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Rodney Stokes

I hear the symphony now . and it is so .beautiful

About Me

"its that unresolved conflict within usthat gives us the spark.mix in a little humanity . . .with a little bit of light . .a little bit of love . .and you have a song.the choice is whether to sing it or not I suppose. "-Rodney mspobj enableJSURL="false" enableHREF="false" saveEmbedTags="true" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" height="300" width="425" style="background:url

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/4/2006
Band Members: Rodney Stokes,Vocals,KeyboardsMatt Morgan, Guitar,Bass,Keyboards,drums,Vocals,Mandolin,loopingDave Sims, Bass,Drums,VocalsKris Hyatt, DrumsJef Chandler, Vocals,bassMatthew Smith,DrumsChris Garrett,BassCharles Hedgepath,mandolinKelly Ward,Keyboards
Influences: Brokeback Mountain (short story and film), Joseph Campbell,Tori Amos,Sacha Sackett,Matt Morgan,Joel Smart,Annie Proulx,Pixiedust & Chuck,,Steve Wright. . .andTyrone . . .who reminded me that we all have dreams to remember . .Joe . .who showed me the Lion within me,BD . .who gave me wings that I fly on still.and lastly ..all the dreamers and music makers.
Sounds Like: "At such times there is a song going on within us, a song to which we listen. It fills us with surprise. We marvel at it. We wouild continue to hear it. But few are capable of holding themselves in the state of listening to their own song. Intellectuality steps in and as the song within us is of the utmost sensitiveness, it retires in the presence of the cold, material intellect. It is aristocratic and will not associate itself with the commonplace - and we fall back and become our ordinary selves. Yet we live in the memory of these songs which in moments of intellectual inadvertence have been possible to us. They are the pinnacles of our experience and it is the deisre to express these intimate sensations, this song from within, which motivates the masters of all art."-Robert Henri
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My Blog

birthdays . .

turned 40 on the 7th. was down about it. . until I realized something I looked good for my 30's but I'm positively outstanding for my 40's. (smiles)   been alive a while and Ive learned some thin...
Posted by Rodney Stokes on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:08:00 PST

Aberis

love the golden arrows gifted by the sweet and might god Apollo he lays them at your feet   he feels brand new he loves   like you need him to   Aberis you cannot steal a kiss you can...
Posted by Rodney Stokes on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:31:00 PST

Ennis Del Mar is not dead

on that very day a friend of mine called me in a panic . . he said . ."Rodney,have you heard the news?" "Are you sitting down?"   "H e a t h    L e d g e r   &n...
Posted by Rodney Stokes on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:23:00 PST

flight of the Erote

  "... the Love-god, golden-haired, stretches his charmed bow with twin arrows, and one is aimed at happiness, the other at life’s confusion." [Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 549]   the...
Posted by Rodney Stokes on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 06:01:00 PST

The Old Man of the Sea

I wave goodbye to my own sweet Proteus poised to change his shape yet again I so tire of his myth I so tire of mine   I knew a man once Telemachus I will call him he captured me for a moment in...
Posted by Rodney Stokes on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:26:00 PST

"Orpheus"

I wore my shiniest armor left the lonely round table bare to see if you would lift the sword   or leave it lying there   and as I began my serenade I watched the stars fade and all...
Posted by Rodney Stokes on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:03:00 PST

Ivri Lider is not dead . .

listening to a song called "Jesse".  . by Israili singer songer Ivri Lider .. (he's in my top 10)   its something of a gay lovesong .. reason enough to draw my attention . . (its not like y...
Posted by Rodney Stokes on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:09:00 PST

Ennis Del Mar is not dead

on that very day a friend of mine called me in a panic . . he said . ."Rodney,have you heard the news?" "Are you sitting down?"   "H e a t h    L e d g e r   &n...
Posted by Rodney Stokes on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:04:00 PST

possessing the secret of joy . .

time slows so . . hard to write feels so much as though I've written everything I need to   all the truth I know . .   I feel finite in so many ways and infinite in so many others   use...
Posted by Rodney Stokes on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:58:00 PST

Orpheus

I wore my shiniest armor left the lonely round table bare to see if you would lift the sword   or leave it lying there   and as I began my serenade I watched the stars fade and all...
Posted by Rodney Stokes on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:25:00 PST