Thoughts On Where I Am

Inhaling the scent of reality I've become intoxicated by the revelation of tomorrows possibilities. It's for then that I've been stubbornly building my existence rather than feeding on the being of another's creation. Not acknowledging the fruits of dreams once dreamt, nor basking in the greatness of their new found reality. For there is more to do...Y para mas que vivir! (And for more to live!)

-Latin

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Far

Far from where we could be...at where many thought we could get. Why not reach further and expect more. Why give in to the distractions and not think on par to where our minds can fly us to. Why be what is told to exist and not what we feel can be created. So we navigate with maps that were created to be followed...instead of making maps that should not be.
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This Is Going to Be A Great Event!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

If you're going to be in the Hudson Valley this Friday then you have got to check out this event. If you are not in the Hudson Valley this Friday then you have to get over there or you'll miss some of the most moving poetic performances you've ever seen and heard.

This Friday 3/6/09 from 7-9pm the
"Nex 2 B Read Club KHS Chapter" will be performing Spoken Word Poetry at the Kingston YMCA. These young students have been writing and performing original pieces for months and now is your chance to check them out. If you have ever felt that today's youth is lost... come see otherwise. If you have ever felt like someone has to support them... come do so. If you have ever wanted to hear some powerful and moving words then this Friday is your chance.

Hosted by Latin Translator with DJ H20 spinning on the 1's and 2's. There'll also be possible performances by other members of the ReadNex Poetry Squad and a short dance party at the end. Be there or miss out on an amazing event for a wonderful cause. The cause of supporting our youth because without them there is no tomorrow.

Date: Friday, 3/6/09
Venue: Kingston YMCA
Address: 507 Broadway, Kingston, NY 12401
(Go through main entrance in the rear half of the building where the main parking lot is)
Time: 7-9pm
Price: Young Students $3 donation, Adults $5 donation
(Door Proceeds go to the Nex 2 Be Read Club KHS Chapter)

This event is for all ages!

For more info E-mail Latin at latintranslator@debeforerecords.com


*Note*
Latin works with this group of students every Wednesday afternoon and is extremely proud of them. Be sure to come out and see why!

MSW hmmmm.

Soooo it looks like Humanistic Multicultural Ed. might not be for me after all. Ohh what a world of idealism I live in. Ya see... I've always wanted to help people. To build myself up like a Phoenix raising from the ashes and then raise others along whatever path I walk. This is and has for a very long time been my life goal. My purpose.

The interesting thing is that I think the dream began with Edward Olmos. That intense yet rather not good looking (at least not for me...then again I prefer the laaadies " Giggity Giggity AAAAAAlllriiiight") man stood tall and strong in the movie "Stand and Deliver".

If you haven't seen that movie then you need to go somewhere and get it now...I'll wait...WILL YOU HURRY UP I'VE GOT A BLOG TO WRITE! Ok so get it later. Anyway, I watched it with my sisters and as I watched it I had an epiphany. I am Latino! I am strong and no one can stop me but myself. This new found perception was furthered every day I watched my older sisters leave our project apartment in business attire with briefcases and a determination in their eyes to get themselves and their family to the promised land. Ever since then I've fought to educate myself for a better tomorrow.

Everyday I'd ask myself; who am I to not fight for a better tomorrow for myself and others when my ancestors fought for me to be in the position that I'm in today. When Mami y Papi worked hhhaaaarrrddd for me and my sisters to never go without a meal. We might not have had the nicest things or the coolest cars but we had food, love, a place to live and each other.

Boooyyyyy am I off topic...I'll get back on subject next time.

Peace, Paz, Salaam,
Latin

Learn, Educate, Repeat!

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Ode to My BlackBerry lol

I finally found her. The one that understands my needs and delivers on them. Nothing I've requested of her has been denied. It's like she exists to please me. Oh how I've yearned for this feeling of utter joy. The feeling of success when I wake up in the morning.

As soon as I see her upon awakening I have no choice but to awaken her as well. She immediately updates me on all that I need to know. I barely even have to ask.Many of you must be wondering how her communicating abilities are. Let me tell that we understand each other perfectly. It's like the feel of my fingers let her know how I feel and her tone informs me of her.

HER BODY! Wow her body. She is curvy like no other but firm where she needs to be. Her measurements...8...3...2...0. Giggity giggity. I call her Berry. And now that I have her...life will never be the same.

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We are not now...We are an amalgamation of before...

"There is no Today without Yesterday and there is no Tomorrow without Today!"
-Selebano Mathlape
(South African Freedom Fighter)

That's What It Looks Like...And This Is What It Feels Like!

So Saturday night the ReadNex featured for a packed house at the Julia DeBurgos Cultural Center over on 1680 Lexington Ave. The event was Lyrical Revolt 10: A Celebrations of Hip Hop. The ANSWER Coalition put it together as a benefit concert featuring the 4 Elements of Hip Hop. The ANSWER Coalition is an org that "mobiliz[es] against all wars from Brooklyn to Baghdad. It was a pleasure and an honor to work with them on such a valuable and worthwhile cause. Other features of the night were the crowd rousing Rebel Diaz were the lyrical mindblowing Hassan Salaam. If you were'nt there...WOW I Mean.. WOWIE! did you miss an amazing event.

All night I had butterflies. I didn't know what was going on. It was like all of the drama that I've been dealing with (family, money, workshops...the usual) throughout the past few weeks built up inside of me that day and evening. My mind kept dwelling on what had to be done. The work that I'd have to do to push myself forward. The endless work that has to be down to uplift mi gente of all shapes, colors and locations. It all built up inside and created within me a dense fog the size of a single mom's determination. I couldn't think, hear, eat, taste, feel or be the man that I normally be. Then...lo que paso, paso.

It was time! Osiris (one of the hosts and event organizers) announced us and we had no choice but to grab the mics, allow DJ H20 to get in position and rock the crowd with words, music and truth in the hopes that the sun could shine for just a little longer. After that I recall little. I hear that we were amazing. The photos I've seen show intense passion in each one of our faces. Psychologists call what I experienced "Flow". The point in which the mind looses itself in an activity so much that time, feelings, thoughts and everything else suddenly stops. When I perform sometimes...I experience exactlly that. Everything stops. I see no faces...hear no sounds...I merely feel energy and a presence both within and around me. When I walk towards a micrphone it feels like walking on a cloud and knowing that at some point the weight of your body will bring you crashing down. But when I grab the mic...I float. Peace comes to me. No...I become Peace. Afterwards people shake my hand and or pat me on the back as they tell me how great the performance was. I usually find myself in a state of confusion. Not knowing what occured. Not sure that what just happened indeed did happen. All that I'm sure of...is that I'm alive.

That is one of the reasons I do what I do. Why I educate our Youth on how to use Poetry as a means of expression. Speak about issues that I feel strongly about. Perform pieces that were given to me by a power above me. Because as my life bring thoughts in others to life...they revive and purify all of my being.

Learn, Educate, Repeat!
Latin