Kenneth G. Ortiz
I was born and raised in the Bronx, NYC and it is where I still reside. Since from an early age I have always been interested in the arts. In middle school as well as H.S I was a member of the theater club, which manifested in a passion for acting. I was also a member of the dance club. In H.S. I was an athlete as a member of the J.V. swim, cross country running, and bowling teams. At the age of 16 I began to DJ. Along with my cousin, I was DJing on a regular basis doing private and public events. My dancing only went as far as the dance club when I attended Five Towns College in LI, NY, which only lasted one semester. After I left Five towns I attended Mercy College in the Bronx. There were no performing art programs. Soon after I got tired of school and I dropped out.
At the age of 24 I was going through a very hard time in my life. Jumping from job to job and the lack of companionship I fell into my proverbial "blue period". During that time I began to write poetry about my personal thoughts of how I viewed my life at the moment. After a few years of DJing with my cousin he gave it up and I found it boring to gig on my own. After a while my solo DJ career met its end. I began to do extra work for some time and worked in such films as American Gangster and I am Legend. It was a short lived career that dwindled away. I also modeled here and there nothing major. Mostly for personal portfolios and such.
Using my passion of writing as my own personal method of therapy. I was writing so much that I decided to take it to the next level and started to put all my work together and form a book to have published. It took me a very long time to construct the book to what it is today because I just didn't want any poem to be in it. I chose the poems that meant the most to me, but at the same time I chose the ones that many people can relate to as well. I recently published my debut book of poetry "Walking Through the Parallel of an Individual Cell: Hatred through lulu.com. And is now for sale at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/kenortiz. Since then I have been hard at work advertising my book.
I am currently working on two new books of poetry at the moment. Each with a different topic than the previous. Choosing the poems for my next book while still writing the third one, I have no release date for either one of them. "Walking Through The Parallel Of An Individual Cell: Hatred" is the first book in a three book series which depicts different eras in my life. "Hatred" is about my proverbial blue period. Which touches upon topic of love, hatred, self worth, and sadness. The second book in the series "Transitions". is about my emergence from my blue period leading to a new higher level of thought that is found in "The Consciousness Within""Transition" touches subjects about social awareness, my political views, and abstract thoughts. This book is currently being constructed. The third book in the book series "The Consciousness Within" is about after I have made my transition from my blue period to a higher level of thought and happiness "The Consciousness Within" is about a new process of higher thought, aligning my chakras, opening my third eye, and a newly found happiness. This book is also currently being written.
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Peace, Love, and Happiness to all!!!
“With age comes wisdom, with wisdom comes perception, with perception comes how you view life, how you view life comes how you handle life, and how you handle life comes how you will dictate the way you live for the rest of your life.”
“Hope is meaningless. It is just a wish that you are unsure of that will happen. Now if you think that you already obtain whatever it is that you want will happen, then it will happen. The law of attraction and the power of will is the focus that you should embrace for if you think it, it will happen. Doubt it and it will fail. Hope is just a derivative of doubt.”
“Truth angers the foolish and confuses the unwise. Such a sad reality to comprehend sometimes.”
“Money comes and goes but dreams are forever. Especially when you make them your reality. Never give up on your dreams, and never give up on making your dream your reality for you are the maker of your future. Think it and it shall be. Doubt it and you have already failed...”
“As we dwell here within the age of Aquarius everything may look the same but it is not so. Everything is so different right now. There is a new energy emerging from the universe. New vibrations, new aspirations, new horizons, new beginnings. We are living in the time of the apocalypse, where all will be revealed. If you are one that pays attention to life and are on your path you will see all. If you are more interested in the materialistic, you will miss all the glory of your true nature.”
“My smoothness is like jagged broken glass...”
“No longer will I speak about the negative aspects of my life for they are in the past. Within this time of the apocalypse I will turn my negative experiences to bring forth a positive future. For I know what I want in life, and I know I will have it all. In time all will be revealed!!!”
“You do not choose who you love. Love just comes about. You can choose who you want or do not want to be around. But love is not a choice, it just forms on its own...”
“Our imperfections are what make us perfect...”
“Accept yourself for what and who you are and you will be perfect within your own eyes. The opinions of others do not make your truths. There is always room for improvement but know what and who you truly are and all will be perfectly fine...”
“Those who practice religion practice division...”
“True power comes from true love. Only destruction and torment can come from hatred. I release the pain within through constructive and artistic formats. Never will I endure the feeling of hatred and let it out upon the world again. For within true consciousness I am whole and one with the universe.”
“Look into my eyes and you will see me. Look into my heart and you will see yourself.”
“When life hands you lemons, squeeze the fuck out of them!!!”
“Without freedom life is worthless!!!”
“I have the soul of a ninja, with the heart of a samurai.”
“I rather live a rich life being broke, than live a broken life being rich. As long as I have a roof over my head and food in my belly what more can I ask for?”
“A real man cries. A man that does not cry is a man who is trying to either impress others on the fake strength he possesses or is too blind on what society thinks what the image of a "real" man is...”
“True love is real. Sadly only few will ever have the joy in experiencing it. If you have the opportunity to be able to share your life with the one person that makes you most alive, most comforted, most happy, do not pass up the opportunityfor anything in the world. You may be passing up one of the best experiences of your life. It may be the one you desire, or it may be the one that desires you. Sometimes the best couples comes from the most unlikely of pairs. You may be passing up the opportunity on joining with the other half that will make you whole. Love is a risk, but a risk worth taking.”
“I'd rather be alone and lonely than have a bitch by my side and still feel lonely..”
“To help others realize reality, one must realize it for themselves first. Without total understanding of oneself you can not help others to understand themselves. Open your mind's eye and be one with yourself. Then you can begin to help the world around you to heal itself as well.”
“War in the name of peace is like someone punching you in the face because they want to be your friend. It just doesn't make sense. Only true love can defeat hate!!!”
“Open your minds eye to the possibility of the impossible...”
“True love is more valuable than any amount of money! Only true Love for oneself and for all will set us free from the oppression of our daily lives, and bring us into a oneness of divine consciousness.”
“Does life imitate art, or does art imitate life? I believe life imitates art the imitates life.”
“It rains because I refuse to cry...”
“If you're not beautiful on the inside, the beauty on the outside doesn't matter for shit!!!”
“No matter how much you love someone sometimes it is better to totally disassociate yourself from them for peace of mind. Delete all memories of them no matter how hard it is to do so, to leave no reminders of them floating around, in order to make it easier to get over that person. As much as you want to run to that person grab them and tell them how much you still want them in your life whether it's friendship or otherwise it is best to see if that person still wants you in their life. After you have gotten rid of all memories, all associations, all communications if that person happens to reappear then your friendship/relationship was a true one and should continue. If after you cut all ties and you never see that person again then you know you did the right thing by letting them go. Cause if they really wanted you in their life they would not allow you to let them go so easily to begin with.”
“To all the vegetarians/vegans just because a tomato doesn't scream when you pluck it off it's tree doesn't mean it doesn't feel as all other living creatures do. Saying that animals have the right of life is saying that plants do not have the same right. We are all living creatures within the spectrum of the universe and all part of a food chain. We humans just happen to be on the top of the food chain. So eat what you will in order to sustain life and do not worry whether it is a plant or animal for both have been stripped from their families and killed in order so we can live. Eat hardy, eat healthy, and eat what you want!!!”
“Once we stop looking at each other as colors and simply as men and women we can begin to look at our similarities that makes us all human rather than looking at our differences to separate us further. You do not see different species of birds attacking each other cause one is a sparrow and the other is a pigeon.”
“We must never think we know it all so perfectly. There are always new developments, new ideals, and new ways to do the same thing easier and more efficiently.”
“If you're wondering why our children are so stupid now a days look no further than the American educational system. Designed to lower our standards and minds. Keeping kids dumb for over 30 years and counting.”
“Let us always remember our fallen ones all those around world who are suffering due to tragic events, famine, disease, poverty, and needless wars. May we open our minds and realize that we are all one in the same. We are all human no matter where it is in the world you are from. We all breathe the same air, and walk on the same earth. Love self and each other as self and begin to mend the world beginning with self.”
“Every now and then there may be snags, you may run yourself ragged, and sometimes you may be wary of what may come about, but when you open your mind's eye to what you really want in life, there is a clear path to your hearts desires.”
“What have you done to help society out today? Have you educated someone today on what's really going on in the world? Have you helped someone cross the street? Or even just talked to your fellow man? If not then you are part of the problem. It only takes good people to do nothing for evil to win.”
“Everyday is a new learning experience. What you take from your lessons is what you will have to combat the re-occurrence of the situation. Those who find themselves repeating the same mistakes are those who haven't learned from their past. Open your mind and realize that no one is perfect. We all falter in our lives, but if you don't realize it to repair it you will forever be lost within the confines of your own mental anguish and never realize why.”
“The beauty of life is in the eye of the beholder. Open your minds eye and see the true beauty of life. Rid yourself of the negative, and rejoice in love and consciousness.”
“My eyes have seen what I seek. For my mind's eye is wide open, and no longer do I just peek.”
“On the contrary I am not a poet, I am just a writer who happens to write poetry.”
“No matter how lost you get, focus and you will always find your way back.”
“Even the teacher must relearn all of their lessons every now and then.”
“Love and be loved!!!”
“One day we will all have it all...”
“Like the number nineeternity is forever mine”