Storm Front

Lyrics by Rodney Gomez. Music by the redoubtable Aaron Carter-Cohn.

Santa Fe Art Institute

Come August 2012 I will be a writer-in-residence at the Santa Fe Art Institute. 2012 will be a better year.

Good Poetry Book

Saul Kripke, Naming and Necessity

Manabu Mabe

Devoção

Oil on canvas, 1976

Luis Guerrero

Lagrimas y sudor
1999

La Gallina

Manifesto

1. Scribble. Think later.
2. Do good for others first. Poetry second. (Maybe.)
3. Ars gratia artis.
4. Remember your ancestors.
5. Speak in many languages.
6. Resist the urge to despise.
7. Do not promote. State facts.
8. If you are good, multiply. If you are evil, do not multiply, even if you can sing.
9. Value even small rewards.
10. Teaching is a form of charity.
11. Beauty obscures goodness.
12. Keep scribbling.
13. Prepare to be alone.

Jesse Treviño

Spirit of Healing

Mural, San Antonio, Texas

Corazón Bilingüe

My gratitude to Corazón Bilingüe for their generous funding of my upcoming fellowship at Canto Mundo.

Messiaen

ASCO

Asshole Mural
Color photo by Harry Gamboa

Carlee Fernandez

Lola Isern
Altered taxidermy, 27"x30"x18" Photo by Joshua White

Alfredo Bustinza

Untitled
Charcoal, acrylics, oil sticks, 84" x 120"

Canto Mundo

Miraculously, I am a Canto Mundo fellow for 2011. I am speechless and deeply humbled. Here is a list of the others:


Millicent Bórges Accardi
Diana Marie Delgado
Carolina Ebeid
Benjamín A. García
Laurie Ann Guerrero
Leticia Hernández-Linares
Manuel Paul López
Carl Marcum
Juan J. Morales.

San Antonio Performance - April 3, 2011

"Music of Three Continents featuring the UTSA Concert Choir, Texas Children's Choir and David Eaton (organist) will be performed at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Sacred music from Europe by Mathias, Gabrieli and Schubert. Rediscovered works by American composer Edward MacDowell from the Library of Congress archives. New music by Episcopal musician Aaron Carter-Cohn based on poetry by South Texas poet Rodney Gomez. African choruses from Nigeria and South Africa. April 3rd, 2011 at 3:30 PM. St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Free admission with reception to follow."