Just a week ago, Tine and I think of a whole new place to
go, somewhere very unique yet nearer to home. Going to a cool place near your
home will not only widen your perspective on your very own place but will make
you save budget. Kung baga, pasok sa
bulsa.
You really don’t need to be looking at farther places if you don’t
have enough; there are lots of places to go here in Antipolo that are always in
want of your attention. And talking about the coolest place in Antipolo, Pinto
Art is the perfect place to go. Actually, going to the Pinto Art Gallery is not
new for everybody; it is a trend for people whose interests on going to see the
place were caught in the mainstream and even alternative media as well.
They just have glimpse of the real experience in the gallery by seeing photos of things from the Art Gallery that was posted on social media accounts and want to be there. At ayun, gusto na nilang pumunta.
Pinto Art Museum is a place that smoothly getting its fame
on social media for being a cool destination for art lovers and enthusiasts.
One good thing about Pinto Art getting its fame is that it promotes art
appreciation without the people specially the young ones that they are
unconsciously having deeper and deeper sense of unity with the Filipino art.
Una, just after
entering the place we saw a very antique-looking quasi cabinet-table with chair
that resembles one of the tables and chairs that Rizal used when writing. We
discovered later that the specific place near the Café Rizal is dedicated to
the love of our national hero to Leonor. ‘Di
lang iyon ha, we were very astonished to discover that there is a pile of
paper with Rizal hand writing design and photo of Leonor in that table and everyone is free to write
to someone they love and put it inside the cabinet. At siempre, papatalo ba ine? 
We wrote something to one another,
Tine first and then me. After writing, she attempted to put the letters inside
the cabinet but I want us to read first what we wrote. So the sort of poetry
reading began.
She reads hers, me gets kilig.
I read mine, and she gets kilig.
During me reading, I noticed a Pinto Art personnel getting inside the place
where we are and looking at us. After we finished writing and putting the
letter inside the cabinet he immediately fixed something there, and then a
lovely music began to play. May ganun pa pala iyon.
After that we get to a building meant for Filipino
indigenous art.
My familiarity with her makes me happy seeing a large picture
of Wang Od, a native mambabatok (tattoo artist) greets everyone who gets
inside. The place is really astonishing; its items are very close to my heart
(considering color of the art works: brown, which I refer to as the color of
authenticity).
Kaya sabi sakin ni Tine, hey ikaw na ikaw ang lugar na ito. It is true. But look at her; she looks more bewildered seeing the things we just see in the history textbooks: the Bulul, the putong, everything looks more authentic in the actuality. Nagbubutingting as in!
A rooftop is so peaceful that the bed in really fits in
place. 
Tine laughed so hard after we saw a parrot whose cage says “don’t
stress the bird”.
Everything is very special; from gallery 1 to gallery 3 I
won’t describe specific things in order for me not to spoil anyone who wants to
see the Pinto Art Gallery.
After we get into the main galleries, we saw a huge
toy-horse.
A bonus (oo na, just like my apelyido) awaits for me in the Museum Shop. There lie three of
Romeo Lee’s paintings. Oh, my favorite painter, I am dying just to see Mr.
Lee’s painting by my actual naked eye. And there it is so small yet colorful
piece of art.
To describe the experience is to inevitably mention the
words such as special, love-worthy, peaceful, artistic, etc. There is so much
words to describe the experience getting there, but you must go there too and
just like me and Tine, experience authenticity.
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