Jose Garcia Villa Essay

When you be old and beautiful,And things most difficult are dvirtuoso,There will be few who can rejectYour face as it is ravaged nowBy youth and its oppressive choice.-At MajorityPunched. The many memorabilia and person-to-person trinkets of one of the most famous authors in Philippine publications surprisingly epitomized the exact contradictory, or slightly will say the exact sentiment, of the lines of the beautiful poem above. The personal touch of the displays in the 2nd decorate gallery brought an intimate ambience to the whole exhibit, and it brought to light another aspect of a renowned writer apart from his professional excellence. Jose Garcia Villa is one of the most eminent Filipino writers of all times, and the Rizal Library and the Department of interdisciplinary Studies collaborated to bring to the Ateneo de Manila University a collection of Villas books and papers from his own personal library. Hung on the walls were frames relating Villas biography. From his chil dhood through his foreign stints to his success, the story was completely divulged to the visitors. There was also a timeline of the writers personal and professional milestones.Personal letters from EE Cummings, Nick Joaquin, and some of his other idols and friends in the literature field were also there. Villa supposedly decided to be a writer after he had conduct Cummings works, and Villas personal favorite from Cummings work was exhibited. Sherwood Anderson was also one of his influences. It was also interest to read his very first poem about revere. Dated on 1925, his handwriting and writing trend was simplistic yet elegant since then. There was also a poem for betrayy Mark or Mark Wahlberg, discussing his very attractive physique. Copies of hardbound editions of his poem collections, trial publication designs, and several original old mark of his works were displayed. There were also special editions of his works such as 55 Poems with his own theme song and a handsome-bo xed edition which is now a collectors item.It was also said that his first love was drawing, and frames of his own old personal drawings were hung. There were also aspects of him from his youth to his old age. There was one picture of him with Manuel Arguilla, a friend he hangs out with when in Manila, which especially haunted me. His typewriter was also showcased in the exhibit. I was also impressed to find out that Villa is only the second Filipino to be published by Penguin the first was national hero, Rizal. He was really larger than life. I was particularly taken by one of the poem displayed, At Majority. For me, it immortalizes into language how the Filipinos and his readers will now remember Villa- a beautiful sliver of words and poetry, a figure larger than words, deeper than his writings, and even more beautiful and remembered even in his death.