Creativity comes
in different forms. The artistry that goes with it, though most of the time is
considered subjective, has been proven to enhance self-esteem and could bring
variations where changes are highly demanded. It could be a rather different development,
but such creativity amplified in greater proportions particularly in times of
unbridled pressures and surprised announcements.
Such was the
scene on the 22nd of January when the Department of Education –Rizal
District held the first-ever activity that magnified the old adage and
extracted the infamous phrase down to its roots reminding everyone that still, “Honesty is the best policy”. It is
where the classroom educators of Rizal fused in a rendezvous of flowing creative
juices concocted to bring up the same old flavor of this popular axiom about honesty
in an artistically fresh manner. It was where these souls of mentorship came
out with blazing ingenuity despite the time-limited notice for preparation of
less than 24 meager hours.
One feature of
the event was the typical Poster-Making contest which stirred the participants’
imagination to visualize the popular maxim in the confines of one-fourths of an
illustration board. The pressure came here more for the coaches who,
undoubtedly, are the ones who surely felt the tension of the emblematic silent
competition among them both for the gravity of the need to come up with an
awe-inspiring, original craft and for the restricted time given to formulate
their mentees’ masterpieces.
Interpretative conflicts were evident as some came up with pieces
inclined with the more common Editorial Cartooning being competed every year in
the schools press conferences. The tendency to get confused between
poster-making and cartooning were obvious but still, every participant
showcased unparalleled inventiveness that proved the penchant for artistry by
the people of Rizal.
Another exciting
feature of the activity was “The Skit” which showcased the dramatic and
melodramatic bounds of the actors collectively guided by their coaches’
theatrical schemes. Some performed parodies, spoofs and even comedy which
elicited mixed types of entertainment all underscoring the values of honestly
and rectitude. The short notice for preparation never stood up as a drawback
for they not only displayed consummate elucidation of their own creative
scripts but also the uncanny ability to tag along with the dialogues they may
only have started memorizing and practicing the afternoon of the previous day.
In the end, the
program and the overall activity concluded finely. Winners were identified and
awarded which resulted into a frenzy of astonishment and celebration from the
late-informed mentors, writers, actors and visual artists. Losers may have shed some inner tears and
went home with a bit of gloom, but everyone left the venue, Rizal Central
School, practically contented with the experience -bearing a renewed vigor for
the continuous dissemination of the this old, common and overstated proverbial
phrase which unsparingly captivates every human soul into a fractional
realization of a utopian world one can only dream about.
