Michelle Carlos
Folktale Week 2021
This year's Folktale Week is another success. Have a look at the pieces I created for one of Instagram's most beloved art challenges.
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Michelle Carlos
Feb 3, 20216 min read
Writing a Picture Book Story
Writing in general is both an art form and a skill. Writing for children is a different ball game.
Michelle Carlos
Dec 5, 20204 min read
Folktale Week 2020
It will be dark, nearly monochromatic and elegant.
Michelle Carlos
Mar 16, 20191 min read
Love Sick
An ode to fleeting love affairs Love Sick Distance gets in the way Across the ocean Time is an hour late Age a decade apart Yet A...
Michelle Carlos
Jan 19, 20193 min read
Filipino Folk Art
As an artist, do you know who you are and what influences your art in a cultural perspective? I am a Filipino. Should I be making more...
Michelle Carlos
Dec 2, 20181 min read
Wanderlust
2010. A poem conceived during my extreme wanderlust that triggered a chain of significant and wondrous events in my life. Ride, ride,...
Michelle Carlos
Nov 18, 20185 min read
When Butterflies Sing
This is the story of the most beautiful woman in the world who was doomed to suffer the consequence of such a gift. A Curse Máire...
Michelle Carlos
Nov 2, 20181 min read
The Wolf and the Wind
A poem dedicated to the howling wolf and wind. It howls in the dark of night It blows against the towers' might It comes with vengeance...
Michelle Carlos
Oct 18, 20181 min read
Rusty
A poem and painting about being brain dead, idle and frustrated due to a lack of motivation and inspiration to create something. I'm...
Michelle Carlos
Oct 11, 20181 min read
The Sum of All
Fresh from a trip in Japan and itching to paint, this image came to be together with the poem It's my first thought this morning A...
Michelle Carlos
Oct 7, 20181 min read
Two Sassy Ladies
A poem about a pair of fashionable girls I saw on train in Berlin on New Year's Eve Two sassy ladies off to a party wearing fur coats,...
Michelle Carlos
Oct 5, 20181 min read
The Roads Are Turning
A poem about change, courage, hope and positivity. The days go so fast and I have just begun I must go for a thousand more and there...
Michelle Carlos
Aug 24, 20181 min read
Black Flower
Based on true events I colored my sheep rainbow Then I colored my monkey yellow Its head in red and purple My teacher shook in sorrow I...
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