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Amelia Clarissa de Luna Monasterial is a writer and artist who graduated Summa Cum Laude from De La Salle University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature, Major in Creative Writing. Her written works have received accolades such as the F. Sionil Jose Young Writers Award and multiple honors from DLSU's Annual Awards for Literature. Her artworks have won several awards from DLSU's Annual Awards for Visual Arts and have been featured in the DLSU Arts Congress and the 4th ArteScene Exhbition. Whether through words or brush strokes, Clarissa explores themes of resilience, identity, and longing for connection through her work. She does not shy away from the grotesque and macabre, balacing them with the quest of finding beauty in the mundane and light in the dark.
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A 2023 digital painting by Amelia Clarissa de Luna Monasterial.
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Should tonight be my last night, I want to leave you this: Know there's nothing else You could've done. There are no more clues You might have missed.
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Through the trees and through the rain, I run from time unfolding in vain. Eager to escape the hold of the past, And jump to the embrace of the future at last.
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Cain is known as the first murderer in the Bible—a sinner consumed by jealousy and anger. But in a world untouched by death, where no one had ever died before,…
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As far as I’m concerned, the first man and woman aren’t named Adam and Eve. No — they go by Mother and Father.
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Isang koleksyon ng limang tula na tumatalakay sa pananampalataya, kaligtasan, at pagsumpa.
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How does one become significant? How does one transform through creation, connection and the courage to exist fully — even when the world feels too vast and…
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I've read a lot of books ever since I was old enough to know how, and like Chimamanda Adichie, I noticed that the stories I've read were about foreign…
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A woman stands alone at the bus stop. Back slightly crooked, but chin still up high. Strands of silver weave through her dark hair, and her skin catches…
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How does one become significant? How does one transform through creation, connection, and the courage to exist fully⸺even when the world seems too vast, and…
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