My first guitar

My Mitchell acoustic guitar. I took this picture of it because of the drawings on it. I randomly just started drawing these images out of sheer boredness at a friends house. It tells stories all over it.

Sound Painting

I'm liking this whole thing I thought up, (I'm aware that others probably have came up with it before me) "Sound Painting". Thats all I really think of when I play my guitar anyway. Pictures, films, past/present feelings/emotions, bunched together. I improvise it all, it is all a random drawing of mine.

After doing some too late research, apparently "Sound Painting" is already taken. Oh well, I'll just add to the Dictionary -- That "Sound Painting" is also imagery drawn with your guitar (or etc).

I like to draw sounds. And hang them on my balls.

Ukiah

So, I guess I'll be moving up to Ukiah, CA.

Approximately this summer. I'm stoked/excited/crazed for this trip. Unfortunately, I'll be chopping down trees for a living. However, its good pay and I need to start saving for my new musical instruments and my way of travel. I will be paying tribute to the trees I decimate.

On the brighter side of it. Look at these pictures a friend of mine took while he was there (Originally he's from there).

I believe this will recover much needed peace-time I have lost; while being lost.

I'm really looking forward to this.

Change of Direction

I wanted to be a soldier on frontlines so I could die,

Now I want to be a Guitarist on stage so I can fly.

Another Character

So lastnight was interesting. My downstairs neighbor is really cool. Shes a wild type (Or used to be) She picked a friend and I up outside of our apts.  Then we rolled a few blunts while driving ALL around town, until about 2am. She told us a few crazy stories she's been through. Like falling asleep behind the wheel going at about 70 mph on the freeway, landing in a corn field in the middle of nowhere, being stuck out there and etc. Now, ofcourse I dont think putting yourself in that type of danger is cool. However, it makes an interesting story haha. Good thing she doesnt get that type of fucked up anymore since she has kids now and ofcourse for her safety. Totally amazing man!

Oh and the reason I titled this post 'Another Character' is because I like to meet different people occasionally and have them tell stories about themselves. It's like a movie or video game in a sense.

Travel Downside

I've been looking to the sky for my future movements. The wind pushing the clouds, keeps telling me to head South East. There rests something I've been waiting for; for a while now. I dont know though.. I'm aware I started this blog to express my deepest thoughts, I'm just slightly confused :S Or so I say.

Smile

My first time actually admitting this (even to myself). I usually smile to please others; not myself, when talking with someone. Only something/someone I can relate too will really make me smile. It's not because I'm "Constantly Depressed"-- but because many people I encounter have nothing interesting.

Anoushka Shankar

Hi, I'm sitting here wondering about my future. I'm about to head to the gym (If nothing else catches my short attention first.) I've been listening to Ravi Shankar lately. So naturally I've ran into his daughter (Also an artist) and she immediately caught my attention. She's so beautiful and captivating.

Learn more about her here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoushka_Shankar

I've watched a performance she did with her father, and then another one; A violin duet with an artist by the name of Joshua Bell.

I love this music. :)

Ahh Hmmm :)

Well a few changes of events and my mood is better. I feel energetically correct haha. Friendships aren't feeling drought-like & my social life gets healthier. Learned a few new things about Chinese Philosophy from a friends' blog. The Tao Te Ching.

"The Tao Te Ching or Dao De Jing, whose authorship has

been attributed to Laozi, is a Chinese classic text. Its name comes from the opening words of its two sections: dào "way," Chapter 1, and dé "virtue," Chapter 38, plus  jīng "classic." According to tradition, it was written around the 6th century BC by the sage Laozi (or Lao Tzu, "Old Master"), a record-keeper at the Zhou Dynasty court, by whose name the text is known in China.^"

Oh I also happened to search for art-work; in the painting department (Figure of Speech). I came across a freakin' amazing piece; By Karen Winters (KarenWinters.com). Something that reminds me of what I've always dreamed of my home looking like.

She's got alot of goodies to share. I wish I could paint like this, but I guess I'll just paint in sounds, which is good enough for me.

;)

Emotions Transmissions

So a series of bottled up emotions have come out in what strings I have left on my guitar. Only.. I didnt use the strings, I used the whammy bar and some feedback. I call this Alien Transmissions. My mental escape into the cosmos.

Alone

So I've been feeling down lately. Felt as if I'm not being involved enough into anything. Feeling quite alone. My second string broke on my guitar, and so then I won't be able to get my emotions out. Just felt I outta' be expressing my emotions somewhere, this be it. I really think I'm just thinking too much(as always). Uhhh.. I guess I will try and make this day better than they have been lately. Oh, I did have dinner with friends/family and I guess I am apart of a family more so than before. Just doesn't seem enough though. I want my music, I want to be surrounded by my music-- No one elses.

2011

So.. Here it is.. The year 2011. I will be 21 years old in June.

Anyway, Yo! My name is Kevin Gomez (Born June 4th 1990 to Lerlene Higgs and Kevin Underdue) and I'm another person who wants to express themselves in a way such as this. An online journal in a sense, actually. I'm a really quiet person in person (sometimes, unless I'm comfortable around someone). I've been known as a quiet kid my entire life though. I guess this is one of my limited(?) ways I can communicate with people.

Music, however would be my number one way to communicate. I still haven't gotten the full hang of Guitar yet (incase you haven't noticed I play it), I'm still trying though. Intentionally i've been quite lazy regarding the guitar, I don't like to work when expressing myself. I've been playing for about 2 years now, I feel; at times that maybe I'm lacking the talent or time to get serious with this. Then again I doubt alot about myself.

I get alot of compliments on my playing, but I can't get past the doubting. I know, I know.. Problems haha.. But ok anyway, more about myself. I am a deep, emotional person -- I try and find the beauty in everything and therefore makes it hard for me to attack virtually anything. I'm heavily into astronomy, Science in general, Multi-Culturalism, philosophy, arts, women, etc. I'm not much of a ladies man, but I love women. ;)

Enough about me, can't wait to see/hear from you guys who ever is out there! Family, not Followers.