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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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Cover artwork of the April 2025 issue of the Mithi Journal, with the theme "Chronicling War and Reimagining Peace."
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"And whatever walked there, walked alone." ― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
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“But how do you speak to a granddaughter in her dead mother's stead? Can the responsibility to the dead ever be replaced by the responsibility to the living?”…
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Carrying with it sacredness, excellence and decades of hard work, the title of National Artist (NA) is the highest recognition awarded to Filipino creatives in…
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"Almost" seems to be a recurring theme in my life. Never quite reaching. Always just barely.
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On 17 November 2025, the second day of the massive Iglesia ni Cristo rally in Manila, Senator Imee Marcos made a startling and shocking public allegation: her…
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I studied literature in college, and part of my studies included analyzing the language used in the stories we tell. Not just the words, the rhythm and flow,…
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A poem inspired by "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie.
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How do you measure the life of a woman or a man? In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried. In bridges he burned, or the way that she died. ⸺ Rent
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The holidays in Makati officially began on Thursday, 13 November, with the lighting of Ayala Avenue’s iconic parols and festive displays, ushering in the…
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