{"id":2108,"date":"2025-06-14T13:03:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T13:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/?page_id=2108"},"modified":"2025-08-20T01:26:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T01:26:38","slug":"paintings-hocus-ii-page-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/?page_id=2108","title":{"rendered":"Paintings &#8211; Hocus II &#8211; Page 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2108\" class=\"elementor elementor-2108\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c98c2e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"1c98c2e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1e4e50\" data-id=\"c1e4e50\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c365e94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c365e94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paintings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-700ffae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"700ffae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f09c50\" data-id=\"3f09c50\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75bfb47 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"75bfb47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/?page_id=1726\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">HOCUS I<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87d3e99\" data-id=\"87d3e99\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c56ff66 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c56ff66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/?page_id=2098\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">HOCUS II<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83b2c98\" data-id=\"83b2c98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93570ae elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"93570ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/?page_id=2322\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">HOCUS III<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef3b47b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"ef3b47b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-702695d\" data-id=\"702695d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-639fc02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"639fc02\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-450bf9f\" data-id=\"450bf9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561b38e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"561b38e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HOCUS II<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6682c4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6682c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Hofile\u00f1a-Custodio paintings exhibited at the National Art Gallery of the National Museum of the Philippines on September 15, 2019 to March 15, 2020<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcfbba3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"dcfbba3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-960e46b\" data-id=\"960e46b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c52bfb premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"0c52bfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-0c52bfb\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-21.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-21\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-0c52bfb\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Dreamweavers\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2037 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-21.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-21-300x172.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-21-1024x586.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-21-768x439.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-21-850x486.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 8 feet<\/p><p>In Lake Sebu, Cotobato, settles the T\u2019Boli. They make T\u2019nalak cloth. T\u2019nalak is made from the fibers of the abaca and the designs are conveyed to them in their dreams by their gods. One of their gods is Fu Dalu. She is described in T\u2019boli lore as a spirit who protects the integrity of the abaca so the fibers will not break during the weaving process.<\/p><p>In this HOCUS painting, clockwise from upper right, a T\u2019boli woman weaves the M\u2019Baga Klagan that shows the pattern of Loos Klagan, a T\u2019boli spirit that inflicts diseases. The T\u2019nalak cloth is used to appease Loos Klagan so that, according to the Tiboli tradition, they may be protected from afflictions that may plague them. Below, another woman weaves the Klagan T\u2019nalak cloth on a loom with the pattern of Fu-el, the T\u2019boli goddess of waters. Below, on the left, the weaver executes a design, of the ogow tenbe beniteng, which is the T\u2019boli mermaid, whose long hair flows with the seas, rivers and lakes. Above the weaver of the beniteng, another T\u2019boli woman intertwines abaca threads to make the M\u2019Baga F\u2019low which protects one from the F\u2019low or a bad spirit; offending the F\u2019low may lead to illness, if not death.<\/p><p>At the very center stands Fu Dalu, the serene Goddess of the Weave who reigns over the enchanting lake. Unknown to her, a Christian Cross is slowly emerging from the lake. The cross is draped with a T\u2019nalak with the Buling Longit design that symbolizes an imagined heaven gloriously adorned with the patters, colors and images of all the T\u2019boli dream weaves since time immemorial.<br \/>The Cross of the Spanish missionaries looms over Lake Sebu replacing Buling Longit. They have assimilated the symbolic vocabulary and the woven syntax of the mystical dream patterns conveyed by the T\u2019nalak. Will the T\u2019boli be Christianized and made subjects of the King of Spain? History says that some T\u2019bolis did become Christians but some stuck to their old ways and the faith of their ancestors.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f8a088 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f8a088\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fg-item-title\"><strong>The Dreamweavers<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"fg-item-title\">Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 8 feet<br \/>Permanent Exhibit, National Museum of Anthropology, Republic of the Philippines<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66cb846 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"66cb846\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-66cb846\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-24.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-24\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-66cb846\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Reading List\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2040 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-24.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-24-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-24-1024x766.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-24-768x575.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-24-850x636.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet<\/p><p>After the destruction of the Aztec empire in Mexico, heavenly hosts of archangels came to the Capitan\u00eda General de Filipinas, Spain\u2019s colony across the Pacific. This angel-conqueror surveys the armies of the Spanish Empire stationed in Zamboanga. The accoutrements of this celestial subjugator\u2014 black armor embellished with the gold of the Aztecs\u2014project the power of the Empire. Behold the symbols\u2014a drowsy Burgos Pointer, a breed native only to Spain; a Mexican viper devouring a Mindanao scops owl; a litter of military maps and books, among them El Indio Agraviado, Vocabulario Iloco-Espa\u00f1ol, Leyes de Toro, were some of the intellectual tools of conquest. Although allegorical, this HOCUS scene is historically accurate; there was indeed an encampamiento in Zamboanga where Spanish troops and auxiliaries were stationed on their way to engage in battle the Moros of Jolo and Patikul.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f1f6c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f1f6c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fg-item-title\"><strong>The Reading List<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd952aa premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"cd952aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-cd952aa\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-27.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-27\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-cd952aa\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Virgin has Nothing to Sell\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2043 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1989\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-27.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-27-172x300.jpg 172w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-27-587x1024.jpg 587w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-27-768x1340.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-27-880x1536.jpg 880w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-27-300x523.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-27-850x1483.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on wood, 7 feet x 3 feet<\/p><p>During the Spanish colonial period, the most popular shrine in Antipolo was that of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage.<\/p><p>Walter Robb, a former pre-war newspaperman in the Philippines, quoted an Englishman who described a shameful occupation of those who were too lazy to work.\u00a0 They carried around a display case containing a small image of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage enclosed in glass.\u00a0 They presented this to devotees who were on their way to Our Lady\u2019s shrine in Antipolo; the pilgrims were invited to hold the case and kiss the Virgin, after which they were made to pay a small fee.<\/p><p>Alas, the Virgin has nothing to sell! Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage has never charged for the miracles demanded by the pilgrims whose souls need to be blessed.<\/p><p>This HOCUS painting shows how the unscrupulous make money on the devotion to the Virgin of Antipolo. To the left of the Virgin and to her right, there are makeshift stores selling numerous religious objects to the droves of pilgrims who come to ask for her protection.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06edadb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06edadb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Virgin has Nothing to Sell<\/strong><br \/>Oil on wood, 7 feet x 3 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d1177 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"35d1177\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-35d1177\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-30.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-30\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-35d1177\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA las ocho de la ma\u00f1ana, 30 Deciembre 1896\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2045 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1934\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-30.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-30-177x300.jpg 177w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-30-604x1024.jpg 604w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-30-768x1303.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-30-905x1536.jpg 905w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-30-300x509.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-30-850x1442.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on wood, 7 feet x 4 feet<\/p><p>This HOCUS painting is a tribute to Do\u00f1a Teodora Alonzo, the exemplary mother. \u201cEducation begins on a mother\u2019s lap\u2026\u201d Rizal wrote to the 20 young women of Malolos who wanted to open a school. He had his mother in mind. Here Do\u00f1a Teodora is dressed in mourning, two hours after the death of her son, showing us her son\u2019s last poem where he bade his family and friends farewell: Adios, padres y hermanos, trozos del alma mia, amigos de la infancia, en el perdido hogar. Her handkerchief is stained with his blood. She offers it to you. Will you take it and follow Rizal\u2019s example of love of country or would you just turn and walk away?<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1009785 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1009785\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A las ocho de la ma\u00f1ana, 30 Deciembre 1896<\/strong><br \/>Oil on wood, 7 feet x 4 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-973163b premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"973163b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-973163b\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-34.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-34\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-973163b\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJugadores de cartas muy confiados\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2049 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-34.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-34-300x207.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-34-1024x707.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-34-768x530.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-34-850x587.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet<\/p><p>This HOCUS painting shows four card players in obvious mirth playing the Cartas Philippinensis. The Cartas Philippinensis is a set of Tarot cards which I designed and which is the only playable tarot cards with Philippine themes. According to Maria Cristina Barr\u00f3n Soto (Ph.d) of the Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de Mexico: \u201cThe cards are glimpses of the syncretism of the Catholic faith which when fused with the forces of nature, enrich and balance what is sacred to the Filipino people and bring to the fore a Spanish identity rooted in Christian tradition.<\/p><p>Although the tarot cards are used for divining one\u2019s future, the cardplayers have somehow devised a way to satisfy their gambling instincts by using the Philippinensis cards. The card players by their gaiety disclose that they are unaware of the history that the Philippinensis cards reveal, like the blindfolded friars in the painting who are equally unaware that the blind doctrines that they have taught will traverse centuries and fester in the minds of the people of these islands.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3de644d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3de644d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Jugadores de cartas muy confiados<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32f0573 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"32f0573\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-32f0573\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-37.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-37\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-32f0573\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTriduana\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2052 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1459\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-37.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-37-234x300.jpg 234w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-37-800x1024.jpg 800w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-37-768x983.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-37-300x384.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-37-850x1088.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 5 feet x 4 feet<\/p><p>This HOCUS painting shows a Spanish woman from Andalucia, with the traditional peineta and mantilla, flipping the Cartas Philippinensis. She represents the Spanish empire which controlled the daily lives of the people it governed. Most of the conquistadors came from Andalucia. Members of four friar orders are seen flying distinctively South-East Asian kites carrying the symbols of the Four Evangelists: Matthew is symbolized by a man, Mark by a winged lion, Luke by a winged ox and John, an eagle. The friars are mounted on pulpits found in churches where they held sway.<\/p><p>Below left, an Augustinian is perched on the pulpit of the San Agustin Church. Above him is a Dominican flying a kite from the pulpit of the former Sto. Domingo Church in Intramuros which was destroyed during WWII. To the right, a friar of the Franciscan Order, stands on the pulpit of Maragondon Church and below him a Jesuit flying a kite from the pulpit of Baclayon Church which was built by Jesuits and later occupied by Recoletos after their expulsion. The Andalucia woman, the friars, and the symbols of the gospel preachers, shows in allegory how our souls were pacified through a symbiotic relationship of Church and State which consequently led to the loss of our lands and identity.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1c826d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1c826d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Triduana<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 5 feet x 4 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe629c2 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"fe629c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-fe629c2\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-40.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-40\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-fe629c2\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Sailing Ships\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2055 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1978\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-40.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-40-173x300.jpg 173w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-40-590x1024.jpg 590w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-40-768x1333.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-40-885x1536.jpg 885w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-40-300x521.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-40-850x1475.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on wood, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p><p>The friars believed that the Philippines is their springboard to China and China must be introduced to the Christian Faith.<\/p><p>In this HOCUS painting, the 5 religious orders\u2014Augustinians, Jesuits, Recollects, Franciscans and Dominicans, together with soldiers of the Spanish crown, are seen crossing the Pacific.<br \/>The little rocks on the left is actually Islas Filipinas since this was how Filipinas was represented in a 16th century map of Sebastian Munster. The creatures on the lower part of the panel are the strange creatures that the religious and the conquistadors expected to see in their perilous voyage. The cross occupies the center of the compass on the lower right hand corner of the painting and on the upper left of the painting is an outline of the coastline of China.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a9957a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a9957a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Sailing Ships<\/strong><br \/>Oil on wood, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd9c7fe\" data-id=\"fd9c7fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d67b380 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"d67b380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-d67b380\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-22.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-22\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-d67b380\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSecrets of the Laguna Copperplate\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2038 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"863\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-22.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-22-300x227.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-22-1024x775.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-22-768x581.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-22-850x643.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet<\/p><p>The Laguna Copperplate is the oldest written document of the<br \/>Philippines; it was not easy to decipher its secrets. The journey of its discovery began in ancient burial grounds, a place now called Dulongbayan, in Lumban, Laguna, which became a major source of pre-Hispanic artifacts coveted by Filipino collectors in the 1960\u2019s.<\/p><p>In this HOCUS painting, the copperplate is shrouded with vestiges of our pre-Hispanic past: A Javanese Kinnari lamp is seen on the right; there are two golden death masks, circa 10th-13th century A.D. excavated in Butuan, Agusan del Norte; on the left sits a golden figure of the deity unearthed in the area ruled by an ancient kingdom in Surigao. Another golden effigy of the half-man half-bird kinnari, also from Surigao, is seen at the right. Bejeweled pre-Hispanic natives straight from the Boxer Codex amble through the cryptic script bequeathed by our ancestors.<br \/>Finally, the copperplate shows the story, in old books retold, of a native who clambered up a coconut tree and shouted to the encamped Spaniards: \u201cWhat have we done to your ancestors to justify your cruelties?\u201d<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e87cee7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e87cee7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"fg-item-title\"><strong>Secrets of the Laguna Copperplate<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet<br \/>Permanent Exhibit, National Museum of Anthropology, Republic of the Philippines<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3f5937 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"e3f5937\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-e3f5937\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-25.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-25\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-e3f5937\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEscuelas y rosarios\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2041 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-25.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-25-300x219.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-25-1024x747.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-25-768x561.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-25-850x620.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet<\/p><p>The learned Jesuit historian Rene Javellana speaks of the narration of Pedro Murillo Velarde of the daily routine of a typical town. The village boys and girls start the day with masses, thereafter, they proceed to school singing prayers. Known as escuela y rosarios, \u201ctheir comings and goings were marked with the singing of prayers. Hence, the stillness of the country air was rent by the singing of children, as the songs indoctrinated the rest of the village with Christian doctrine through prayers.\u201d<\/p><p>In this HOCUS painting, children are seen going up the first staircase of the Escuela Catolica chanting religious songs. As if transported into the future, the very same children go down the second staircase as adult musicians and singers, their latent skills honed by a conspiracy of age and time. This is an allegory that explains why Filipinos are known the world over as talented musicians and singers. Indeed, if other nations have dominated the world with their armies, we have conquered it with our vocal chords and our ability to play musical instruments. Take note of the two children looking at the Escuela while leaning on an elderly couple, the past and the future are back to back. The past is indeed a prologue.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f15fca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f15fca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Escuelas y rosarios<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ab03b premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"33ab03b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-33ab03b\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-28.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-28\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-33ab03b\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Reading List 2\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2033 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"772\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-28.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-28-300x203.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-28-1024x693.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-28-768x520.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-28-850x576.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet<\/p><p>On December 30, 1896, at 7:03 in the morning, the eight-man squad of the 70th Infantry Regiment, the \u201cMagallanes\u201d shot Jose Rizal. How tragic that Filipinos were made to kill a compatriot. This HOCUS painting<br \/>envisions the scene after Jose Rizal was executed by firing squad.<\/p><p>It was Rizal\u2019s death that galvanized the Filipinos to fight a deadly war of independence against 333 years of Spanish rule. Witnessing the execution from her window, a Filipina angel weeps inconsolably, surrounding her are the books that caused Rizal\u2019s death: The Noli Me Tangere and the El Filibusterismo both written by Rizal. Books authored by the friars responsible for his death litter the floor and are stacked on the bookshelves\u2014Obras de Santa Teresa de Jesus, Arte de la Lengua Tagala, Antiguos Alfabetos Filipinos, EL Indio, Platicas y conferencias, Libro de Almas, Vocabulario de la Lengua Pampanga, etc.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db86db8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db86db8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Reading List 2<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d79ba premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"63d79ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-63d79ba\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-31.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-31\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-63d79ba\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAngels Visit the National Museum, at Midnight\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2046 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-31.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-31-300x152.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-31-1024x520.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-31-768x390.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-31-850x432.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 8 feet<\/p><p>La Pesadilla is a kind of palimpsest because it has been painted over countless times. I spent many tormented nights visualizing the multiple details of its symbols and hidden messages. Harder still was explaining to Guy Custodio the visions in my mind. In fact, if the painting chaffs, its underlay would reveal the changes Custodio had to make until he finally understood what I was seeing in my mind. After the \u201cLa Pesadilla\u201d triptych was donated to the National Museum of Fine Arts for permanent exhibition, I felt personal loss. It is for this reason that I asked Custodio to duplicate the painting in a smaller scale, with angels visiting it at the National Museum of Fine Arts, at midnight.<\/p><p>As the angels contemplated \u201cLa Pesadilla\u201d, they were shocked to see what has been happening. The lead angel is angry, his fury obvious even if his back is turned. The sword of a second angel has turned into a flaming blade which happens whenever angels are overcome with rage. This is a vision that I had in a dream and which I asked Custodio to paint on canvas. Now I have my \u201cLa Pesadilla\u201d back.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4cfc78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4cfc78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Angels Visit the National Museum, at Midnight<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 8 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-878c236 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"878c236\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-878c236\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-32.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-32\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-878c236\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHang the Heretic\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2047 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1797\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-32.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-32-190x300.jpg 190w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-32-650x1024.jpg 650w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-32-768x1211.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-32-974x1536.jpg 974w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-32-300x473.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-32-850x1340.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on wood, 6 feet x 3 feet<\/p><p>The Anghel de Cuyacuy is seen hanging from a tree, the noose around his neck killed him by asphyxiation. Who meted this terrible punishment? What capital sin did the Anghel de Cuyacuy commit to deserve such a horrible death? He is surrounded by priests of the Holy Orders, one carries a bell, the second a book and the third a candle, which can only mean that, in these islands, even angels can be excommunicated. Another anghel de cuyacuy emerges from the rubble of the Oton church. The friars, wrapped in dogma, had accused the anghel of heresy, both religious and historical. That was why they hung him. However, armed only with his books and his seemingly blasphemous interpretations of religion and history, the Anghel de Cuyacuy is beyond the pale of death since he is an angel\u2014a minor fact which the friars seem to have forgotten.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b30b01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b30b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Hang the Heretic<\/strong><br \/>Oil on wood, 6 feet x 3 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-882835d premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"882835d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-882835d\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-35.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-35\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-882835d\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSuitor &amp; Soothsayer\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2050 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1493\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-35.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-35-229x300.jpg 229w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-35-782x1024.jpg 782w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-35-768x1006.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-35-300x393.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-35-850x1113.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p><p>This is a HOCUS painting within a HOCUS painting.<\/p><p>The painting on the wall is surrealistic. A squad of Guardia Civil is forcibly pulling down a moon with a human face. Coincidentally, Bonifacio\u2019s flag had an anthropomorphic sun which became a symbol of the<br \/>Philippine Revolution, symbolizing the dominant role that the Giardia Civil played against those who fought for our freedom. In single file, Filipino peasants cross a green field, one carries a fish followed by two others transporting a recumbent friar clutching a rosary in his left hand. The last man with a native raincoat is holding an enormous crab.<\/p><p>In the background, a ruined Pinaglabanan bridge in the then pueblo of San Juan spans a shallow pond for carabaos. Yet, two bancas are seen navigating an invisible river; the first carries the image of Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Soledad de Porta Vaga, of Cavite, and the other, the Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Pe\u00f1afrancia of Bicol. Both are honoured with fluvial processions. They mimic the religion introduced by Spain to the indios, part flight of fancy, part based on the indio\u2019s everyday undertakings<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1b7408 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1b7408\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Suitor &amp; Soothsayer<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1779847 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"1779847\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-1779847\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-38.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-38\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-1779847\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnghel de Cuyacuy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2053 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1508\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-38.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-38-227x300.jpg 227w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-38-774x1024.jpg 774w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-38-768x1016.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-38-300x397.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-38-850x1124.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p><p>This painting shows the Anghel de Cuyacuy.\u00a0 He is a Filipino angel destined to battle ignorance and superstition and not Satan\u2019s murderous horde.<\/p><p>Behind him are the members of the religious orders looking intently at the\u00a0<em>cuyacuy\u00a0<\/em>angel.\u00a0 A Dominican whose face exhibits anger, a Jesuit in shock, a Franciscan whose face shows amazement, an Augustinian likewise registers his astonishment and a Recollect, his sorrow.<\/p><p>The walls around the anghel de cuyacuy are crumbling. \u00a0The walls are decorated with the plans for the various forts built by the Spaniards in the Philippines.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-363654f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"363654f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Anghel de Cuyacuy<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3468411 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"3468411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-3468411\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-41.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-41\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-3468411\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Descending Christ\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2056 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1492\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-41.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-41-229x300.jpg 229w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-41-782x1024.jpg 782w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-41-768x1005.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-41-300x393.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-41-850x1112.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on wood, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p><p>So that the confusing concept of the Trinity may be explained, artists during the Spanish colonial period came up with three identical images of Christ. Jesus Christ, the son, is shown with the image of the lamb of God on his chest. Another Christ representing the Holy Spirit is shown with a white dove and Christ the father almighty is shown with the all-seeing eye also embedded on His chest.<\/p><p>In this HOCUS painting, the three persons of Christ are shown descending a stairway with the deeply religious Andalucia province at the background. Each Christ figure instead of the usual symbol of the dove, the all-seeing eye and the lamb is shown with the number three.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0584d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0584d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Descending Christ<\/strong><br \/>Oil on wood, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7057124\" data-id=\"7057124\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1fb97 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"ae1fb97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-ae1fb97\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-23.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-23\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-ae1fb97\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Convent on Isla del Fuego\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2039 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-23.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-23-300x100.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-23-1024x342.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-23-768x257.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-23-850x284.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 2 feet x 3 feet<\/p><p>In this allegorical HOCUS painting, the natives do not seem at all impressed by the dramatic religious structures that were transforming the landscape while their lives remained the same. They were far from prosperous and on a carabao-drawn cart, following the friars in their drunken and merry jaunt.<\/p><p><br \/>The allegory notwithstanding, the Augustinian Recollects did leave a precious legacy, the Lazi Convent which was declared a National Historical Landmark in 1978 and National Cultural Treasure in 2006.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9875e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9875e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\"><strong>A Convent on Isla del Fuego<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 2 feet x 3 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcf235e premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"dcf235e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-dcf235e\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-26.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-26\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-dcf235e\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEl Canto Boholano\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2042 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1844\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-26.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-26-185x300.jpg 185w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-26-633x1024.jpg 633w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-26-768x1242.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-26-950x1536.jpg 950w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-26-300x485.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-26-850x1375.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on wood, 6 feet x 5 feet<\/p><p>A kyriale is a liturgical song book of Gregorian chant for the Ordinary of the Mass sang by a congregation. I have been fortunate enough to see<br \/>those enormous songbooks made from the hide of luckless animals in the church museums of Bohol, before a destructive earthquake hit the island in 2013.<\/p><p>This HOCUS painting shows the title page of the Antifonario de esta de Baclayon.<br \/>The music paleography had been changed: Instead of the usual neumatic notation of Gregorian chant, the symbols of Bohol were superimposed on the square musical notes, but one can still sit in front of a pipe organ and play this unusual kyriale to hear the ancient music.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9b138f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9b138f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>El Canto Boholano<\/strong><br \/><strong>(The Song of Bohol)<\/strong><br \/>Oil on wood, 6 feet x 5 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259aca3 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"259aca3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-259aca3\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-29.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-29\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-259aca3\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUsing Occam\u2019s Razor\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2044 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"2043\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-29.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-29-167x300.jpg 167w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-29-571x1024.jpg 571w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-29-768x1376.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-29-857x1536.jpg 857w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-29-300x538.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-29-850x1523.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 5 feet x 3 feet<\/p><p>This HOCUS painting is an allegory of how the Katipunan was discovered. On the foreground Teodoro Pati\u00f1o confesses to Padre Gil in a proper confessional box. To the friar\u2019s right, a soldier from the infanteria and a member of the officer corps of the Guardia Civil Veterana listens sub rosa to the confession of Pati\u00f1o being heard by Padre Gil. (According to Fray Gil\u2019s testimony, he first went to the infanteria then to the Guardia Civil). The organizational chart of the Katipunan is traced on the sand but a sea of blood is about to wash it away. Above is the church of Tondo where Fray Mariano Gil was cura parroco and where he received the confession of Pati\u00f1o. The church is about to be hit by a fireball in the night, a cosmic portent of the coming revolution sparked by Pati\u00f1o\u2019s confession and Fray Gil\u2019s betrayal of the Seal of Confession.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a0370b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a0370b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Using Occam\u2019s Razor<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 5 feet x 3 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d39a7b5 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"d39a7b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-d39a7b5\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-33.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-33\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-d39a7b5\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Time is\u2019 \u2026.. \u2018Time was\u2019 \u2026 \u2018Time\u2019s past\u2019\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2048 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1508\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-33.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-33-227x300.jpg 227w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-33-774x1024.jpg 774w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-33-768x1016.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-33-300x397.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-33-850x1124.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p><p>The lady time-keeper is an india and directly above her head a clock indicates when Jose Rizal was born, when he published the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo and the year he was executed at<br \/>Bagumbayan.<\/p><p>The lady is sewing what appears to be the first Philippine flag, exactly like the one Marcela M. Agoncillo described as our first flag with four stars and a human face, our flag, the symbol of the aspirations of the Filipino people that was gloriously unfurled during our country\u2019s declaration of independence. The timepieces mark the memorable years.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4edca15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4edca15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u2018Time is\u2019 \u2026.. \u2018Time was\u2019 \u2026 \u2018Time\u2019s past\u2019<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b68c8f3 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"b68c8f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-b68c8f3\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-36.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-36\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-b68c8f3\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Burning Book\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2051 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1626\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-36.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-36-210x300.jpg 210w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-36-718x1024.jpg 718w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-36-768x1095.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-36-1077x1536.jpg 1077w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-36-300x428.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-36-850x1212.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 5 feet x 4 feet<\/p><p>The Bible\u2014a written record of God\u2019s messages to Man\u2014is the work of more than 35 writers and poets. Its compilation and writing took more or less a millennium. As holy as the Koran is to Islam, the Bible is taken as divine writ. Early Christian texts were written mostly on papyrus but the use of animal parchment became popular in the fourth century. The Old Testament was written in Hebrew while the Gospels of the New Testament were written in Greek. Saint Jerome, patron saint of bibliophiles, translated the Bible to Latin vulgate, thus making the holy book more accessible and readable to the educated classes for Latin was then the lingua franca of Europe. In 1455, Gutenberg came out with the first printed Bible which made it more popular.<\/p><p>In this HOCUS painting, friars of the religious orders, during the Spanish colonial period, identified by the seals on their gold rings, are seen chasing the Roman, Hebrew and Greek letters that leaped out of the pages of a Bible in flames. Thirteen dragonflies symbolizing the crucified Christ and His twelve apostles are also seen in drastic flight. The bible burns because of the religious orders have blasphemed the Faith.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c976cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c976cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Burning Book<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 5 feet x 4 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6229d65 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"6229d65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-6229d65\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-39.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-39\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-6229d65\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMiracles of the Faith\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2054 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1489\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-39.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-39-230x300.jpg 230w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-39-784x1024.jpg 784w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-39-768x1003.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-39-300x392.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-39-850x1110.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p><p>A priest, ensconced on a silla de frayle, is actually a composite image of the 5 religious orders. He is barefooted, like a member of the Order of the Recoletos Agustinos Descalzos (the barefooted Augustinian Recollects).<\/p><p><br \/>He dons a Jesuit hat. He wears the long sleeve cloth of the Augustinians and his legs shows the vestments of the Franciscan Order.<\/p><p>He is surrounded by paintings showing the miracles that helped to strengthen their grip on the soul of the indio. From upper left, counter clockwise, the painting shows the battle between the Spaniards and the Dutch. The former was aided by the Virgin Mary. Thus, we have the yearly procession of La Naval de Manila to commemorate the killing of those Dutch sailors. Below is shown the church of Boljoon in Cebu, Legend has it that a giant armed with a canon protected the inhabitants of the town from Moro pirates. The town Boljoon was a pre-Hispanic settlement. The pueblo was one of the most plundered by the Moros since it is located on the Southern portion of Cebu. Boljoon was christianized by the<br \/>Augustinian friars. In 1599, it was listed as a parish like Carcar and Argao. In 1624, Boljoon became the encomienda of Pedro de Madrid. In 1782, it was reduced to ashes and the only things saved from the onslaught of the Moro pirates were the town virgin and sacred clothing of the friars.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cc5a0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cc5a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Miracles of the Faith<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 3 feet<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a150396 premium-modal-dismissible-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-premium-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"a150396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;premium_modal_box_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"premium-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;trigger&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;show_on_exit&quot;:false}\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-trigger-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-toggle=\"premium-modal\" data-target=\"#premium-modal-a150396\" class=\"premium-modal-trigger-img\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-42.jpg\" alt=\"h2_indhocus ii-42\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div id=\"premium-modal-a150396\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal\"\r\n\t\t\trole=\"dialog\"\r\n\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none\"\r\n\t\t\t>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-dialog\" data-delay-animation=\"\" data-modal-animation=\"fadeInDown animated-fast\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-header\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAntitesis del Angel de Cuyacuy\/Telara\u00f1a del Colonialismo\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-close-button-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">&times;<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-body\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2057 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1192\" srcset=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-42.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-42-287x300.jpg 287w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-42-979x1024.jpg 979w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-42-768x803.jpg 768w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-42-300x314.jpg 300w, http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/h2_indhocus-ii-42-850x889.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p><p>Oil on canvas, 7 feet x 6.5 feet<\/p><p>The Antithesis of the Hocus angel cradles the Codex Demonicus.<\/p><p><br \/>Below him is the seven headed Naga with a stylized version of the Agusan Goddess which was found in 1917 on the banks of the Agusan River after a turbulent storm. The image was taken by the Americans to the United States and is now on display at the Field Museum of Chicago. Together, they symbolize the faith that has come to these shores before the coming of the Europeans.<\/p><p>Below the Antithesis is a pit containing the busts of the popes who reigned during the time of Spanish sovereignty in the islands. From 6 o\u2019clock clockwise: (1) Gregorio XVI. (2) Paulo IV. (3) Inocencio VII. (4) Alejandro VI. (5) Jan Pio V. (6) Clemente IX. (7) Inocencio X. (8) Pio II. (9) Benedicto XIII. (10) Sixto V. (11) Benedicto XIV. (12) Marcelo II. Above the busts is the Dendronephthya, a coral that inhabits the waters of the Western Pacific\u2014the path taken by the conquistadors coming from Mexico.<\/p><p>Enmeshed in the cobweb of colonialism in various stages of death and near death are the Spaniards and their native auxiliaries\u2014caught in the silken quagmire of their own doing. Soldiers from the North American continent are seen climbing towards the woven threads that have entrapped their predecessors, not realizing that they too will be ensnared in the deadly game of empire building.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-footer\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"premium-modal-box-modal-lower-close\" data-dismiss=\"premium-modal\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-985b205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"985b205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Antitesis del Angel de Cuyacuy\/Telara\u00f1a del Colonialismo<\/strong><br \/>Oil on canvas, 7 feet x 6.5 feet<br \/>Permanent Exhibit, National Museum of Anthropology, Republic of the Philippines<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81755df elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"81755df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/saulhofilenajr.com\/?page_id=2098\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PAGE 1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paintings HOCUS I HOCUS II HOCUS III HOCUS II The Hofile\u00f1a-Custodio paintings exhibited at the National Art Gallery of the National Museum of the Philippines on September 15, 2019 to March 15, 2020 The Dreamweavers &times; Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 8 feet In Lake Sebu, Cotobato, settles the T\u2019Boli. They make T\u2019nalak cloth. T\u2019nalak is made from the fibers of the abaca and the designs are conveyed to them in their dreams by their gods. One of their gods is Fu Dalu. She is described in T\u2019boli lore as a spirit who protects the integrity of the abaca so the fibers will not break during the weaving process. In this HOCUS painting, clockwise from upper right, a T\u2019boli woman weaves the M\u2019Baga Klagan that shows the pattern of Loos Klagan, a T\u2019boli spirit that inflicts diseases. The T\u2019nalak cloth is used to appease Loos Klagan so that, according to the Tiboli tradition, they may be protected from afflictions that may plague them. Below, another woman weaves the Klagan T\u2019nalak cloth on a loom with the pattern of Fu-el, the T\u2019boli goddess of waters. Below, on the left, the weaver executes a design, of the ogow tenbe beniteng, which is the T\u2019boli mermaid, whose long hair flows with the seas, rivers and lakes. Above the weaver of the beniteng, another T\u2019boli woman intertwines abaca threads to make the M\u2019Baga F\u2019low which protects one from the F\u2019low or a bad spirit; offending the F\u2019low may lead to illness, if not death. At the very center stands Fu Dalu, the serene Goddess of the Weave who reigns over the enchanting lake. Unknown to her, a Christian Cross is slowly emerging from the lake. The cross is draped with a T\u2019nalak with the Buling Longit design that symbolizes an imagined heaven gloriously adorned with the patters, colors and images of all the T\u2019boli dream weaves since time immemorial.The Cross of the Spanish missionaries looms over Lake Sebu replacing Buling Longit. They have assimilated the symbolic vocabulary and the woven syntax of the mystical dream patterns conveyed by the T\u2019nalak. Will the T\u2019boli be Christianized and made subjects of the King of Spain? History says that some T\u2019bolis did become Christians but some stuck to their old ways and the faith of their ancestors. Close The Dreamweavers Oil on canvas, 4 feet x 8 feetPermanent Exhibit, National Museum of Anthropology, Republic of the Philippines The Reading List &times; Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet After the destruction of the Aztec empire in Mexico, heavenly hosts of archangels came to the Capitan\u00eda General de Filipinas, Spain\u2019s colony across the Pacific. This angel-conqueror surveys the armies of the Spanish Empire stationed in Zamboanga. The accoutrements of this celestial subjugator\u2014 black armor embellished with the gold of the Aztecs\u2014project the power of the Empire. Behold the symbols\u2014a drowsy Burgos Pointer, a breed native only to Spain; a Mexican viper devouring a Mindanao scops owl; a litter of military maps and books, among them El Indio Agraviado, Vocabulario Iloco-Espa\u00f1ol, Leyes de Toro, were some of the intellectual tools of conquest. Although allegorical, this HOCUS scene is historically accurate; there was indeed an encampamiento in Zamboanga where Spanish troops and auxiliaries were stationed on their way to engage in battle the Moros of Jolo and Patikul. Close The Reading ListOil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet The Virgin has Nothing to Sell &times; Oil on wood, 7 feet x 3 feet During the Spanish colonial period, the most popular shrine in Antipolo was that of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage. Walter Robb, a former pre-war newspaperman in the Philippines, quoted an Englishman who described a shameful occupation of those who were too lazy to work.\u00a0 They carried around a display case containing a small image of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage enclosed in glass.\u00a0 They presented this to devotees who were on their way to Our Lady\u2019s shrine in Antipolo; the pilgrims were invited to hold the case and kiss the Virgin, after which they were made to pay a small fee. Alas, the Virgin has nothing to sell! Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage has never charged for the miracles demanded by the pilgrims whose souls need to be blessed. This HOCUS painting shows how the unscrupulous make money on the devotion to the Virgin of Antipolo. To the left of the Virgin and to her right, there are makeshift stores selling numerous religious objects to the droves of pilgrims who come to ask for her protection. Close The Virgin has Nothing to SellOil on wood, 7 feet x 3 feet A las ocho de la ma\u00f1ana, 30 Deciembre 1896 &times; Oil on wood, 7 feet x 4 feet This HOCUS painting is a tribute to Do\u00f1a Teodora Alonzo, the exemplary mother. \u201cEducation begins on a mother\u2019s lap\u2026\u201d Rizal wrote to the 20 young women of Malolos who wanted to open a school. He had his mother in mind. Here Do\u00f1a Teodora is dressed in mourning, two hours after the death of her son, showing us her son\u2019s last poem where he bade his family and friends farewell: Adios, padres y hermanos, trozos del alma mia, amigos de la infancia, en el perdido hogar. Her handkerchief is stained with his blood. She offers it to you. Will you take it and follow Rizal\u2019s example of love of country or would you just turn and walk away? Close A las ocho de la ma\u00f1ana, 30 Deciembre 1896Oil on wood, 7 feet x 4 feet Jugadores de cartas muy confiados &times; Oil on canvas, 3 feet x 4 feet This HOCUS painting shows four card players in obvious mirth playing the Cartas Philippinensis. The Cartas Philippinensis is a set of Tarot cards which I designed and which is the only playable tarot cards with Philippine themes. 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