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Torres’ works on art include St. Joseph the Worker Chapel (1968), The Drawings of Ang
Kiukok (1976), Jeepney (1979), and Kayamanan: 77 Paintings from the Central Bank
Collection (1981). Awarded often at the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, his
poems have been collected in Angels and Fugitives (1966), Shapes of Silence (1972), and The
Smile on Smokey Mountain & Other Poems (1991).
“To some the meaning of life can literally be just finding some money for the next cig. That’s all their life
consists of, all that matters in their life and the only thing their life means to them. So i must say to each
person alive, it means something personal to that specific person. Yet there is a part to the meaning of life
that seems very impersonal, that will conclude in a crescendo of what this life meant to you, in actually I
speak of the judgment seat of Christ...and when we all go before Him, what the meaning of life was to us will
mean very little compared to how much His life meant to the Father. At that point it’s obvious that life means
a lot when you’re willing to lay it down, so someone can start afresh. The meaning of life is to see it from
everyone’s perspective and yet still perceive which ones true. To be willing to do whatever it takes for the
person nearest you to be willing to take off the vale that hides their eyes from the truth has immense value.
Life loses much meaning when you’re not willing to lose your life to make others’ lives safe havens for the next
group of sailor. This life is a sea unease, the next one is what you pleased. Only one way to safety, the King
Jesus...His kingdoms peace will never end.”