Some of my educated Filipino friends were aspiring poets, but their aspirations were all in the direction of the United States. They had no desire to learn from the bardic tradition that continued in the barrios. Their ideal would have been to write something that would get them to Iowa, where they would study creative writing. Votes: 1
My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify. Votes: 6 Jessica Hagedorn
Tradition ist das Ruhekissen der Urteilskraft. Votes: 3 Graff, Sigmund
Tradition is the illusion of permanance. Votes: 9 Woody Allen