Tres.

Sorry for my lack of commitment to being on top of these blogs! Everything has just been culminating at the same time and I've been neglecting one thing or the other. But no excuses!

Workshop @ LKC:
I think it's been said that you can never stop learning something new about a familiar subject, no matter how many times you encounter it. I can surely say that about the workshop at LKC. I'm quite familiar with LKC because of tutoring for LFS and because of PYC and every time I leave that place, I always get something new out of that. Sure, I've learned about what went down in the 1960's, but there's always another side that isn't told. I think some things that were very new to me, even though they were taught to me during my high school duration, were Watergate and the Red Scare, I believe. I wasn't every fond about history at the time, so any dates or any historical information that was probably given to me didn't register too well when I first heard it, so in a way, I (re)learned something new.

Arts&Activism:
I think I get the point about art being political. Looking back on it now, I used to write for myself, to get my emotions out there, and now looking at recent poetry I've written, I realize some of it was political in some way. One piece I wrote was called "Prop H8" in regards to the passing of Prop 8. The message was very clear in my poem that I thought it was clearly illogical for people to pose that and use campaigns to influence the people into thinking that same sex marriage was actually going to do some harm to everyone. Bullshit. I really believe that people took too much into context and never stopped to look at the present. For example, one thing that I thought was very stupid, and I mean very stupid, was the reasoning that schools would have to teach about same sex marriage once Prop 8 fails. For one thing, the California Education Code already states that they have to teach it already. I can talk more about this later, but I have to continue with talking about the workshop before I stray away. Art is a form of expression, but also a tool for us to relay a message to everyone without the use of straightforward words. People draw, people paint, they sing, they dance, they photograph, etc. Everything counts as an art, and I think that people can use it to their advantage to get a message across.

Imperialism&Globalization:
I didn't get to mention this previously during the workshop, but I remember clearly we started talking about how the these past issues continue to haunt us in the present time. When I passed on my turn to go, I was actually thinking about my parents in Las Vegas. Times have gotten rough and my parents are without a job. My sister informed me a couple weeks back, maybe even a month ago, that my dad was really up to his head in stress and even mentioned to my sister that he's thinking about killing himself. This really hurts me, and in all honesty, I really don't know what to do. Heart and mind conflict so much with each other that I can't/don't want to think about them right now because I'm trying to do what they wanted me to do, but at the same time I need to be there for my family and be their support as much as they are mine, or more. It's just too difficult to process so many things in what's going on that if I lose focus on what I was set out to do, I won't be able to get back on that track. Imperialism & Globalization has gotten the best of everyone and I'm honestly doing my best to balance things out so that no one loses sanity because of it.

I love putting videos of choirs because I want people to appreciate a different side of music that you can't emulate with beats and a voice. I'm giving you three videos (three to make up for the fact that I have to make up three blogs) that I thought were very amazing to listen to.


I personally love this last piece because it's a very hopeful song. It's really beautiful and if you listen to the lyrics, it's really deep.

There Will Be Rest
There will be rest and sure stars shining,
Over the rooftops, crowned with snow.
A reign of rest, serene, forgetting.
The music of stillness, holy and low.

I will make this world of my devising on top of dreams,
In my lonely mind, I shall find the crystal of peace.
Stars.. Stars I shall find..

With that, I hope you all have a great week,
--Kace Face.