Buenos Aires

15

"Cara down to earth!" 

Agad akong napabalikwas sa inuupuan ko ng sumigaw si Anna sa tainga ko. Ano ba! Palagi na lang! 


"Ano ba Anna! Palagi na lang tayong ganito! Araw-araw na lang! Palagi na lang! Palagi mo nalang akong sinasaktan!" reklamo ko sa kaniya at nakita ko namang kumunot ang noo niya.


"Anong kadramahan na naman 'yan ha?" pagrereklamo nito, "Bakit ka humuhugot ha?"


"Hindi ah! I was referring to my ears! Dumbass! Palagi nyo nalang sinisigawan tainga ko!" I stated, habang  tinatakpan ang tainga ko, but enough to hear what she would say.


"Ayaw mo kasi makinig! Kanina pa ako tawag ng tawag sayo! Palagi nalang tayong ganito! Palagi nalang!" sambit naman nito, and I rolled my eyes, siya na naman ang nagdrama. I pouted.


It's been weeks since last kami nagkita, it was after nung umalis ako sa bahay nila saying I have a date, and days after that pumunta siya sa bahay ko, while it was the time na kakauwi lang rin nila mama at papa sa bahay, at nagpakilala pa siyang boyfriend ko, hindi naman ako nagtext maging siya rin naman. I focused my whole week in the art class, 


"Okay class! Pass your artworks to my table! Sa front! And please pagkatapos niyo magpasa pwede niyo ba na ilagay sa gilid ang mga chairs nyo?" sambit ng prof namin na nag-iikot para tingnan ang ginagawa naming artworks, all of has the same artworks, kasi binigyan naman kami ng topic ng prof namin and it's up to us, to use the techniques we learned from the class.


The topic was about human beauty, and I had a lot of ideas in my mind, pero sa huli ginawa ko na lang rin yung sa imperfections ng tao, kasi ayoko nang nawawalan sila ng confidence? I guess? A lot of people right now really loses confidence. I passed my artwork sa table ng professor namin at agad naman niya iyong kinuha para tingnan.


"So, what's your basis of making this art?" tanong ng professor namin habang kinikilatis ang ginawa kong art piece o artwork.


"The topic po" I plainly answered.


"Masyado kang pilosopa, I meant was-"


"You mean what is the reason I did that piece? Bukod sa topic na ibinigay nyo sa amin? Ganun po ba?" I cutted him off which made my professor nod in agreement.


"Ganito po kasi yun..." I cleared my throat, "I want to share my artwork or piece not just of my dream na maging isang sikat na artisan but to help people express kagaya ko, I want to express my thoughts through my piece and I want them to be confident enough na kahit may manlalait pa sa kanila they would not be affected kasi-"


"Okay! Tama na! Ang haba na ng preach mo, pero last na! Bakit mo naisipang gumamit ng Impasto Art Technique?"


"Kaya ko naisipang gumamit ng Imapsto Technique kasi po sir, the Impasto is a paint used for canvas-"


"Don't give me the definition" he cutted me off with its serious look.


I gulped. "Because I want my arts to standout like it was struck by an unknown beautiful lightning po, the same as the Impasto." sambit ko and he nodded sabay paalis sa akin sa harapan niya.


"Okay Class! I have your artworks here, already collected! And also I have a important announcement para sa inyo!" he cleared his throat bago nagsalita ulit, "There is an upcoming event, a Live Painting Event  at may napili na ako, since she wants to stand out-" he cleared his throat again, "-I mean lahat kayo na naririto wants to stand out but this one I just had the gut feel na siya ang kailangan ko ipadala sa event na yun. Okay? And it's you!" sabay turo ng prof sa akin with again a serious look plastered on it's face, "You'll be representing us Cara! You'll be representing the Arts Class!" 


I got shook for a moment but agad rin iyon napalitan ng saya, it's one of my dream na makatungtong sa isang stage, representing the Arts Class, showing my artwork. I nodded to my professor and then he waved a goodbye to us. 


"I'll send you the details later Cara! Kung maari dalhin mo na lang rin mga magulang mo!" our Professor shouted bago tuluyan ng umalis sa room dala-dala ang mga artworks na gawa namin, pinalibutan naman kaagad ako ng mga kaklase namin saying na pagbutihin ko daw, kaya agad naman akong tumayo at umalis na sa room namin.


When I got out of the room ay agad akong pumunta sa Teacher's Office kung saan tumatambay ang prof namin, but wala siya roon, so I decided to go home. I'll chat my Prof mamaya, pagkarating ko sa bahay at pagkatapos ko maligo.


I got home and I saw my Mom and Dad na may dala-dalang mga maleta, agad naman kumunot ang noo ko. Where are they going this time?