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‘When life imitates art’: Rico Blanco shares 15-year-old painting of ostrich in the city

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<p>Rico Blanco amused his fans and followers when he shared an old painting of his depicting an ostrich in the city.</p><p>The musician shared his old artwork, which he painted back in 2005 or 15 years ago, on his social media pages on Wednesday, August 5, a day after a similar scene transpired in Quezon City.</p><div> </div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDfxNWUpUq6/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"> </div><div 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0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank">View this post on Instagram</a></div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"> </div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"> </div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"> </div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"> </div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"> </div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"> </div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"> </div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"> </div></div></div><div style="margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CDfxNWUpUq6/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">when i painted this 15 years ago i was simply going for “surreal.” times have changed. . . . . #ricoblancoart</a></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ricoblanco100/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px" target="_blank"> RB</a> (@ricoblanco100) on <time dateTime="2020-08-05T05:46:06+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Aug 4, 2020 at 10:46pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" src="~//www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>In his caption, Rico wrote: &quot;When I painted this 15 years ago, I was simply going for &#x27;surreal.&#x27;&quot;</p><p>Rico&#x27;s post drew mixed reactions, with most of the comments calling him &quot;prophetic&quot; and even branding him as &quot;modern-day Nostradamus&quot; after the French astrologer, physician, and reputed seer.</p><p>Even his fellow celebrities were amused. Both Maris Racal and Gretchen Ho wrote, &quot;OH MY GOD,&quot; while Empoy Marquez gave him a thumbs up for his &quot;nice art.&quot;</p><p>Rico&#x27;s painting is the latest among the viral entries spurred by a video of an ostrich running loose inside a gated subdivision in Quezon City.</p><p>The bizarre scene—which reminded many of the 1995 adventure film <em>Jumanji</em>, where wild animals are magically transported to the city—has generated memes and even political commentary on social media.</p><p>Ride-hailing service Angkas offered the promo code &quot;OSTRICH&quot; after one of its riders was spotted in the viral video. Meanwhile, gaming store Filbar&#x27;s used a picture of the ostrich to advertise its <em>Jumanji</em> merchandise. </p><p>On microblogging site Twitter, &quot;#Oustrich&quot;, ranked among the top trends in the Philippines after it became the latest popular pun among critics of the administration.</p><p>Check them out below:</p><div><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="543" scrolling="no" src="https://web.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FAngkasPH%2Fphotos%2Fa.1815372628733154%2F2762332720703802%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><div><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameBorder="0" height="595" scrolling="no" src="https://web.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2Ffilbarsonline%2Fphotos%2Fa.554926461196590%2F3289290727760136%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Yes, I have something to promote. Please check out our event on Aug 10, as we talk about our reflections on decolonizing aid, human rights, peace, and health!<a href="https://t.co/6WEAvyCM3P">https://t.co/6WEAvyCM3P</a></p>— ross t (@rosselle) <a href="https://twitter.com/rosselle/status/1290604467260469249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The damn ostrich turned around when told she didn&#x27;t have a gate pass. Already 1000% times better than most politicians. <a href="https://t.co/CHEsgVS4Mt">https://t.co/CHEsgVS4Mt</a></p>— Panlasang Pinay (@thysz) <a href="https://twitter.com/thysz/status/1290521677307113472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script><div> </div><p>As it turns out, the wild animal caught in the video is being kept by one of the residents in the subdivision. It has since been brought back to a &quot;fenced property,&quot; an official told ABS-CBN News.</p>

Rico Blanco amused his fans and followers when he shared an old painting of his depicting an ostrich in the city.