00:00Samantala ngayong buwan ng Abril, hindi lang mainit na panahon ang sasalubong sa atin,
00:04kundi pati na rin ang nag-aalab na pagmamahal para sa ating sariling panikitaan.
00:08Tama ka dyan, Diane. Dahil ngayong buwan, natin pinagdiriwang ang National Literature Month.
00:14Ito, Diana, ang mga libro, hindi lang yan basta binabasa.
00:18Madalas, dyan din tayo humuhugot ng lakas para maghilom.
00:23Kaya naman ngayong maga, isang special na panahuhin ang makakasama natin.
00:26Isa po siyang mahusay ng spoken word artist at writer na nagpapatunay na mga pira-pirasong karanasan
00:32ay pwedeng mabuo at maging isang ombra, gaya po nitong aklat na hawak ko.
00:36Kasama natin, Ms. Sophia Faith, and welcome to Rise and Shine Pilipina.
00:39Sophia, ang ganda mong maga po.
00:41Congratulations also on your book, sa mga pira-pirasong karanasan.
00:46Oo, nag-scan na agad ako. Parang humuhugot na naman tayo ito, babe.
00:50Sige nga, humuhugot ka nga muna.
00:52Kasi nga, ang gawain po namin mga ka-RSP, minsan, you want something to be sent to you, a message.
00:58So, sige, sige, sa pira-pira-pirasong tatak.
01:01Ay, gusto kong pasagutin, ayoko, ayoko magsagot.
01:04So, may pasagot pa na itong librong to, in fairness.
01:07Ito, tandaan mo sana ang simbolo ng katapangan, ang pagpapakita ng iyong kainan.
01:14Wow, ang ganda siya, your vulnerability.
01:17Yes, perfect.
01:17Alright, Sophia, nakahugot agad kami doon.
01:20But tell us about your process para mabuhi itong sa mga pira-pirasong pahina.
01:26Okay, so, I started writing po when I was 15.
01:30I posted my, I started writing written poetry po muna.
01:34I posted my works on various social media platforms.
01:39And then, eventually, I realized maybe mas maganda siguro ito kung binabasa ko.
01:44That time, I wasn't really familiar po sa spoken poetry.
01:49I just went with the flow.
01:52I read my poetries and mas lumawak po yung audience ko through that.
01:57And then, within the span of five years, may lumapit po sa akin na publisher.
02:04And, nag-offer po to publish the poems I post online po.
02:08Okay, kasi ano eh, this is a gift.
02:12Hindi lahat ay kayang ma-express yung kanilang sarili.
02:16Ang pagsisulat ay parang pagbubukas ng iyong puso sa publiko.
02:20So, you as a spoken word artist, how would you make sure na this helped you
02:26para mas ma-express pa pa yung mga personal experiences mo?
02:30Or anything you'd like to say?
02:31Anything about how you observe or what you've observed?
02:34Tell us more.
02:36Actually, I wrote that in my book po.
02:39Parang, I mentioned there po na maybe the reason why I write is because I'm too afraid to speak.
02:44And maybe the pages will help me speak my mind more.
02:49And so, yun din po yung reason of the title.
02:53Dun po ako humugot ng idea for the title.
02:57Words, syllables, rhymes, and torn pieces of paper.
03:03Those are the things that made me whole again.
03:06So, yung title po, galing po siya sa first poem from the first page of the book.
03:11Ako ay gawa sa mga pirapirasong pahe.
03:14I love that man.
03:15Pero, the typical book, babasahin mo yung mga poems, collections of stories.
03:19Ito, meron siyang parang worksheet.
03:22Bakit mo naisipan na lagyan siya ng mga parang some sort of exercises para ma-apply mo sa sariling buhay?
03:29When I was writing my manuscript for the book po, naisip ko po na ayokong ako lang yung nagsasalita.
03:37Gusto ko pong maramdaman ng mambabasa na hindi lang sila basta nagbabasa, pinakikinggan din sila.
03:44And I mentioned naman po sa last page ng book, hindi ka lang basta makata, ikaw ang siyang tula.
03:51Actually, kung harin ito, pagmasdan mo yung paligid mo daw, ano sa tingin mo yung isang simpleng bagay?
03:56Na hindi mo namamalayang mayroon palang malaking na ituro sa'yo.
04:00So, may reflection par.
04:01Talagang symbolism din.
04:03Sometimes kasi we have, kailangan natin humugot sa mga images, sa mga symbols.
04:08Ang ganda niyan.
04:09Tsaka nakakatuwa, talagang kanina parang, alam mo yun, sometimes, tulad na nagbukla tao kanina.
04:14Nakita ko about you.
04:16Alam natin eh, alam natin kailangan natin pakitin kahinaan natin.
04:19Pero sometimes, something or someone has to remind us of that.
04:23Ito nga sasagutan mo, Mars.
04:25Kamahal-mahal ako dahil.
04:26Okay, wait, ako ako lang, boy.
04:29Ganun yun eh, kasi yung process niya.
04:31O, kamahal-mahal ka, yan ang palagi mong pakatatandaan.
04:35Simula o simulan mong mahilom si pumamagitan ng pagtanggap sa iyong sarili.
04:39Kamahal-mahal ako dahil, mahal ko ang sarili ko.
04:42Kasi you have to love yourself so that you can love others.
04:45Anyway, sa pagdating naman doon sa publishing part, tell us more about the challenges.
04:50How was your journey?
04:51Madali ba?
04:52To be honest, for me po, it was a smooth process po because there are a lot of people who
04:59helped me.
05:00I don't have connections really, but I would say na yung platform ka po sa social media really helped me
05:06to sa process po ng pagpapublish.
05:10Like I said po earlier, a publishing company offered me to publish the poems po I posted.
05:17So sila na nag-asikaso?
05:19Yes.
05:19In a way.
05:20Okay.
05:20Pula naman pakiramdam na you're a published author already at hap mo ng physical copy ng iyong libro.
05:26It's actually very fulfilling po.
05:28I didn't really expect that a lot of people will appreciate the book.
05:34Sabi ko nga po nung book signing, kahit sampu lang yung bumili ng book, I will be very happy.
05:39But I was very surprised sobrang dami pong nag-attend during the PBF po, the Philippine Book Festival.
05:48Okay, you're a spoken word artist as well. So basically, do you perform? Or paano ba yun? Kapag spoken word
05:57artist ba?
05:58Or sinusulat lang?
05:59Sinusulat lang?
05:59Sinusulat niya tayo.
06:00Or do you also do performance?
06:02For me po, I write my poems first and then I record myself po and then I post it on
06:09social media.
06:09Okay.
06:10I'm curious, ito yung healing process mo rin ito?
06:14Yes po.
06:14So, back in 2022, I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety this morning and until now, I'm still on medications
06:24and therapy.
06:25Okay. So it really helped you?
06:27Yes.
06:27I wonder, kanina mo din na-dedicate itong libro ito?
06:31I would love to dedicate this book po for people, especially in my generation po.
06:37Kasi po, ngayon po, ang dami pong stigmas relating to mental health and I want people to understand na,
06:44especially my generation, the younger generation po, na it's okay to express yourselves.
06:49Feelings are meant to be felt.
06:51If you feel like crying, it's okay to cry.
06:54If you feel like you're tired, it's okay to take a rest for a while.
06:58The world will wait for you.
06:59No one's pressuring you.
07:02Alright.
07:02Well, of course, regarding sa libro mo, it's the National Literature Month.
07:09So, what could be your message para sa ating mga ka-RSP?
07:12Claro na, sa mga kabataan na gustong pumasok, sa pagsisulatin, also, powitry.
07:17Um, sa, um, sa generation ko po ngayon, as I've mentioned earlier, I just want to leave a one sentence,
07:27um, uh, inspiration po.
07:30Hindi ka lang basta makata, ikaw ang siyang tula.
07:33You are not just the writer, you are the story itself.
07:37Yun, naganda.
07:38Please, your social media accounts para maka-connect rin sa'yo ang ating mga RSP viewers.
07:43I want to keep a copy of them po.
07:44Oh, you can, oh, my, uh, sa mga pira-piras yung pahina po is available on all, um, social media
07:51platforms po, um, online platforms.
07:54And you can follow me din po at Sincerely or Sophia.
07:58Alright, thank you so much, Sophia Faith.
08:00Mars, bago tayo magtaposin na mo to.
08:02Hindi lahat ng tula ay binuo ng tinta.
08:04Karamihan sa kanila, binuo ng mga luha.
08:08Ano pa yun, Mars?
08:10Ang aga-agay na yung gutong-gutong talaga natin.
08:12Ano pa, may mas musakit pa ba dyan?
08:14Sige, hanap pa tayo ng isa.
08:16Ang tanging pangarap ko, hindi maglahos sa aking puso,
08:21ang alab na dulot ng bawat salitang sinusulat ko.
08:24Ayan.
08:25Ang ganda yun ng ano, parang magkakasama kayo,
08:27tas hugot-hugot lang kayo din sa libro.
08:29Oo, eto, eto.
08:30Kung share kayo ng refleks.
08:31Hindi na yan, profile na yan ng author.
08:33Ah, profile na ba ito?
08:33Itong isa na lang.
08:35Ayusin mo ang buhay mo.
08:37So, sundan kita.
08:38Mumanda ko.
08:38Ano ba tigong job?
08:40Ay, ibabaya.
08:40Well, salamat na, Sophia Faith,
08:42sa pagbahagi ng inspirasyon ngayong umaga.
08:44Salamat.
08:45At panigurado yung marami rin makatutulungan itong libro mo ito,
08:48lalo na yung nasa healing process as of the moment.
08:51Thank you very much.
08:51Thank you so much.
08:52Thank you so much for seeing you.
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