Art and Earth Science by Grass
Grass Padrique | The Fabulous Scientist It took me more than two years to finally decide to sell my artwork as prints. It's not that I had never sold art before. I have sold a few originals and accepted commissioned work over the years. But if I were to count all the artworks I've made,… Continue reading How I Finally Started Selling My Watercolor Art Prints as Postcards
Pip: The Fabulous Scientist is where geology meets commuting, and this week the commute does the heavier lifting.Mara: fabulousgrass wrote one piece this episode — a jeepney ride through Muntinlupa that opens into a meditation on poverty, childhood, and what it means to grow up too fast. Let's start with the children on the jeepney.The… Continue reading Podcast Episode: The Children on the Jeepney
Grass Padrique | The Fabulous Scientist If you asked me a year ago whether I could attend a pen meet with only five fountain pens, I would have laughed nervously while quietly stuffing fifteen pens into my bag "just in case." Yet here I am. I'm attending a local pen meet later this month and,… Continue reading If I could bring just five pens on a pen meet, which ones would make the cut?
Pip: The Fabulous Scientist is where geology and fountain pens share a field notebook, and somehow that makes complete sense.Mara: Today we're covering a piece from fabulousgrass that sits right at the intersection of scientific practice and craft — how geologists have always written, sketched, and mapped by hand, and why that tradition still matters.Pip:… Continue reading Podcast Episode: Writing Like a Geologist: Field Notes, Maps, and the Fountain Pen Tradition
Troublemaker Inks is one of those Filipino fountain pen brands that quietly sneaked into the global pen community and created a good international following. Founded in Cebu as a tiny hand-mixed ink studio, the brand became beloved for its experimental shading, sheen, and shimmer inks that look less like office supplies and more like bottled weather… Continue reading Inky Review: The Troublemaker’s Butterfly Dream
Grass Padrique | The Fabulous Scientist Inspired by the fleeting beauty of cherry blossoms, the Pelikan M200 Cherry Blossom is a special edition pen that leans heavily into soft elegance and quiet charm. Its pale pink resin body reflects the gentle hues of sakura in bloom, while subtle design details like cherry blossom-shaped ink windows,… Continue reading Pelikan M200 Cherry Blossom Review: The Glinda of My Chatoyant Fountain Pen Collection
Grass Padrique | The Fabulous Scientist Before GPS and tablets, every strike and dip was inked by hand by geologists. It is a ritual of observation and artistry. There is a certain romance in geology that isn’t always captured by equations, satellite images, or the neat layers of a GIS map. Long before digital mapping… Continue reading Writing Like a Geologist: Field Notes, Maps, and the Fountain Pen Tradition
The past few weeks, I’ve been busy, but not in the usual way. I haven't been rushing around with meetings or checking off a long list. Instead, I’ve been focusing on slowing down. I've realized that it’s difficult to take a moment to be still in this fast-paced world! Lately I’ve been intentional with my… Continue reading A Different Kind of Busy
Hi all,If you've noticed I haven’t been writing much lately, it’s because my schedule has been hectic! Today marks my first month at my new job, and commuting from my city to Alabang has been quite the challenge. The long distance means I have to leave home early to beat the traffic—and more often than… Continue reading From Commutes to Code: My First Month as a Tech Data Admin (Happy Labor Day!)
A few years ago, I picked up Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury. It was a transitional period in my life. This was right before the pandemic. I had just left my corporate job. I was exploring ways to supplement our household income. At the time, I had no plans to pursue… Continue reading My Recommended Book for Writers: “Zen in the Art of Writing” by Ray Bradbury
