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The guitar was a tree, a forest, for a flock of birds, a murder of crows, a guitar, a house, a common roof (+ en español)
Sketch for the painting "Guitarrista in SCC" (8.5"x14" charcoal on paper; 1994) by arnoldo garcía el colibrí After Atahualpa Yupanqui The guitar, before it was a guitar, was a tree. And before the tree could become a guitar, the tree absorbed and meditated and learned and listened and allowed all the birds of the world and the forest to land on her branches. The tree learned all the songs and melodies sung by birds whether the day was cold, warm, sun-filled, blistering cold

Arnoldo Garcia
Dec 9, 20255 min read


Song of the migrant
Desfile mexicano en el Fruitvale de Oakland ( photo: arnoldo colibrí; 2006) I was born where I did not choose to have wars and warlords...

Arnoldo Garcia
Jul 25, 20252 min read


The Greg Morozumi Manifestos (in memorium)
Greg Morozumi, at a community gathering in Oakland (2005) Photo: arnoldo colibrí (C) arnoldo colibri The Greg Morozumi Manifesto number...

Arnoldo Garcia
Jul 19, 20254 min read


La diosa traviesa | the mischievous goddess
Notas sobre las otras | Notes on the others La diosa traviesa (Acrílica sobre lienzo, 9"x12" | 2020) por arnoldo garcía La diosa traviesa...

Arnoldo Garcia
Jan 22, 20251 min read


The revolution of resurrections
The wounds are not mine, not ours and the wounds unite us and the walls divide us How can I heal when the "they" continue finding new...

Arnoldo Garcia
Aug 27, 20243 min read


The story of our name
I was born in the mouth of the Río Bravo the untamable river the wild roots of the crystaline waters that traverse our bodies I was born...

Arnoldo Garcia
Aug 19, 20242 min read
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