BACK in ‘89, de Veyra was interested in parodies. Imitation Scroll is almost a parody of the mixed media result, but done from a Christian perspective. A seeming answer to the Taoist scroll that purports to be about the problematic relationship between man and nature, Gaya-gaya celebrates materials as “blessings,” as products that derive from a persona-source that purportedly “made them all.” The image of an enveloping fearsome weather condition amidst all these graces could be this Christian scroll’s version of the Taoist yin and yang balance that finally dissolves into the drawing art form’s disciplining quietude qua reverence.