When I was 18, I became the chairperson of a literary organization composed of a bunch of teenagers and young adults with habits of a grade-school student and brains of a sane mental patient. My term started a month before my 17th, and ended 3 months before my 19th birthday. You can say that between these dates, I spent more than a considerable amount of time attempting to bring something new to the little audience the organization has and the potential crowd of interested spectators. With the help and initiative of my co-officers and of course, our moderator, the organization grew from the usual brainstorming and intangible speeches to digital formats and published papers.
For the last project of my team, and as strongly supported by the current Ateneo Literary Association (ALA--the organization), we planned to launch, and launched
Tilad-Kaniguan, a compilation of all the
Tilad online folio we were able to accomplish from November until February, and
Flyleaf, the organization's first annual publication, last April. I was the layout artist for the latter, and assisted in the layouting process for the former. This is partly the reason why I was gone in this online community for a whole month. (Mainly, it was because of Detective Conan. You cannot really blame me.)
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| Photos by Allan Camata/Pen Prestado |
Click the following images if you want to check both papers:
Along with the organization, I grew restless yet satisfied. I'm still 18 years old, but not for long. Looking back to that twisted year, I can hardly regret anything. It wasn't perfect. In fact, it's one of the years I've commited many mistakes. It's also one of the years, however, that I was able to choose the up-until-now right decisions.
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A few days ago, I founded a personal project in Facebook,
RERUNS. Its goal is to collect 300-word-or-less nonfictions. The founder would be very much delighted if you contribute.
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