<p>Nothing can make more clearly manifest the qualities of watercolor than to compare it with another medium depicting the very same subject. And no more positive proof is there than the book "The Philippine Coral Reefs," which features the watercolors of Rafael "Popoy" Cusi and the underwater photography of Scott D. Tuason.</p><p>Without diminishing the value of photography, which in terms of pure documentation cannot be matched in stark realism, what surfaces luminously are the virtues of watercolor, of which the commonplace judgment refers to its demanding nature.</p><p>To quote the artist David Hockney: "A photograph takes a split second, at the most a few minutes, and describes so little time. Whereas a painting can take months."</p><p>What a feast, therefore, to be presented with Cusi's latest opus, both in their magisterial scale and the pop novelty of exhibiting at Bonifacio Global City's showroom of the classic car, the Mini.</p><p><a href="http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/129609/rafael-cusis-songs-of-water">Keep reading...</a></p>