“DISPOSABLE”
Painting by: Krista Porlares
Words by: Bernadinne Jane Montecino
It’s not as elegant as Jun Porlares’, “A Time for Everything”, but the painting portrays the very extreme realities in life and in our society. The painting shows the evident truth and that as time goes by more and more people are embracing immorality. “Disposable” is one of the artworks that really catches my attention. For me, it also shows the, what I term as the “battle between the Catholic Church and the State” which started since 1998 when RH Bill was first propose . We are living in a fast paced society. We all depend on ‘instant’ nowadays. I, myself is fond of those ‘instant’ things. ‘Instant’ message, ‘instant’ noodles. Relatively, there are also the disposables. Mostly, they are associated with plastics, wrappers and cans and recently, life.
Way back in high school, I often read or hear news about fetus wrapped in poor quality papers or plastics and being left or rather dumped in trash bins, drums, sewages and the worst is just along the streets. Clearly, this shows how a life can be ‘disposed’easily. Totally ignoring one’s own conscience.Often, these news came from Filipino-based news reports.
My reaction would always be, “What kind of a human being would abort her child, it’s inhumane!”.
Thoughts would always fill my mind on how moral Filipinos really are. No matter how the majority would insist that we are moral, for me Christians and Filipinos alike are still immoral and still needs enlightenment. We still have a problem on what is right and what is wrong.
I have once read an article written by Fr. Vitaliano Gorospe. SJ
“It is quite obvious that there is a conflict between what they say as Christians and what they do as Filipinos. between their actual Filipino behavior and their ideal Christian behavior; in short, between what is and what ought to be.”
Even now, it is still a wonder for me how all organs fit in our body. Disposing a fetus is not a solution to every unwanted pregnancy. Life is the most precious gift God gave to us. We should take care of it and let others also realized the value of life and how beautiful life is. We are the stewards of God’s creation; every one of us is accountable of each other since we are brothers and sisters in the eyes of God.
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