Living with Nature Center Series 3 : Study Tour, Research, and Workshops

Living with Nature Center Series 3 

 Study Tour, Research and Workshops

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

 Dr Abe V Rotor

Study Tour

Teachers and students regularly visit the place for their outdoor study,

 practicum and home assignments.  The Center offers assistance to

students in their thesis and dissertation, as well as screen and stage 

presentations, papers and publications notwithstanding. 

Shrines in the Garden

Top, Apo Baket' keeper of time honored values and tradition.  Emilio 

Aguinaldo, first president of the first republic of the Philippines, and 

national hero Dr Jose Rizal, depicted here at the Center in his exile at 

Dapitan. While in exile Rizal became a biologist, agriculturist, school 

teacher, while he practiced medicine benevolently to the community.  

Children's Art Workshop

School children joyfully enter the world of art, gateway to the 

realm of creativity, in lieu of cellphones, malls, and loafing. 

 Art Evolution

Art evolution is increasing experimental and abstract.  Schools 

of art today continue to expand rapidly - from impressionism and 

expressionism to fauvism and surrealism.  Can we set its chart and 

goal and make art relevant to our lives in these changing times.  

Can we bring back good tradition and values of old, and the true 

essence of art as a beautiful embodiment of humanity? 

 

Ecological Art 

The art of recycling such as broken ceramics (burnay), given a new

 life as a home and garden decor, instead of just being thrown away.

Painted broken jars given a second life, function  to aesthetics, in our 

search for beauty and meaning of material things in our wastefulness 

and affluent living - brokenness after all is transformation, so with life.

Church Art Workshop

Guests view the artworks of students in interpreting a biblical theme, 

("I am the way, the truth and the life."),  sponsored by the Archdiocese 

of Nueva Segovia (Ilocos Sur), and conducted at the Center. 

Cyptobiology 

Nature spirit surreptitiously and subtly expressed in driftwood and 

other natural forms as captured by the artist's inner eye, "an 

ecological perception on the harsh treatment of nature by man." 

   

Art and Craft 

In both cases, these nature's specimens are among the most popular 

museum items.  Craft  is often identified as the work of the artisan, 

while art in its fundamental sense is the work of the artist, often 

regarded as fine art.   

Nature Trophies

Nature sends a vital message in awaking man's consciousness to save 

the environment, which is different from the fraternal praises in gold and 

silver trophies in today's acclaimed human achievements. 

Indigenous Industry: Basi and Vinegar 

Top, 18th century wine cellar, bottled premium basi.  Table wines 

made from local fruits in season, adopting the traditional process 

of basi fermentation and aging in earthen jar (burnay Ilk).

Native Fowls

Native chicken, ducks, turkey, pigs, counterparts of native mango, 

chico, guava, and the like.  Name it and Nature has it.  Let us 

preserve the native genes and not alter or even lose them.  Native 

plants and animals are resistant to pests and diseases, and to 

adverse conditions of the environment. 

18th Century Well 

The well has withstood the elements, principally earthquake, erosion 

and siltation. It has however, lost its ability to supply water throughout 

the year. It  dries up during the dry months.

 

 

Pets

Pets are members of the household so to speak, when it comes to 

loving and caring dogs, cats, fowls - name it and you can find one.

Having pets is therapeutic, and children grow up happy, healthy 

and peaceful.