Joseph Brillantes
Quezon City, Philippines
"Touched with fire." Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Beyoncé Knowles, Frida Kahlo and Madonna are my adoptive parents. I was born in the Philippine capital Manila and raised in Parañaque City all my life. I've studied in three cities: Parañaque, Quezon City, and Manila. Metro Manila, then, is my loving home. I love everything related to: art (that includes: visual art, photography, film, fashion, music, theater), the human body (health, anatomy, health practice), and literature (novels, stories, poetry, etc.). In terms of academic interest, I lean strongly towards the liberal arts and sciences (anthropology, psychology, biology, etc.) I was born September 1992. That means I'm both a Virgin and a Monkey. Figure it out. I share my birthday with Amy Winehouse, who at age 27 has left the world three albums full of music expressing the joy and pain of life; and for that she will always be my spiritual godmother. I am a living epitome of the Myers-Briggs INTP. That's all you need to know.