
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.


Accountability is overdue. Not over. This is a developing story. As of 11 December, it has been 136 days since the investigation officially began. This is a…
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There’s something about Filipino skin — the kind that glows like it’s been kissed by sunlight, hydrated by humidity, and nourished by something a little…
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Ahead of its official opening, Exit Left Collective’s Balay Dolor: A Live Draft held a press show on Friday, 07 November 2025, 7 p.m., that invited guests and…
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The passing of a significant moment does not yield to the limitations of time. It stretches infinitely. It stays, just long enough for the eye to savour it; to…
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"Identity is the history that has gone into bone and blood and reshaped the flesh. Identity is not what we were but what we have become what we are at this…
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