Gentle Universe at Cultural Center of the Philippines

Sharing a photo of Gentle Universe at Cultural Center of the Philippines. This was taken at the open area, behing the Main Building, during the album launch of Lirio Salvador and his sound art group Elemento.

Thanks to Lirio Salvador, Jon Romero, Jonjie Ayson, Kaloy Olavidez and Soliman Cruz.

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Gentle Universe Postcard Giveaway (until Dec 15, 2011)

Dear friends,

We are giving away Gentle Universe handmade postcards! The giveaway is inspired by the wonderful folks from Etsy and Fika Fika Fika promoting snail mail and analogue correspondence.

If you would like to receive a postcard, just e-mail your postal address to gentle.universe@yahoo.com or csgarcimo@gmail.com. We have 30 postcards to give away.

Last day of sending your postal address is on December 15, 2011. We will mail the cards simultaneously on December 16, 2011. Feel free to share the info to everyone who loves postcards.

This is fun! We are excited to send the postcards with handwritten message! Open to Philippine residents only. We wish to send cards outside the Philippines on our next give away.

Truly yours,

Cris Garcimo
for Gentle Universe
e-mail: csgarcimo@gmail.com

PS. If you wish to receive a Gentle Universe postcard but don’t want to e-mail your postal address, just see us on our next gig at CCP Complex for the Elemento Album Launch on December 10, 6PM. Kindly e-mail us on or before December 8, 2011 so we could prepare the postcard. You will not experience the fun of receiving the postcard via mail though. :-)

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Vintage Pedal Cars and Tricycles

We've been looking online at lovely photos of vintage pedal cars and tricycles. It would be nice to have one for our son Dylan.


Pedal cars! No need to recharge.

We wish to find even old pedal cars and tricycles at thrift shops. That would be a fun restoration project!

Thanks for dropping by!

Truly yours,

Cris Garcimo
for Gentle Universe
email: csgarcimo@gmail.com

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Gentle Universe at Ayala Museum

Gentle Universe performed at Ayala Museum for Ang Illustrador ng Kabataan's (AngINK)
exhibit and 20th anniversary celebration. Nov 21, 2011, 6PM.


We performed live ambient music and sounds during the exhibit viewing. (Cris Garcimo - keyboard, toy piano, beat programming, sound design; Valerie Faye - keyboard, toy piano2 and Yen Reville - visuals)


AngINK exhibit at Ayala is from from Nov 21, 2011 to Jan 15, 2012. Celebrating 20 years of Philippine Children's Book Illustration. Don't miss it!


The big boat illustration behind us is from the children's book "The Moon is my Friend" written by Chit Litiaco-acosta and illustrated by Mela Advincula.


with Dylan.


Dylan playing with the Toy Piano.


Congratulations to AngINK and Ayala Museum! Cheers!

Thanks for viewing. For more photos visit Gentle Universe's photo set at Flickr

Truly yours,

Cris
for Gentle Universe
email: csgarcimo@gmail.com

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Gentle Universe at Ayala Museum for INK's 20th Anniversary

Gentle Universe will perform at Ayala Museum for the anniversary celebration of INK. Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan (Ang INK) and Ayala Museum present the exhibition "20 Taon" in celebration of the twenty years since the foundation of the Philippines' first and only organization for illustrators of children's books. Opening reception on Nov 21, 6pm. RSVP 7571117 to 21 loc. 10 April Tamayo. Please check out the E-flyer below for more details.

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Bon Voyage Erich!

Bon Voyage to our dear friend Erich, synth and melodica player in Gentle Universe. He and his family will take their flight to Canada this week. We will surely miss you! We wish you all the best. Hope to see you soon someday.

Truly yours,

Cris Garcimo
For Gentle Universe

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Handmade Costume Ideas

We found this at Etsy.com while looking for handmade costume ideas for our son Dylan. Fanciful! The Blue Fish Costume is by LaurieGifts. She loves sewing costumes and holiday dresses for kids. Visit http://www.etsy.com/shop/LauriesGift to check out her creations. :-)

Happy holidays!

Very truly yours,

Cris Garcimo
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Gentle Universe ABC: F is for Flowers

Gentle Universe ABC: F is for Flowers. (Click on the picture for larger view).

This is also a part of the upcoming Gentle Universe ABC (DIY) video with original music and sound design.

Have a nice weekend!

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Gentle Universe featured at Plus63.net

Thanks again to everyone who joined the web launch of the live video of Gentle Universe.

Gentle Universe was recently featured at Plus63.net, a website showcasing a a collection of Filipino creativity! You can also check out the music category here. Thank you very much!

Gentle Universe - Saglit (Live at Lopez Museum's Reverb, SM Mall of Asia) from Gentle Universe on Vimeo.

Gentle Universe at Lopez Museum's Reverb, SM Mall of Asia

Gentle Universe performed for Lopez Musem’s Reverb at SM Mall of Asia (part Zero In Exhibit) on Sept 24, 2011. We played around 1 o’clock in the afternoon. We love afternoon gigs!

We also invited our friend Amiya to perform improvisational vocals on our last piece. It was fun!

Thanks to everyone who dropped by. Our friends from Photomaya also supported the show and took nice photos! Big thanks also to sound art group EXIST and Lopez Museum.

To check out more photos visit Gentle Universe at Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gentleuniverse/sets/72157627630196009/

Thanks!



Truly yours,

Cris Garcimo
Founder, Gentle Universe
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Gentle Universe ABC (DIY): H is for Home

Gentle Universe ABC: H is for Home. Home Sweet Home! (Click on the picture for larger view).

This is also part of the part of the upcoming Gentle Universe ABC (DIY) video with original music and sound design.

Thanks for visiting. See you for the next letter. :-)

Truly yours,

Cris Garcimo
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Yellow Magic Piano

Dylan & his Yellow Magic Piano (borrowed from Yellow Magic Orchestra). :-)

(Photo taken using Sony Bloggie)

Happy long weekend!

Truly yours,

Cris Garcimo
For Gentle Universe
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Gentle Universe Discovery: TINY BUDS Rice Baby Powder

Gentle Universe Discovery: TINY BUDS Rice Baby Powder

Where discovered: Mommy Mundo Breastfeeding Expo at Mercato Centrale, Bonifacio Global City

Since the birth of our son Dylan last year, we have not used baby powder on him because of the harmful effects of talc. Talc is produced by the mining of talc rocks and is closely related to the potent carcinogen asbestos.

After our gig at Mercato Centrale, BGC for Mommy Mundo’s Breasfeeding Expo, we checked out the participating booths and discovered Tiny Buds.

The label says that it is a baby powder made from 100% real rice grains, biodegradable and hypoallergenic. Nice! It also says that is a completely free from the harmful effects of talc and other chemicals commonly present in regular baby powder. We bought one for Php100.00. We love the mild smell of this baby powder too.

Check out their website for more details. It is distributed by IMF Philippines.

Truly yours,

Cris Garcimo
For Gentle Universe
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