Who Should Be The National Artist in Philippines?

 

The woman with the golden voice! Yeah she is known as the Philippine's greatest singer because of her golden voice. There is nobody like her. She can be compared to Michael Jackson for having such unique VOICE that everyone could never make a mistake identifying that she is the original singer for those popular songs in her generation. NORA AUNOR is and should be the National Artist because she is not only famous and fabulous singer but because she is the BEST ACTRESS that every Filipino knew since the 70's. Actually I have "known" her since I was 5 years old because my sister Emmy and my cousin Ate Offie used to brag about their idols. As a matter of fact they both have thick notebooks (writing stories, news, events about their idol's life) and thick album compiling the hundreds of photographs they collected of these famous stars namely Nora Aunor, Vilma Santos, including their love teams Tirso Cruz III and Edgar Mortiz. They watched their movies  (mostly musical-comedy theme) which at that time were popular and hot for box office. Yeah, knowing nobody has television sets before year 1970, so the cinema or movie houses were in S.R.O. most of the time.

The question is how and why Ms. Nora Aunor was not taken seriously to be given the right award and recognition despite her enormous talent compared to those who were given the award? What could be the problem? Who are the board of directors and judges? What are the criteria or qualities that they followed in choosing Philippine's National artist? Or they are looking for somebody who is good, conscientious, somebody without a sin. Sinner or Saint? Kaya pala sabi nya, " Walang himala!"

Are they too personal? It should be based on TALENT, Artistry, awards and recognitions given to that specific artist as the basis for the "qualified artist."

NATIONAL ARTIST is too generalized I think. Do they choose somebody that can paint masterpiece? Do they want a great writer who can write like Shakespeare? There should be a category to emphasize what kind of artist they want to choose. Too many ARTISTs out there actually. But if they want to choose somebody that look like a saint or saintly artist they should go to Church and choose the many statues inside. They should go to Vatican City and find out how many they can choose at Sistine Chapel. Maybe they can't choose movie stars and singers for National Artist because they are "commercially business-like in nature" unlike other artists who were too rich and wealthy giving away masterpieces for public viewing for FREE. Am I wrong? Just tell me if I'm wrong. lol

You can be a NATIONAL ARTIST maybe when you can promote artistry without the need for compensation? Now it makes me question the validity of Dr. Jose Rizal's heroism.

Don't tell me the process to choose the national artist will be in the "process of elimination ala pope-like version." Baka mamaya si Sen. Enrile pa ang manalo or Bong Revilla. Hay naku ANGELS & DEMONS.