01 eLMS Activity 1

Compare and contrast the concepts of art according to Western

thought and Filipino notion of personhood or pagkatao. Explain
briefly.

Filipinos value interpersonal relationships and are content to be

together when they eat, sleep, work, travel, pray, create, or rejoice.
They strive to maintain their private realm, but also desire a
convergence of their life with the lives of others. This allows them
to become highly skilled and creative in interpersonal relations
and social interaction, and this is a hallmarks of maturity.
Whereas Western thought holds that the representation of the
region's history, people, scenery, and animals in 2d or 3d, in a
highly realistic impressionist style, is closely related to the way of
life there.
The notion of "shared self" is important to the Filipino concept of
"kapwa," or Filipino personhood, and it invites the other into
one's heart. It links a person in their most intimate parts with
anyone outside of themselves, including total strangers. Your
social status or amount of income are unimportant here.
One method to positively seeing Filipino identity in the arts is to
perceive Philippine art as integrated with western art, and these
two traditions as coming together and harmonising with one
another.