tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17809719268595511912011-12-02T19:22:57.508-08:00Scrabble from a restless mind in deep South Texas.Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-88158965426302031452011-09-07T18:59:00.000-07:002011-09-07T18:59:31.677-07:00Lyrics by Rodney Gomez. <a href="http://vimeo.com/28600133">Music</a> by the redoubtable Aaron Carter-Cohn.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-8815896542630203145?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-21317691881988905192011-09-07T18:57:00.000-07:002011-09-07T18:57:11.778-07:00Come August 2012 I will be a writer-in-residence at the <a href="http://www.sfai.org/index2.html">Santa Fe Art Institute</a>. 2012 will be a better year.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-2131769188198890519?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-24948563506778420502011-07-29T16:01:00.000-07:002011-07-29T16:01:24.194-07:00Saul Kripke, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Naming-Necessity-text-only-Kripke/dp/B004FFJM6E/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1311980378&amp;sr=1-5">Naming and Necessity</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-2494856350677842050?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-50411762438119159672011-07-29T15:51:00.000-07:002011-07-29T15:53:05.850-07:00<img alt="Devoção" src="http://www.masterarte.com/obras/Mabe-Devocao-1976.jpg" /><br /><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Devoção</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Oil on canvas, 1976</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-5041176243811915967?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-30573116481953108272011-05-29T19:57:00.000-07:002011-05-29T19:57:44.565-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6m55uGqgscM/TeMHS5uCGXI/AAAAAAAAAAg/fyNT6KaEGW4/s1600/sudor_lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6m55uGqgscM/TeMHS5uCGXI/AAAAAAAAAAg/fyNT6KaEGW4/s320/sudor_lg.jpg" width="214" /></i></a></div><a href="http://www.aychispas.com/migrant.html"><i>Lagrimas y sudor</i></a><br />1999<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-3057311648195310827?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-56594629078431445532011-05-08T16:09:00.000-07:002011-05-08T16:09:12.462-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/-w8YmA1UgfM/0.jpg"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-w8YmA1UgfM&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-w8YmA1UgfM&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-5659462907843144553?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-23906996161889630382011-04-03T17:39:00.000-07:002011-04-03T17:39:16.635-07:00<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Scribble. Think later.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Do good for others first. Poetry second. (Maybe.)</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Ars gratia artis.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Remember your ancestors.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Speak in many languages.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Resist the urge to despise.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Do not promote. State facts.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">If you are good, multiply. If you are evil, do not multiply, even if you can sing.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Value even small rewards.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Teaching is a form of charity.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Beauty obscures goodness.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Keep scribbling.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">Prepare to be alone.</li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-2390699616188963038?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-91058024234773832872011-03-31T18:37:00.000-07:002011-03-31T18:37:02.456-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QSxtrxnuXts/TZUr3keacMI/AAAAAAAAAAc/7z1R4cKSTno/s1600/DSCF6012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QSxtrxnuXts/TZUr3keacMI/AAAAAAAAAAc/7z1R4cKSTno/s320/DSCF6012.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Spirit of Healing</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mural, San Antonio, Texas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-9105802423477383287?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-23262211033476500812011-03-26T07:50:00.000-07:002011-03-26T07:50:25.344-07:00My gratitude to&nbsp;<a href="http://corazonbilingue.com/">Corazón Bilingüe</a> for their generous funding of my upcoming fellowship at Canto Mundo.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-2326221103347650081?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-84267084816058909962011-03-24T18:30:00.000-07:002011-03-24T18:30:14.016-07:00<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MQiH0csUPP0" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-8426708481605890996?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-48084973648403654852011-03-23T19:44:00.000-07:002011-03-23T19:44:35.412-07:00<a href="http://www.eastofborneo.org/articles/17"><img alt="Asco, &lt;em&gt;Asshole Mural&lt;/em&gt;, 1974. Colour photograph. Photograph: Harry Gamboa, Jr, showing Patssi Valdez, Humberto Sandoval, Willie Herrón III and Gronk." height="268" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/eob_nonarchived_images-production/eob_uploaded_images/1287513558_Asshole_Mural_copy.jpg?1287513558" width="400" /></a><br /><i>Asshole Mural</i><br />Color photo by Harry Gamboa<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-4808497364840365485?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-55069321882118321612011-03-20T16:06:00.000-07:002011-03-20T16:08:40.188-07:00<a href="http://www.carleefernandez.com/"><img height="270" src="http://www.carleefernandez.com/files/gimgs/7_friends01_v2.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><i><a href="http://www.carleefernandez.com/">Lola Isern</a></i><br />Altered taxidermy, 27"x30"x18" Photo by Joshua White<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-5506932188211832161?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-34829738187812435212011-03-06T16:01:00.000-08:002011-03-20T16:08:12.876-07:00<a href="http://www.pkf-imagecollection.org/html/artistresults.asp?artist=386&amp;testing=true"><img src="http://www.pkf-imagecollection.org/publish/worksimages/bustinza_alfredo_1web_sm.jpg" /></a><br />Untitled<br />Charcoal, acrylics, oil sticks, 84" x 120"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-3482973818781243521?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-80032629887988299752011-03-04T11:03:00.000-08:002011-03-21T19:59:11.485-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Miraculously, I am a <a href="http://www.cantomundo.org/">Canto Mundo</a> fellow for 2011. I am speechless and deeply humbled. Here is a list of the others:</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;">Millicent Bórges Accardi</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;">Diana Marie Delgado</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;">Carolina Ebeid</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;">Benjamín A. García</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;">Laurie Ann Guerrero</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;">Leticia Hernández-Linares</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;">Manuel Paul López</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;">Carl Marcum</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; line-height: 21px;">Juan J. Morales.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-8003262988798829975?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780971926859551191.post-43461986257329761982011-03-04T10:58:00.000-08:002011-03-04T11:07:16.341-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">"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<strong>.</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">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."</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1780971926859551191-4346198625732976198?l=rodneygomez.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rodney Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06273434314730553629noreply@blogger.com0