Tuwing Nag-iisa sa Mapa ng Buntonghininga
Tuwing Nag-iisa sa Mapa ng Buntonghininga
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Bilang apologia pro vita sua, o mga awit patungkol sa sarili, ang apatnapung tula sa unang koleksiyon ni Paolo Tiausas, ang Tuwing Nag-iisa sa Mapa ng Buntonghininga, ay postmodernong kalipunang namumutiktik sa halos siyento porsiyentong autobiyograpikal na anekdota na payugto-yugtong tatambad sa mambabasa nang nabibihisan ng sisteng maanghang-na-mapait-na-nakapanlulupaypay sa mga larawan ng kahirapan at/o kabuktutang sinadya at/o di-sinadya, kamangmangang mistulang bálat sa utak, at makapal na compendium ng mga bagay (i.e., sa konteksto ng tulang “Bagay” ng kilusang pampanitikang tubong-Ateneo) na nilelente ng mapanuri at mapanuksong pagsisiyasat sa kung paano nabibisaklat o napipilay ang aparatong intelektuwal ng iskolar at kung paano rin niya buong husay na babaligtarin ang unipormeng pang-Atenista upang matambad ang mga himulmol, butas, o wakwak na sinulsihan nang buong ingat, o, nang kung papa-papaano lamang.
—Benilda S. Santos
Kung pag-usapan ni Paolo Tiausas ang kanyang kabataan, aakalain mong may ilang siglo nang lumipas ang buhay na kanyang tinutulaan gayong wala pang isang dekada ang karamihan ng mga sentimyentong pinagninilayan. Sa ganitong paraan nagkakatimbang ang kanyang mga tula: habang binabaybay nito ang magkahalong kabaduyan at kababawan ng pagkabata, tinatawid din ng mga ito ang isang uri ng intelektuwalidad na tumutuhog kung bakit ginagawa ng mga bata—ng mga tinaguriang millennial—ang kanilang ginagawa nang hindi sumasandig sa lohika ng popular at karaniwan. Nagbubukas ng pagkakataon ang koleksiyon na bigyan ng higit na partikularidad ang youth culture ng Pilipinas, mula sa kahulugan ng pagpalit ng regalo sa mga kaeskuwela tuwing Pasko hanggang sa masalimuot na pagsalikop ng aktuwal na panahon sa mga reglamentong lumilikha ng kani-kanilang siklo ng umpisa’t katapusan, ng mga katuturan at esensiyang hinihigitan pa ang timbang ng mismong buhay at kamatayan. Pamilyar ang mga tao at mga eksenang ito: ang Ingleserang principal sa ating mga paaralan, ang alangang halakhak habang nanonood ng Funniest Home Videos, ang mga sabi-sabi tungkol sa pag-ibig na naging biblikal at naturalisado. Lumilitaw ang isang tinig na—bagama’t bata sa kanyang panunudyo, pananariwa, at pakikitungo—nananatiling tapat sa diwa ng pakikisalamuha sa mga posibilidad ng isang daigdig na paulit-ulit sinusugatan ang kanyang kamusmusan. Sa halip na ipagdalamhati o ipag-nostalgia ang pambubusabos sa kabataang ito, bumabangon ang persona ng koleksiyon at ipinagbubunyi ang kanyang kaibahang nakababatid na “walang pinagkaiba sa responsibilidad / ang alaala,” sapagkat “kailangan mong mabuhay nang nagwawala’t nawawala.”
—Joseph T. Salazar
Author: Paolo Miguel G. Tiausas
ISBN/ISSN: 978971542939-9
Category: Literary; Poetry
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 144pp
Size: 6x9
Type: PB/SP
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Publisher: UP Press
Year: 2021
Condition: New
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Language: Filipino
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