What he had accomplished in six decades of continuous political writing and support for cultural programs become a benchmark for the sustained nationalist and pro-people development of literature, arts and culture, the milestones of which are undeniable in the unprecedented production of socially and politically motivated and conscious body of work.
As an artist, he painted and wrote about the revolution and its people. Despite the dreariness of the the political and socio-economic situations, he still found these inspiring to paint with all the possible colors the advancement of the people’s war, and turned his life and those of the masses into a colorful, vibrant, exuberant subjects of depictions.
Ni E. SAN JUAN, Jr. Bulatlat.com [Panayam sa Taboan 2014 Philippine Writers Festival, Pebrero 25, 2014, Subic Freeport Zone, Zambales] Kung sa anong dahilan, inatasan akong ilarawan ang situwasyon ng literatura–mas tumpak, ng awtor– sa bingit o gilid…Ngunit bakit natulak dito? Hindi maihihiwalay ang gilid sa gitna; kapwa pook ng relasyon o ugnayan. May saysay…