Aaron+VanBuren

=Quote= An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose. - Langston Hughes  = Ode = Ode to the feeling that you get when your eardrums jump to the rhythm of the beat.

Ode to the motion of your body as you move in a creative way to explain a story told by dance.

Ode to the energy built by motivation to accelerate your body to keep on going and not stop until the end.

Ode to the calmness that you feel as you rest from a hard day of work.

Ode to our colorful variety of music and sounds.

=Sonnet=

 =**I was raised**= I was raised by a perfect family! I was raised by a young indepentent strong, hardworking mickael jackson dancing "ABC, 123, baby, you and me girl" kinda of mother.

I was raised by a high school drop-out passionate self pace learner kuta ken tay <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">thick afro <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">type of father. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I was raised by <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">a wealth <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">smart <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">smooth talking <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">suit wearing <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">kinda grandfather. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I was raised by <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">a praying for ya <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">while being <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">long haired <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">yellow bone <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">lover and carer <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">kinda grandmother. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I was raised by <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">an long living <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">wise <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">nightgown wearing <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">southern <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">pork chops, fish and potatoes for breakfast <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">type of great-grandmother. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">I was raised by a perfect family in my eyes! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> =**Hate living**= <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">why can’t I just die or disappear from life I want to runaway and never feel this again in life death is looking better then life wondering how they feel they took my pride, my joy and my dignity now who am I Aaron VanBuren must not be me that kid had the skills to deal with this but this new kid can’t if breaking a leg is easy why can’t I just ace life like a report card school work getting to hard writing music getting to hard remembering the good times the difficult times that’s too hard simply life is too hard death is in my grasp all I got to do is pull the trigger slit my wrist tie the knot deep thoughts who really loves me someone should of called me but it was to late when they found me they found a new and improved Aaron VanBuren who didn’t pull the trigger who didn’t slit his wrist who didn’t tie the knot who did say Jesus please “HELP ME” forgive me for my thoughts my actions of death were defeated life is just a test ride for the Christian after life I rather live on earth with pain gaining the eternal life from Christ instead of living without pain gaining the heat from hell burning my neck death we aren’t friends life we stick close together my pride, my joy and my dignity never left but the thought of death did Live young, live free, live wild but only in Jesus name Amen <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> =<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Artist Statement =

code I, too, sing America.
 * **Langston Hughes** ||

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.

Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me, "Eat in the kitchen," Then.

Besides, They'll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed--

I, too, am America. code ||

Deep Understanding
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Langston Hughes is the type of poet who keeps his poems short but straight forward. In his poem “I, too, sing America.” he is simply saying that even though he is a African American he still is an American and should have the same rights as others in American. Through his different lines he explains how he is different and how he is treated different, even though this is a time where he can be sad or mad but he is encourage to be who he is and test the power of the others. code

Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. code code Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. code code I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.

I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset.

I've known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers. code ||