Millie Kilayko, NVC’s President, translates into art form her experience working on NVC’s projects for those who lives have been devastated by Typhoon Yolanda.
This piece (mosaic with wood chunks and fishing net, 36″x36″) is entitled SILVER LININGS.
Here is Millie’s personal reflection on the piece:
On November 8, 2013, many areas in the Philippines experienced one of the world’s worst natural calamities in several hundred years.
From that day onward, on a very personal level, I have encountered thousands of heart wrenching stories of how waves leapt higher than homes and coconut trees: killing people, destroying homes, erasing the means of fathers to feed their families, and shattering hopes.
This piece is a reflection of what my eyes have seen, my ears have heard, and my heart has felt:
Wrapped around the border by used fishing nets, this is a remembrance of the thousands of boats lost to the fury of the wind and the sea. Framed by blocks of wood, this reflects the homes broken apart by the strength of the wind and the waters. In shades of black and gray, the leaping waves remind us that during those dark moments, calm and serenity was not to be seen nor felt at all. The myriad of colors in small pieces show how many lives were shattered and in disarray.
But there are silver linings: the streaks of mirrors running through the myriad of colors in this piece reflect the goodness of the human spirit that I, too, on a personal level saw, felt, experienced in the aftermath of the storm: the outpouring of love from generous hearts who shared time, talent and treasure to bring up those who fell.
This piece is my tribute to these generous hearts.
They are the silver linings, and in them the fire of hope has been kept aflame,
the Love of God is kept alive.
