Not all things that happen unexpectedly turn out to be unwelcomed. For instance, when our country was drawn into the Covid-19 pandemic and people were rendered clueless about what to do and how to go about their lives; families became closer and more in touch with one another. The period of great uncertainty, when one may expect death to knock on his door at any moment, became an opportunity for families to look back together, and remember those whom they have lost in the past. This much we are able to do to ensure that memories of our lives on earth will go on through the recollections of those we leave behind. We all want to be remembered. Even pre-historic men left drawings in their caves as a record of their history and culture, and to let people know that they have been here.
Our ancestors have left pieces of themselves in photographs, books and manuscripts, music, and other objects that they used, for their descendants to remember them with. Fernando Cueto Amorsolo, a painter, left his artworks, some 10 thousand pieces of them, as his own legacy to his family and the Filipino people. And we remember him this year on the 50th anniversary of his proclamation as the first National Artist of the Philippines in Visual Arts. This, in essence is the legacy of great art that PinoyLUG would like to preserve and extend to everyone who enjoy LEGO®. Project AMORsolo is perhaps, the most significant display execution of PinoyLUG builders. Described as quaintly ambitious and revolutionary, PinoyLUG considers the project as a passionate tribute to a great painter who expressed his love for country and its people through his works - leaving images of Philippine history, culture, and landscape, for future generations to remember their motherland with ardor.
Transposing his works into LEGO® bricks mosaic was reliving the life of Amorsolo in the new millennium. The spirit of "Bayanihan", the captivating beauty of the Pilipina in "Dalagang Bukid", the candor of our countrymen as "Early Traders" during the galleon trade are historical artifacts - none of which revealed themselves to the LEGO® building teams until the finished plates were put together to form the mosaics. This project, done with passion and resilience is an embodiment of modern "Bayanihan" - of achieving one goal as a team. This is the story of PinoyLUG that future generations of LEGO® lovers would remember one day when their turn comes to execute new ideas that will surpass and continue the legacy of their forebears.
That legacy is propelled by our vision of cultural stimulation, social responsibility, and inclusivity. It is a legacy of sharing, building, and making new ideas come to life. That is how PinoyLUG would like to be remembered.
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