nathaly ortiz - utopia: sinner to saint
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A Photoessay completed as part of The Digital Safari Academy Senior Project: Searching for Utopia.TRANSCRIPT
“But that will never be me, cause I am leavin’ the pastLike an abused wife with the kids, leavin’ your assLike a drug addict clean and sober, leavin’ the stashUnbreakable Technique leavin’ the plane crashI’m out with the black box and I refuse to returnI spit reality, instead of what you usually learnand I refuse to be concerned with condescending advicecause I am the only motherfucker that could change my life.”- Immortal TechniqueSinner to Saint.
by nathaly l ortiz
“This is the point from which I could never return
And if I back down now then for-ever I burn
This is the point from which I could never retreat
Cause If I turn back now there can never be peace
This is the point from which I will die and succeed
Living the struggle, I know I’m alive when I bleed
From now on it can never be the same as before
Cause the place I’m from doesn’t exist anymore.”
- Immortal Technique
“Internally bleeding, cold bloodedStripped of emotion, I go through
the motions, but there’s noLife in my eyes, it’s like I’m hooked up
to a respiratorWaiting to die, hooked up to the
fucking chairWaiting to fry, sooth an electrocution
currently usedIn my execution, producing thoughts
at the speed of lightBurning confusion, I’m loosing my
sight, breathing is tightThe evening is white, I made my peace with the Lord and now I
Stand on his right..”- Immortal Technique
“As days go by my world gets colder I’m older, experience got my heart bolder Hold up, better days ahead that’s what I hope forThere’s beauty in the eyes of the beholder I told ya.”- Cyne
“Dreams are, the building blocks of my heart and my soul
The meeting unfolds, hoping that my story is told
Driftin, with eyes closed but seeing the deeper meaning
Of what I want in life, precisely when I’m dreaming
It’s so misleading, but yet I gotta follow through
Holdin true to myself in rhythm is what I wanna do
Searchin, through Bible verses, books in the Koran
Lookin for the meaning of life and the essence of all.”
- Cyne
“So I’m drifting away like a feather in airletting my soul take me away from the hurt and dispairSo I’m keeping the vertical forever elevatorRiding the escalator to the something that’s greater.”- Nujabes