Vanitas/Photo by JR Dalisay

Vanitas/Photo by JR Dalisay
Vanitas/Photo by JR Dalisay, April 21, 2017

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Your Messenger message:

"Hi ___. How are you? I just want to share a dream I had from the other night.I hope I can get an insight from you.Thank you and have a wonderful productive day ___! 😊

"1.Parang isang eksena sa isang 'Documentary'.Mga gusali na tila factories.Isa-isa at dahan dahang nagsisipag sara ang mga gate o pintuan nito.Rolling doors.
Pag tapos ay parang naging 'eeire' ang buong paligid.Tahimik at walang mga tao.

"2.Nakita ko ang asawa ng kapatid ng aking misis na si '____' kasabay sa dalawang malalaking ahas na mistulang pababa mula sa itaas ng isang gusali.Papunta sa direksyon ni ____.Napakalaki ng ahas na mukhang kayang kaya kumain ng isang buong tao.Binigyan ko ng babala si ____ na maaari siyang lamunin ng mga ito.Naging 'birds eye view' ang aking tanawin habang nasa aktong lalamunin si ____ ng mga ahas.
"3.Tila parang nasa trabaho ko ang eksena na ito.Sa isang event na aking gagawin.May dala dala akong bagay na aking nailaglag,mga mahahabang piraso ng kahoy.Ngunit sa isip ko hindi ko rin alam kung para saan iyon dahil hindi naman iyon ang ginagamit ko sa aking trabaho.Kasabay nito ay mga tao na daraan sa aking harapan ngunit mapapahinto ng bahagya dahil may mga nakaharang sa daraanan.Mga net bag na may mga maliliit na ahas sa loob nito.Aking pinulot pra itabi at nang makaraan sana ang mga tao, kahit na ang pakiramdam ay may kasamang takot at pandidiri.Buhay ang mga malililit na ahas at nagpupumiglas makalabas sa net bag.

"4.Ako ay nasa isang bilyaran kasama ng ibang tao.Ng biglang nasa harapan ko ang aking dating kaiskwela noong High school.
Hindi ko siya gusto at may galit sa kanya dahil madalas siyang mang busko o mang bully.Sinugod ko siya at pinag susuntok gamit ang bola ng bilyar.Hanggang siya matumba at pumaibabaw ako sa kanya.Patuloy ang aking pambubugbog ng galit na galit hanggang sa tila mawasak na ang kaniyang mukha.

"Huwag po sana kayong matatawa and my interpretation is:
1.Self pity? Pagkababa ng self esteem?
2.Ako si '____' at ang malalaking ahas ay ang mga sitwasyon kong kinakaharap o haharapin pa lang.Ako ay nababahala na kung hindi ko ito lahat mai oovercome ay magiging trahedya o miserable ang lahat.
3.May mga bagay akong ginagawa o iniisip sa aking buhay na hindi naman direktang nakakatulong sa aking sarili. Kasabay nito ay ang pag focus sa mga bagay na hindi ko naman dapat alalahanin o paki alamanan.Nagsasabing ang bagay sa aking sarili ang aking pag tuunan at hindi ang problema ng iba.
4.Ito ay nagsasabi na ako ay parang nasa sitwasyon na napag daanan ko na dati.Mga problema na kailangan ko na naman harapin.Harapin ng walang takot at pag aalinlangan at ito ay aking muling mapapag tagumpayan."



My reply:

Hello _____!

I have always believed that the dreamer himself is the best interpreter of the dream, so go with your intuition.

I might just add:

When a dream occurs in several parts, all of those parts bear one, identical, message, as though your psyche wants to be sure that you are able to accept the message, no matter how painful, in different, metaphorical, message variations.

I see this dream possibly as your subconscious dissatisfaction with your married life. There are many times when you wish you were a bachelor all over again with the freedom to make decisions on your own. It could be that frequent disagreements with your spouse led to this dream. It could also be that making compromises has become tiresome to you.

1. Your psyche is showing you a documentary featuring a drab, unexciting existence.

2. Yes, you are '____'. You are watching yourself being devoured by social expectations.

3. You are torn between 'building' a new life, hence the pieces of wood, but are distracted by other matters related to social expectations.

4. You are back in high school. You vent your anger on a person who is single because you are unable to be single like he is.

On another level, see whether the snakes in your dream represent lust, rather than social expectations. If that perspective is more valid, there is a need for you to repress your urges, especially considering that you are currently residing and working in a country that has many, rigid rules.

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TONY PEREZ is a creative writer, playwright, poet, lyricist, painter, portraitist, fiber artist, sculptor, game designer, fashion photographer, and psychic journalist and trainer. He is one of the 100 Filipino recipients of the 1898-1998 Centennial Artists Awards of the Cultural Center of the Philippines. His other awards include the 13 Artists of the Philippines, the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas from the Writers Union of the Philippines, four National Book Awards from the Manila Critics Circle, a FAMAS Award for Best Story, five prizes from the Cultural Center of the Philippines Playwriting Contest, three prizes from the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the National Fellowship for Drama from the Creative Writing Center of the University of the Philippines, the Irwin Chair in Creative Writing from Ateneo de Manila University, and a prize in photography from the Children’s Museum and Library, Inc.

Among Tony Perez’s plays are "Hoy, Boyet, Tinatawag Ka Na, Hatinggabi Na’y Gising Ka Pa Pala"; Anak ng Araw; "GabĂșn"; "Alex Antiporda"; "Sierra Lakes"; "Biyernes, 4:00 N.H."; "Sacraments of the Dead"; "The Wayside CafĂ©"; Ang Panginoon sa Driod; Isang Pangyayari sa Planas Site; and "Ang Prinsipe Ng Buwan". He wrote the librettos for the musicals Florante at Laura and Sa Pugad ng Adarna for Tanghalang Pilipino and the opera La naval for University of Santo Tomas. His two major drama trilogies are Tatlong Paglalakbay: Tatlong Mahabang Dula ni Tony Perez (Bombita, Biyaheng Timog, Sa North Diversion Road) (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House) and Indakan Ng Mga Puso(Oktubre, Noong Tayo’y Nagmamahalan Pa; Nobyembre, Noong Akala Ko’y Mahal Kita; and Saan Ba Tayo Ihahatid ng Disyembre?).Biyaheng Timog was produced as A Small Matter of Sacrifice in New York City and as Trip to the South in Singapore, and Sa North Diversion Road, as On The North Diversion Road, in Melbourne, Australia. His mentors in literature and drama were Onofre Pagsanghan, Rolando Tinio, Bienvenido Lumbera, Nicanor Tiongson, Virgilio Almario, Cecile Guidote, Nestor Torre, and Randy Ford. His plays for radio, television, and film were directed by Sonia Roco, Lino Brocka, Lupita Concio, Mitos Villareal, Nick Lizaso, Joey Gosiengfiao, Gil Portes, Maryo de los Reyes, Frank Rivera, and Anton Juan. He was featured in National Geographic/Discovery Channel’s “Psychic Detectives” in their Asian Enigma episode.

Tony Perez’s published books include Albert N.: A Case Study and the five volumes in the Cubao Series titled Cubao 1980 At Iba Pang Mga Katha; Cubao Pagkagat Ng Dilim; Cubao Midnight Express; Eros, Thanatos, Cubao; and Cubao-Kalaw Kalaw-Cubao by Cacho Publishing House. His Anvil Transpersonal Psychology Series includes The Calling: A Transpersonal Adventure; Beings: Encounters of the Spirit Questors with Non-human Entities; The Departed: Encounters of the Spirit Questors with Spirits of the Deceased; A Young Man Cries for Justice beyond His Grave Volume I; Stories of the Moon: Further Adventures of the Spirit Questors; Songs of Sunset: Incantations and Spells by the Spirit Questors; Mga Panibagong Kulam; Mga Panibagong Tawas; Mga Panibagong Orasyon; Mga Panibagong Orasyon sa Magica Cantada; Mga Panibagong Ritwal ng Wicca; Mga Panibagong Kulam sa Pag-ibig, and the new series Maligayang Pagdating sa Sitio Catacutan and Malagim ang Gabi sa Sitio Catacutan. He co-authored a children’s book, Inang Bayan’s New Clothes (Anvil Publishing Inc.) His plays, fiction, poems, original knitting patterns, acrostic puzzles, and illustrations were published in various anthologies, textbooks, and magazines including This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from around The World (edited by Naomi Shihab Nye, Macmillan Publishing Company), Tenggara 23: Journal of Southeast Asian Literature (Jabatan Persuratan Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), New Writing from the Philippines, Volume 33 (Philippine Studies Series), Modern ASEAN Plays: Philippines (edited by Nicanor G. Tiongson, ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information), A Habit of Shores: An Anthology of Poems, 1965-1974 (edited by Gemino H. Abad, Bureau of National and Foreign Information), Building Communication Skills 6 and Gems of Philippine Literature (Department of Education, Culture, and Sports), Rogue Magazine, The Philippine Star, The Philippines Free Press Magazine, The Sunday Times Magazine, Mr. & Ms. Magazine, andWoman’s Home Companion Magazine. Some of his works in Filipino were translated into English and French. He conducts "Writing from The Heart," a creativity workshop in writing, drawing, and drama to beginners and professionals, and especially to underserved audiences such as faculty and students of public schools, community theater groups, the disadvantaged, the disabled, children in conflict with the law, abused women and children, victims of human trafficking, prisoners, gang leaders, drug rehabilitation residents, and people in need of trauma therapy.

In 2013 Mr. Perez decided to post all of his old and new works in cyberspace to make them available to a wider range of people.

Tony Perez’s artworks have been showcased in 21 individual and group art exhibits curated by Marian Pastor Roces, Nonon Padilla, Bobi Villanueva, Judy Sibayan, Lalyn Buncab, Nilo Ilarde, Ernie Patricio and Jun Veloso, Chari Elinzano, Reverend Father Loy Divino (CICM), and Raven Villanueva. Among his art teachers were Araceli Limcaco-Dans, Brenda Fajardo, Virginia Flor Agbayani and Ben-Hur Villanueva of the U.P. College of Fine Arts, Florencio Concepcion and Fernando Sena of The Saturday Group, and Rafael del Casal.

Mr. Perez holds an A.B. in Communications and a Cand. M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Ateneo de Manila University, an M.A. in Religious Studies, magna cum laude, from Maryhill School of Theology in New Manila, and certificates in Publication Design and Production from the Department of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin and Fundamentals of Graphic Design from the University of California at San Francisco. He taught as adjunct lecturer at Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, Saint Scholastica’s College, Maryknoll College, and the Philippine High School for the Arts. His master’s thesis, titled Pagsubok sa Ilang: Ikaapat na Mukha ni Satanas was published by Anvil Publishing Inc. in 2005 and was awarded the National Book Award for Theology and Religion by the Manila Critics Circle in 2006.

Mr. Perez has two sons, Nelson I. Miranda and Chito I. Miranda, four granddaughters, Angelique Pearl Miranda, Nielsen Tegelan, Aubrey Rose Miranda, and Chevy Keith Miranda, and one grandson, Chrysler Vince Miranda. His daughters-in-law are Agnes Tegelan and Ivy Vercasion. They live in Cubao, Quezon City, where Mr. Perez has resided since 1955.