Selected Published Essays & Articles
(Art, Culture, Literature, Philosophy, and Travel)
Catalogue (Art)
2012
Sillada, Danny Castillones. "Bright Days Are Upon Us" (Catalogue Note and Provenance on Jon Jaylo Painting). Hong Kong: Sotheby’s Catalogue, October 7, 2012. Print.
Sillada, Danny Castillones. “Duo: Jon Jaylo” (Catalogue Note and Poetry on Jon Jaylo paintings). Makati (Philippines): Ayala Museum and West Gallery, 2012. Print.
Sillada, Danny Castillones. “Duo: Jon Jaylo” (Catalogue Note and Poetry on Jon Jaylo paintings). Makati (Philippines): Ayala Museum and West Gallery, 2012. Print.
2011
Sillada, Danny Castillones. "Song for Alice" (Catalogue Note and Provenance on Jon Jaylo Painting) Hong Kong: Sotheby’s Catalogue, April 4, 2011. Print.
Sillada, Danny Castillones. "Once Upon a Dreamer’s Glimpse" (Catalogue Note and Provenance on Jon Jaylo Painting). Hong Kong: Sotheby’s Catalogue, October 3, 2011. Print.
Sillada, Danny Castillones. "Once Upon a Dreamer’s Glimpse" (Catalogue Note and Provenance on Jon Jaylo Painting). Hong Kong: Sotheby’s Catalogue, October 3, 2011. Print.
2008
Sillada, Danny Castillones. “Figuring Abstraction: The Shifting of Reality in Lindslee’s Art.” Makati, Philippines): The Drawing Room, April 12, 2008. Print.
Daily Paper (Manila Bulletin)
2013
The Adrenaline Rush at ‘Art for Humanity’ Online Auction (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: January 7, 2013).
2012
The Unbearable (Part 2) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: December 2, 2012).
The Unbearable (Part 1) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 25, 2012).
The Nostalgic and Romantic Art of Loreto Racuya (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 11, 2012).
To Live Amid the Inconvenience of the World: An open letter to my children (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture:November 4, 2012)
Carlos Arellanos Green Art and the Art of Empowerment by Former Beauty Queens (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: October 21, 2012).
Jon Jaylo The Vanishing Folklore and the Art of Filipino Surrealist (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: October 7, 2012).
Stories And Genesis Of Hope In The Garden (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: August 26, 2012).
The Heron’s Secret: Maxine Syjuco as a Performance Artist (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: June 18, 2012).
The ‘Question,’ Self-Critical Faith, and The Polarity of Good and Evil in Man’s Being (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture:July 1, 2012).
The Corona Paradox (The Truth and the Elegance of Reasoning) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: June 11, 2012).
Birthing And Birth Anniversary: A Family And Societal Affair (A Birthday Reflection) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: May 7, 2012).
Cesare A.X. Syjuco: Thinking And Creating Within And Outside The Box: The Quiddity of ‘Concept’ and ‘Object’ in Conceptual Art (Part 2) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 23, 2012).
Cesare A.X. Syjuco: Thinking And Creating Within And Outside The Box: The Quiddity of ‘Concept’ and ‘Object’ in Conceptual Art (Part 1) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: March 26, 2012).
Noli Aurillo, The Portrait Of A Musician's Musician (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: March 5, 2012).
The Unbearable (Part 1) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 25, 2012).
The Nostalgic and Romantic Art of Loreto Racuya (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 11, 2012).
To Live Amid the Inconvenience of the World: An open letter to my children (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture:November 4, 2012)
Carlos Arellanos Green Art and the Art of Empowerment by Former Beauty Queens (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: October 21, 2012).
Jon Jaylo The Vanishing Folklore and the Art of Filipino Surrealist (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: October 7, 2012).
Stories And Genesis Of Hope In The Garden (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: August 26, 2012).
The Heron’s Secret: Maxine Syjuco as a Performance Artist (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: June 18, 2012).
The ‘Question,’ Self-Critical Faith, and The Polarity of Good and Evil in Man’s Being (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture:July 1, 2012).
The Corona Paradox (The Truth and the Elegance of Reasoning) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: June 11, 2012).
Birthing And Birth Anniversary: A Family And Societal Affair (A Birthday Reflection) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: May 7, 2012).
Cesare A.X. Syjuco: Thinking And Creating Within And Outside The Box: The Quiddity of ‘Concept’ and ‘Object’ in Conceptual Art (Part 2) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 23, 2012).
Cesare A.X. Syjuco: Thinking And Creating Within And Outside The Box: The Quiddity of ‘Concept’ and ‘Object’ in Conceptual Art (Part 1) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: March 26, 2012).
Noli Aurillo, The Portrait Of A Musician's Musician (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: March 5, 2012).
2011
Truth, Language, Compassion, and the Danger of Single Story (Part 2) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: December 5, 2011).
Truth, Language, Compassion, and the Danger of Single Story (Part 1) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 28, 2011).
San Victor Island’s Ineffable Treasure (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 27, 2011).
The Conceived, Lived and Shared "Lush Life" of Alfred "Krip" Yuson (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture:November 14, 2011).
Five Former Beauty Queens amidst the Convoluted World of Art (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: August 1, 2011).
The Joy and Misery of Boredom (From Mass Culture and Existentialist Perspective) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: March 21, 2011).
Truth, Language, Compassion, and the Danger of Single Story (Part 1) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 28, 2011).
San Victor Island’s Ineffable Treasure (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 27, 2011).
The Conceived, Lived and Shared "Lush Life" of Alfred "Krip" Yuson (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture:November 14, 2011).
Five Former Beauty Queens amidst the Convoluted World of Art (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: August 1, 2011).
The Joy and Misery of Boredom (From Mass Culture and Existentialist Perspective) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: March 21, 2011).
2010
The Poetic Ascent of Hope Beyond Life (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: December 13, 2010).
The Existential Appeal of 'Soloism' in Aesthetics (The Eccentric Art of Francisco Pellicer Viri) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: December 6, 2010).
The Metaphor of Life against the Current, between Arrival and Departure (The Mysterious Whirl of Forces in the Universe) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 8, 2010).
What We Don’t Know About God (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: October 25, 2010).
Transcendent Happiness, the Summum Bonum and Sisyphean Perspective (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: September 26, 2010).
Existential Question, Evolution of Ideas & the Equation of Life Forms in the Universe (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 11, 2010).
The Good and the Bad Citizen (I’m tired of being a Filipino) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 4, 2010).
Meaning: Lost and Found (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: March 28, 2010).
The Existential Appeal of 'Soloism' in Aesthetics (The Eccentric Art of Francisco Pellicer Viri) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: December 6, 2010).
The Metaphor of Life against the Current, between Arrival and Departure (The Mysterious Whirl of Forces in the Universe) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 8, 2010).
What We Don’t Know About God (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: October 25, 2010).
Transcendent Happiness, the Summum Bonum and Sisyphean Perspective (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: September 26, 2010).
Existential Question, Evolution of Ideas & the Equation of Life Forms in the Universe (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 11, 2010).
The Good and the Bad Citizen (I’m tired of being a Filipino) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 4, 2010).
Meaning: Lost and Found (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: March 28, 2010).
2009
What is Life without Waiting? (The Metaphysics of Waiting) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: December 27, 2009).
A Reason to Love (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 24, 2009).
An emerging art district, Cubao Expo & My Breathing Space (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 1, 2009).
Something about Sarah & Her Art (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: September 13, 2009).
What are Poets for in a Post Po-Mo Society? (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: September 6, 2009).
Abueva and the New Sisa Murals at the National Center for Mental Health (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: July 13, 2009).
William Yu and His Art of Divine Worship (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: May 4, 2009).
The Metaphor of Dave Pitin (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 26, 2009).
A Reason to Love (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 24, 2009).
An emerging art district, Cubao Expo & My Breathing Space (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: November 1, 2009).
Something about Sarah & Her Art (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: September 13, 2009).
What are Poets for in a Post Po-Mo Society? (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: September 6, 2009).
Abueva and the New Sisa Murals at the National Center for Mental Health (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: July 13, 2009).
William Yu and His Art of Divine Worship (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: May 4, 2009).
The Metaphor of Dave Pitin (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 26, 2009).
2008
The Beauty of Despair (As Expressed in Art, Poetry & Philosophy) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: December 15, 2008).
Revelation of Secrets & the Aesthetics of ‘Syjuco Tres Marias’ (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: September 8, 2008).
The Pathological Migration of Truth in a Post Po-Mo Society (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: August 25, 2008).
The Road to Cateel (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: August 15, 2008).
The Poetic Act of Giving and Receiving (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: July 28, 2008).
Intellectual Stimulation & the Essence of a Woman (The Artist’s Tribute to Women) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: July 7, 2008).
Aesthetics of Collocation & the Women of Bencab (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: June 30, 2008).
Daughters of Eve and its Aesthetic Incongruity in Philippine Cinema (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: June 9, 2008).
Despair, Suicide & Aesthetics (The Parallelisms of Vincent van Gogh and Sylvia Plath Aesthetics) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: June 2, 2008).
Lives and Loves of Artists and their Nude Models (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture:May 19, 2008).
The Poetic Revelation in Language and Culture: The Vision of Sonny Villafania (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: May 12, 2008).
In the Evening of His Existence (The Laughing Christ of a Mindanaoan Painter Max Adlao) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: May 5, 2008).
Weapons of Mass Destruction in Cesare & Jean Marie Syjuco’s Aesthetics (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 21, 2008).
Figuring Abstraction (The Shifting of Reality in Lindslee’s Art) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 2008).
Revelation of Secrets & the Aesthetics of ‘Syjuco Tres Marias’ (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: September 8, 2008).
The Pathological Migration of Truth in a Post Po-Mo Society (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: August 25, 2008).
The Road to Cateel (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: August 15, 2008).
The Poetic Act of Giving and Receiving (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: July 28, 2008).
Intellectual Stimulation & the Essence of a Woman (The Artist’s Tribute to Women) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: July 7, 2008).
Aesthetics of Collocation & the Women of Bencab (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: June 30, 2008).
Daughters of Eve and its Aesthetic Incongruity in Philippine Cinema (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: June 9, 2008).
Despair, Suicide & Aesthetics (The Parallelisms of Vincent van Gogh and Sylvia Plath Aesthetics) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: June 2, 2008).
Lives and Loves of Artists and their Nude Models (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture:May 19, 2008).
The Poetic Revelation in Language and Culture: The Vision of Sonny Villafania (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: May 12, 2008).
In the Evening of His Existence (The Laughing Christ of a Mindanaoan Painter Max Adlao) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: May 5, 2008).
Weapons of Mass Destruction in Cesare & Jean Marie Syjuco’s Aesthetics (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 21, 2008).
Figuring Abstraction (The Shifting of Reality in Lindslee’s Art) (Manila Bulletin, Lifestyle Arts & Culture: April 2008).