development of English had it not been by the influence of Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, Juan ... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/58/comparative_literature Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:36:54 -0000 post-structuralist Licen, Christian Ray C. BA English Major in Literature III-V   Criticism of Fiction: Post-Structural Analysis Selection: Chinua Achebe’s Dead Men’s Path     Post-Structural Analysis: Chinua Achebe’s Dead Men’s Path       This story by Chinua Achebe is a conflict between individual aspirations and communal rites.  Central to the story is the issue of Obi who is appointed as the new headmaster of Ndume Central School wherein he wishes to renovate the school by way of pegging out its parameters.  This attempt of his has brought about a communal turmoil among the local settlers and native villagers because it would only mean a closure of their road toward the shrine where most of their rituals take place.  Obi, though filled with energy and potential to establish good rapport with the people, is scandalized by an old woman’s trespassing of their school. That prompts him to fence around whole the school vicinity, thus prohibiting the native pilgri... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/57/post-structuralist Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:41:56 -0000 psychoanalysis criticism Licen, Christian Ray C. BA English Major in Literature III-V   Criticism of Fiction: Psychoanalysis Criticism Selection: Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’   Psychoanalysis Criticism: Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’                                                   In this story, the narrator suffers from nervous condition namely postpartum depression.  Together with her husband who is a doctor, they move in to a temporary old mansion house for a rest-cure therapy where she is to recuperate in solitude- free from any mental, physical and emotional activity.  Her husband has forbidden her to write because it is taxing and tedious on her part.  All she has to do is to simply rest and empty her s... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/56/psychoanalysis_criticism Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:02:31 -0000 marxist analysis Licen, Christian Ray C. BA English III-V   Criticism of Fiction: Marxist Critical Theory Selection: Bharati Mukherjee’s “Jasmine”     Marxist Criticism: Bharati Mukherjee’s “Jasmine”                                         The story centers on the plight of Jasmine as an illegal immigrant in the U.S.  Coming from a middle-class family in Trinidad, Port-of-Spain, she is ferried off through the boarders of Windsor to get into Detroit.  Whoever is to blame in her escapade, it is her father, Dr.Vassanji who keeps pushing her to seek for “greener pastures” in the land of milk and honey, America.  By way of “greener pastures”, the author denotes not just an idiomatic locution, but in the most overt literal sense, the dollar.  Such that in a state where most Black Americans dwe... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/53/marxist_analysis Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:12:20 -0000 New Criticism Analysis Licen, Christian Ray C. BA English Major in Literature III-V   English 110: Criticism of Fiction Selection:  Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby” Critical Approach: New Criticism   Kate Chopin’s ‘Desiree’s Baby’ New Criticism Approach                                         The story opens when Madam Valmonde visited Desiree, the protagonist in the story, to see her baby.  Upon her way to L’Abri, Madam Valmonde reminisced Desiree’s childhood days with her, being her surrogate mother.  Events began to unfold upon Mdm. Valmonde’s recollection of Desiree’s past.  Chopin’s use of the “flashback” technique enables us to browse through a series of incidents that will pile up to the crux of the crisis.  It was eighteen years ago when Armand Aubigny, riding by his horse, that he caug... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/52/New_Criticism_Analysis Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:19:29 -0000 Post Modern analysis Licen, Christian Ray C. BA English Major in Literature III-V   Selection: Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ “Death Constant Beyond Love” Critical Approach: Post-Modernism   Post Modern Analysis of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ ‘Death Constant Beyond Love’                                       Forty-two, happily married, stable and successful in his mid-career as a politician in full control and power, Senator Onesimo Sanchez is made to feel suddenly helpless and hopeless when told that he will die the soonest for about six months and eleven days.  With the conflict given beforehand, events unfold as to how the protagonist lives up to the fullest for his remaining days.  Eventually, his political maneuverings for the upcoming elections of seeking another post as a senator had persisted, thus, pinning down ... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/51/Post_Modern_analysis Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:26:24 -0000 The Narrative The Litany of the Mimetic Christian Ray Licen   I commence. Amen!   …That this silence is perturbed by the anonymous conceit of a soul trapped between the realm of the surreal, perhaps just “an overdose of reality”   I speak. Truth.   … And what lies linger on the buoyant torrent? I’m submerged in the ocean of choices. Half-filled? Whole? Ah, the meniscus perhaps.  I can always surface beyond a cylindrical measure out of the fluid perplexity of my random volition.                    Gravity is mere pull; and so, I push my self down and down  the water, the universal solution.  I just wish--- to see through its filaments--- the light of this depleted existence.                   The bubbles in the air- the bubbles in the air- are everywhere…   I stand. Erect. Still--    &n... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/50/The_Narrative Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:07:08 -0000 post-colonial criticism Selection: Nadine Gordimer’s “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off” Critical Theory: Post- Colonialism by: Licen, Christian Ray C BA English Major in Literature   Post-Colonial Critical Approach: Nadine Gordimer’s The Moment Before the Gun Went Off                                       This story is so simple. Marais Van der Vyver, a white American politician and farm-owner, had been very interested to raise game as well as with cattle.  So he hooted to Lucas, his favorite farmhand, to accompany him on the venture.  Without hesitation, the innocent boy jumped onto the back of the truck.  And off they drove with Van de Vyver arming a.30 ammunition beside him, confident enough that it was unloaded.  Little did he know that upon driving over a pothole, the jolt caused the rifle to fire.&nb... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/49/post-colonial_criticism Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:46:57 -0000 florilegium Selection: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman’s, The Revolt of “Mother” Critical Approach:  Feminism by: Christian Ray C. Licen BA English Major in Literature   A Feminist Approach: The Revolt of “Mother”                                                                         A feminist critique of Sarah Penn as the “Mother” simply demonstrates that she is no ordinary woman-slash-wife just driven away by her husband’s chauvinism.  The self-righteousness of Adoniram Penn, the patriarch of the Penn family, may have been effective to showcase the distinctive characters each of them exhibits.  Seemingly, the crafting of these female cha... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/48/florilegium Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:43:35 -0000 the rain, the keyboard and the ethereal Oeuvre III   Tonight, the rain echoes through my heart From its distance I can hear The silence of the static drops of fear How ethereal it must bid Those cloudy days of December And chase me by the night of a cold remember   Upon my sitting, I’m paralyzed by the thought Of losing you against the rain Which I dread nonetheless, the unbearable pain   By which circumstance, I shall merit To suffer from spasmodic frisson If death be told to choose between love and reason   So tonight, no more static drop of fears For I shall wash away this elegy fraught with tears. http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/47/the_rain_the_keyboard_and_the_ethereal Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:10:55 -0000 the conceited mind speaks the wisdom of the gentle heart Oeuvre II Christian Ray Licen   That upon the absence of prosodic locution Is an invisible real More than touch, superseding feel Cleaves to your sinews But your soul, the unwavering seal! Such incarnation's divine stance Heave to the pocket-patch of chance I dare not count how many The crinkle of the silvery penny Silent as they fall by the murmurs crease And roll and roll half past my shadows Before the sight of the trick Oh, the lucky I make of the burrows The silvery penny, still round I pick!   http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/46/the_conceited_mind_speaks_the_wisdom_of_the_gentle_heart Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:29:23 -0000 What is Love Like? <IMG class=alignright src="http://images.gelchris.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R7L5ewoKCCAAAAO@PW01/love1.jpg?et=1X956bZpr8qxuomjd%2C7pcQ&nmid=" border=0>Kahlil Gibran On Love   When love beckons to you, follow him, Though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. He threshes you to make you naked. He sifts you to free you from your husks. He grinds you to whiteness. He kneads you until you are pliant; And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast. All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledg... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/45/What_is_Love_Like Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:07:17 -0000 Now Showing <A href="http://gelchris.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R7Lr5AoKCCAAAAvWFWQ1"><IMG class=alignleft src="http://images.gelchris.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R7Lr5AoKCCAAAAvWFWQ1/Untitled-1%20%21copy.jpg?et=MY4FQUZv6zlWYvYwmCBehw&nmid=" border=0></A>In fulfillment of Temple Head Productions Assocation's dream of promoting intellectually creative digital cinema experience, we proudly bring you a different twist, a unique story that will sweep the records off.  Inspired by postmodern literary artist Jorge Louis Borges and Contemporary poet, Robert Frost, Nevermore Virginia takes you to the convergence of two disparate realms.  The first, that of a frustrated writer-wannabe who in his past life had never succeeded in the pursuit of becoming an established writer; Second, that of a promising student who is compromised by her mother's dream for her. Wherefore, given the possible happenstances, how can reality ever reconcile the divergence of time when the destiny of one is shaped by the destiny of the other?  "Time unfolds another dimension- that which is forked until two roads diverge on a yellow wood" Showing on Friday, February 15, 2007 at CNU Conference Room... http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/44/Now_Showing Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:16:14 -0000 Oeuvre I I   To love and be loved Is like a clutter The bigger things covet your eyes Some garish sight of gold and silver The hapless random pile by pile Only the dust of the rustic gutter Powdery dreams in ember belch The smothered hearth of desire What better things than minute scale Leaves to the spool of the squalid spider- Filament after filament threading The prick of the preppy paper- Patch and sort in detail and sum Bigger things, the minutest ones- Or just a  paste of Bazooka bubblegum-       http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/43/Oeuvre_I Fri, 8 Feb 2008 17:35:34 -0000 birthday cheers! 20 najud ko epi berthdei to meeeeee..... http://gelchris.multiply.com/photos/album/20/birthday_cheers_20_najud_ko Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:55:37 -0000 id like to build a world a home and furnish it with love grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle http://gelchris.multiply.com/photos/album/19/id_like_to_build_a_world_a_home_and_furnish_it_with_love Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:15:37 -0000 Sinulog Churva part II the mayas, mayette and gurly http://gelchris.multiply.com/photos/album/18/Sinulog_Churva_part_II Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:24:53 -0000 Lovers in Jones ;p comment pa http://gelchris.multiply.com/photos/album/17/Lovers_in_Jones Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:38:50 -0000 sinulog churva part I atik nanatch gam gonulish... atik nanatch gam pit noyresh! http://gelchris.multiply.com/photos/album/16/sinulog_churva_part_I Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:43:57 -0000 My Love and the Pacific <IMG class=alignright src="http://images.gelchris.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R3p68woKCCAAABlTR0w1/459567385.jpg?et=wMlL3Rl%2CzofSssqlwzJRJg&nmid=" border=0>Tonight I speak                of  the Pacific where dreams abound the ocean hue farther             and farther yet nearing its shore.   Tonight       I write about the pacific where words sail by the blue deeper            and deeper and closest to the floor.   Tonight I see the Pacific     by a drop of tears for you come and you shall gather   my love- a -plenty more!     -Langga- http://gelchris.multiply.com/journal/item/42/My_Love_and_the_Pacific Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:35:46 -0000