All My Mirrors

... part-time film composer, part-time songwriter, FULL-time dreamer.

[kasiemba]

[kasiemba]

... for Chadwick 💪🏿✊🏿🙏🏿❤️ 

i watched you king growing wings on the silver screen i paid the price of admission and took my seat in the center of a dark room i let the dream surround me let it swallow me whole it never needed to invite my submission i offered it up readily that is but a sliver of a slice of the price of admission and i watched you king 30 feet tall a panther interrogating my ancestors looking for answers from another realm what a sight to envision an ability to hear the afterlife if we listen what is the price of admission i would gladly pay it twice in addition to the taxes and the parking fees because my heart believes the validation is vividly tenfold for whatever ive been sold i get more than i can hold always that is cinema you king are cinema your very essence the way your legacy upholds the legacies of our legends always and in all their stories their falls their glories i watched you exceptionally exhibit black excellence with the grace of greatness proven time and time again do not tell me the price of admission i dont need to know i got a wallet full of cash and i came for the show i came for the sunshine i came for the rain i came for the lessons the laughter the pain the pain the pain it  lingers long after the last cut it lingers through the scrolling credits it lingers long after the lights go up in that room where i sit alone the 30 foot king has been replaced by a ghost it seems the legends always leave when we need them the most maybe thats the price of admission

[kasiemba]

ONE LAST TIME: Obama and “Hamilton” – Kasiemba Okeyo – Medium

THE PHOTO ABOVE is a recent photo of Barack Obama in a recording studio with a few of the creators of Broadway’s Hamilton: An American…

A short piece about President Obama’s connection to Hamilton: An American Musical.

[kasiemba]

Lin-Manuel Miranda Wrote a Poem Just for You

“I wanted to wish you good morning.”

This man is too terribly talented. I could almost shout, "It's unfair!" Lin-Manuel made us a manual, To diminish our doubts and despairs.

Some "Gmornings" to go with the sunrise, Some "Gnights" to give light to the dark. The man who could not throw away his shot Blasts another one right through the heart.

[arthuspilorget]

My piece for the STZAP #9, with Johan Ravit (character design, character animation) - Music: The NeverEnding Story soundtrack

[kasiemba]

It was late in the afternoon earlier today when I approached the checkout line with my red basket of groceries.

A short piece I wrote in response to the recent tragedy at Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake.

[kasiemba]

This book is INSPIRING!

HIGHLY recommended!

[kasiemba]

Charlie Puth’s “One Call Away” Re-imagined (cover)

[kasiemba]

The Flagship Clubhouse in Boston performs a cover of "Aaron Burr, Sir" from the hit Broadway musical, "Hamilton."

[studdedrose]

[ulfgbohlin]

 photographs taken from Fred Herzog’s first roll of color film

[pablopicasso-art]

The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters. Creation is all.

Pablo Picasso (via pablopicasso-art)

[kasiemba]

"On the throne, one has many worries, and remorse is the one that weighs least." - Jean Racine

Translation: “I ain’t sorry.”

[amaalsdrifting]

The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don’t live with a lover or roommate who doesn’t respect your work. Don’t lie, buy time, borrow to buy time. Write what will stop your breath if you don’t write.

Grace Paley, The Art of Fiction No. 131. (via amaalsdrifting)

[kasiemba]

Prince & Tamar - “Beautiful, Loved, and Blessed”

[thecinenotes]

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don’t take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn’t been seen before? I always like to say that cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby. You have to take a risk.

- Francis Ford Coppola

[wordsnquotes]

Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for someone we don’t fool.

Robert Brault (via wordsnquotes)