Jojo Barja’s Jungle and Rain

Renato Barja Jr., "How To Fight The Loneliness"

In The Jungle and The Rain, Renato Barja Jr. takes us on a stroll through his former neighborhood, an urban landscape he douses with the color of unpainted

Renato Barja Jr.,"Bumbo the Butcher"

cement, the same ashen hue that water turns into after it’s been used to scrub off grime.  He looks back at the love-hate relationship he maintained with this corner of Cavite, at the cast of characters he encountered for five years on a daily basis.  With them he shared in the din, the putrid smells, the overall drabness of a working class community, one that recession and Typhoon Ondoy had reduced to skid row. Continue reading