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Space/Time Warp Drive

Faster than the speed of light.

UFO #!

Alien Portrait, Julajuoi

Most real life abduction stories are scary and often involve the U.S. military.  I like to think about aliens being kind, silly, possessing a thirst for knowledge, a passion for existence, and a tendency to get grumpy when they can't get their alien superfoods on planet Earth.  Julajuoi is an old lady who just returned from a long journey to Earth and back and in this portrait she is floating around in baths of colored light/sound and hallucinating.  She's just chilling/tripping out.  In the top corner are fairies heckling her and at the bottom is her pet trijuoi, a kind of bird that lives in a kind of crystal triangle house.

 

Fluorescent Minerals = Magical eye and spirit candy

I didn't take this picture, found it on Wiki, but I love it.

Monster, digital collage, 2006

More Jeepney Photos...

Joker Star, digital photo collage, 2006

Jeepneys

Jeepneys hold a special place in my history and memory. The United States of America occupied the Philippines between 1898 and 1946. When they finally got out of the archipelago, they left behind a grip of army jeeps leftover from WWII. Filipinos, being the enterprising and creative folk that they are, turned these hideous hunks of blah green metal into beautiful, colorful, incredibly unique-looking passenger vehicles that to this day, decorate the islands with their flair.

Sometime in the late 40s/early 50s, my Great Lolo (Lola's father) won a considerable amount of money in the lottery. He gave the money to my Lolo to buy his very first jeepney. A jeepney business was born.

At the peak of the business, my Lola and Lolo operated 15 jeepneys. Their house was constantly filled with jeepney drivers and mechanics, who would all share the table with my Lola and Lolo and their 9 children.

My mom worked in the garage during High School doing payroll. As an added benefit, if she ever saw one of her family's jeepneys driving by on her way to school in Manila, she could hop on for free. She was the bosses daughter, after all.