Jake Advincula (notfromjacob)

5-16-2021

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passionately filipino • poetry & writings about heritage, culture, and memory

Hiding in plain sight This is how I would feel every time I make a new cultural discovery. “It was right there, just waiting to be found.”
4-28-2023
Encanto, Colombia, and my hopes for Philippine cinema Encanto’s representation is not a shallow, manicured vision of what Colombia is. It doesn’t gloss over things.
11-24-2022
Coconut Mother The coconut makes sure nothing goes to waste, just as the crafty Filipino mother makes sinangag out of rice gone cold and paksiw out of yesterday’s lechon.
9-25-2022
The Filipino as onion and adobo We as Filipinos are so obsessed with arriving at a “pure” Filipino identity, removing all foreign influences until we arrive at what we truly, authentically are.
8-24-2022
How being interdisciplinary makes you a better designer I realize that a lot of my friends weren't able to make it to the talk, so for their and posterity's sake I've uploaded some of my slides here.
8-19-2022
Jollibee, Trese, and the burden of Filipino 'representation'We’re getting representation now more than ever - people’s perception of us doesn’t hinge on one show or movie or icon anymore, so why are we so quick to tear down works like Trese and Hayop Ka!?
2-25-2022
On indigenizing the Internet It all started with an inkling, a seed of an idea: “What if we related to the space of the Internet the way indigenous peoples relate to their own spaces?"
11-24-2021
What am I running at breakneck speed for?Time is strange to think about, because its flow, while constant, differs based on our perception. Fifteen minutes in traffic can feel like an eternity, while a weeklong vacation seems to fly by in an instant.
11-4-2021
Being a gifted kid made life easy, and now it's suddenly hard Being a gifted kid didn't prepare me for life's ups and downs. I was so used to everything going my way.
10-4-2021
20 questions to ask yourself about your cultural identity With Philippine culture ever on my mind, I thought of compiling a list of 20 questions that one can use to examine their cultural identity.
9-19-2021
I wish they taught me about my country's history differently I hated my grade school History classes.
3-24-2022