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Mandala ng Dasal kay Bathala
(Mandala of God's Prayer)

2012
Metallic Gel Pen on Illustration Board

"Bathala,

Ipagpalain ninyo
Ang bayanihang banal

At patnubayaan ninyo
Ang aming lakbay patungo
Sa kapayapaan

Ibalik ninyo
Ang alaala
Ng marangal na buhay
Nanakaisulat sa lihim
Ng baybayin

Ipamulat ninyo
Ang aming puso
Sa dangal ng mga babaylan

At sa iyo
Kami'y nananawag
Ang inyong mahalikha"

"Bathala,

Bless the sacred land
And guide us
In our journey of peace

Return the memory
Of the sacred life
Written in the secrets of the baybayin

And awaken our hearts
To the path of the babaylan

And thus we call to you
Your beloved creations"

* In my studies of the ancient Tagalog script of the Baybayin, I have discovered the beauty in it calligraphic use. I took the time to study the aesthetics of Islamic calligraphy, then I applied it to the Tagalog script called the Baybayin. I am however using the Lopez variation to the script to allow me more leeway in the expressions of the words.

I am also presently doing some historical research on my hypothesis that the Baybayin was actually written in a calligraphic style, at least 100 years before the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.

Description
Mandala ng Dasal kay Bathala
(Mandala of God's Prayer)

2012
Metallic Gel Pen on Illustration Board

"Bathala,

Ipagpalain ninyo
Ang bayanihang banal

At patnubayaan ninyo
Ang aming lakbay patungo
Sa kapayapaan

Ibalik ninyo
Ang alaala
Ng marangal na buhay
Nanakaisulat sa lihim
Ng baybayin

Ipamulat ninyo
Ang aming puso
Sa dangal ng mga babaylan

At sa iyo
Kami'y nananawag
Ang inyong mahalikha"

"Bathala,

Bless the sacred land
And guide us
In our journey of peace

Return the memory
Of the sacred life
Written in the secrets of the baybayin

And awaken our hearts
To the path of the babaylan

And thus we call to you
Your beloved creations"

* In my studies of the ancient Tagalog script of the Baybayin, I have discovered the beauty in it calligraphic use. I took the time to study the aesthetics of Islamic calligraphy, then I applied it to the Tagalog script called the Baybayin. I am however using the Lopez variation to the script to allow me more leeway in the expressions of the words.

I am also presently doing some historical research on my hypothesis that the Baybayin was actually written in a calligraphic style, at least 100 years before the Spanish colonization of the Philippines.