"distinctly beautiful" (carlos andrés gómez live DVD)

[girlfromwintercourt]

Glad to know these kind of men haven't gone extinct yet.

[LadyZaza7]

Wow, like this dude!

[lilkk234]

I met him =)

[elissbern]

i cant deal with how amazing he is

[djifnf]

Any comment I might make just doesn't do this justice, but I try: powerful, passionate, heartbreaking, true. It means a lot to me to hear a man say these things like it hurts his heart, these forces have done a number on me my whole life, my father was in no way there to say what he is saying to all girls and women. And he's a teacher, invested in sending the message to all girls in his classroom, and a brother and father. I love this.

[elissbern]

@djifnf you did it justice

[MusicISlove9224]

because of the impact this video had on my life I tattooed distinctly beautiful on my body. these are powerful words of the reality that is going on around us.

[PrettyLiitlePrincess]

I Just Teared Up .

[OlderThanTime09]

God! The bluntness hits me everytime. I believe not only does that make it more beautiful, but I think we all need it. I know I do.

[kwilliam2012]

awesome!



[AshleyBSticks]

i've been looking at this everyday for a year and a half just so powerful, I love all his pieces, 1:17-1:39 was whew... he has nice word play.!

[MusicISlove9224]

ummm can i ask the 4 people that disliked this....why? this is pure truth! people need to open their eyes and see this...respect for C.A.G.

[jjay585]

how the FUCK do you dislike this

[SidraZimmerman]

@StrawberryCoke He's saying women ought not find their value in sex or the physical as society as taught us. Beauty is something to be celebrated, and by society promoting an "ideal" beauty rather than a distinct one or serve pressure to be sexual, it oppresses and discourages women in all ways everywhere.

[amethystXatmosphere]

That was wonderful.

[StrawberryCoke]

I don't get what he's trying to say...Women shouldn't be sexual?

[squeeofdoom]

@StrawberryCoke I think its mostly children who shouldn't be sexualized is what he's saying. Women should be proud of the way they are sexy, not try to stuff themselves into some "ideal" sexuality.

[elissbern]

@StrawberryCoke no hes saying women shouldn't ONLY be sexual

[BurnSpangler]

i think i love you

[MzThai93]

@rockie4ya

Me too :)

[rockie4ya]

i love this poem i listen to it just about everyday before i go to school...........

[musiczheir]

3 guys noticed that they were the middle aged disgustin man or the fags that dnt noe how to wear a belt xD. Carlos is amazing, so far, my favorite spanish poet.

[dopemeetsreality101]

who in their right mid wouldnt like this ... speak truth

[brooklyn1804]

Okay, so I can't promise that I have all his words down perfectly, but here are the general verses:

On my wall it sits and taunts my arrogance- a mirror. That most unforgiving of gods. It holds answers no one wants to see- a bellowing righteous haunt, I

[sophisticated270]

@brooklyn1804 thank you for taking the time to transcribe the poem! <3

[brooklyn1804]

carry it. That blasphemy of judgment in my eyes as I teach little girls that crave to be women- think its all breasts and hips and cat call, I try to find a tide stronger than faith, almost patronizing. Told them they are strong young women. To write ‘distinctly beautiful’ at the top of each page, or 24 times on the left hand column if I’ve got them for 2 hours.

[brooklyn1804]

Try to coerce them into searching for something they’ve only recently lost.

And I wish I could carve ‘distinctly beautiful’ into my lover’s torso, stain their lower backs and thighs, I wonder- where does this self hate come from? Who is to blame?

Angry at every man that has come before me and those that continue to arrive- that tear off blouses with knife sharp rocks, rape the freedom out of a summer dress with that bloody mattress of suggestive

[brooklyn1804]

smile that pitched those billboard ads, that write the textbook passages and now we’re icing one’s nipples for ‘artistic purposes’. It’s easier for her to sag her jeans, it’ll be easier to take off before I fuck her- and my little sister’s Barbie doll might as well be her god.

Translated as human- 7 feet tall. A 39 inch bust, double D cup breasts, and 18 inch waist, 33 inch hips on 5 foot long legs and stilts and size 4 feet that can’t balance her anorexic, impossible, 95 pounds-

[brooklyn1804]

the perfect 39, 18, 33 Mattel hour glass, built to steal each woman’s virginity before she even knows what sex is, and I’m disgusted. I’m disgusted at middle age men that pant with their pupils, yet I’ll still notice a married woman’s nipples through her sheer top on the subway across from me, stare at her thong when she bends over- I might as well have been that teacher that taught these little girls to give up.

[brooklyn1804]

Trained that shy, adolescent Latina to look Lolita-esq with pigtails and study Holland and swallow lollipops like dicks with high-gloss lipstick to show off that she has dick sucking lips too. And I am her teacher. Responsible for showing her how to express herself and grow up. She might as well be my nine year old sister, maya, or my first born daughter, a ghost with no self-esteem,

[brooklyn1804]

she’s just focused on impressing that senior in the third row, popping bubble gum; above the first row I told her to write, hovering just beneath her chin that says “I am distinctly beautiful because…” left there almost haphazard, atop the quivering blankness of her empty page, that white canvas, just another unholy god that swallows her fragile obsidian eyes and still refuses to recognize her.

[LupaDove]

MMmmm! This also gets me EVERY TIME!!!

[hazelgreenxoxo]

i am in tears.

[lilkk234]

I met him in st. paul tonight and he is amazing!!

[PolvereNelVento]

This is lovely.

[randumnesslulu]

I love him *_*

[TangD130s]

who ever said the pen was mightier than the sword,couldn't have said it better but the Spoken word can live on,untarnished forever.

[iossio54]

this is beautiful!!!!

[callmetricia]

she is hot!

[nifefitefolly]

fuck that just got the tear ducts running.

[hannakrystel]

"..built to steal their viginity before they even know what sex is."

This gave me goosebumps. This is real.. but it is so sad that these things are real. Well-said.

[LupaDove]

right. And yet he still oggles scantly clad women. HA!!!! No such thing a virtuous or honorable man because at the end of the day... He's still going to be THAT guy "panting with his pupils".

[sobaidahoians]

@LupaDove thsts his point. Society has screwed all men...

[xxleadinglifexx]

Amazing. There's nothing else to say

[theandrewxo1]

his love is words apon the morning sky

[poetryispower]

beauty full. give thanks for truth... see you at ryerson!

[lillykun]

brilliant, absolutely brilliant

[LyRiKeL06]

WOW... and he's coming to SHIPP U September 24, 2009!!!

Amazing Poem!!!!

[UrbanInkpen]

where can i buy this ?

[MshizzleDizzleFizzle]

thank you carlos

[janeshe2]

Janeshe 2 says: he stole my heart literally is this guy 4 real!???!!! omg my fave part : built to steal each woman's virginity before she knows what sex is"

[tehcass21]

does anybody have all the words to his poem?

[shawt192]

striking

[dnfms1]

yes sir. thank you

[Anissaxox]

incredible. every word is so true. he's phenomenal.

[HonestyIsKey]

his words overflow with truth.

[kukini7]

This is a REAL man.

[IrenicElegance]

@kukini7 let's hope there's more than one...

[unicyclist0]

Dang.

[tpooo]

hes not married is he

[hahahahahahahNO]

lolllllllll ikr

[chelos33]

wow

[Rhoswen19]

He is so amazing he has this way with words

[kafkaf007]

Amazing, he is so deep!

[sjkaye]

AWESOME! He is not shy with words at all. Tells the plain truth

[donlee916]

Damn! I love it!

[recheli]

Thank you

[EquisHalo]

WOW!

[alumniman3]

thats the best poem i've ever heard.

[BunmiHazzan]

wow, he hit the nail right on the head there