Dedicated in honor, gratitude, and loving memory of Eddie Martinez (my best friend of 20 years,
and Kite-E-Mart Employee of the Millennium)

as well as that of Wake Self, Guru, John Trudell, Elliott Smith,
Dick Gregory, Subroc, Phife Dawg, J Dilla, Nujabes,
Pam the Funkstress, Gil Scott Heron, Bob Marley, Kurt Vonnegut,

and all the other dearly departed artists whose brilliant work is forever a priceless part of my life. And so many others.

One Love
Keep On

Much Respect
Many Thanks

and then
Many More Thanks
to ALL of you, always.

May your souls rest in peace, rise in power, and return if possible.

-Kite 9d3
October 2020

“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake.”
-Kurt Vonnegut

"Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousness. Freedom discovers man the moment he loses concern over what impression he is making or about to make.”
-Bruce Lee

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer: That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”
-N.H. Kleinbaum, 'Dead Poets Society'