Esteban Gaspar Silva


About
// A  General Understanding //
  1. A Biography
  2. Approach and Philosophy
  3. Contact Information

Writing
<Poetics of Resistance>
  1. Poetry
  2. Fiction
  3. Non-Fiction

Education and Curriculum
+ Learning as a Practicum +
  1. Overview
  2. Identity-Based Genre Fiction
  3. Gamification in Education
  4. Elective Studies

Organizing and Community Work
[Building a Better World]
  1. Rosebuds Reading Collective
  2. Community Solidarity /                         Food Not Bombs
  3. Political Work

Music
:: Resonance and Ruminations ::
  1. Sphinx of Black Quartz Judge My Vows
  2. Curanderx://
  3. Past Projects Archive

Interdisciplinary Projects
--Convergent Methodologies--
  1. Collaborations
  2. Zines
  3. Experimental Work
  4. Biking Adventures





Esteban Gaspar Silva is a Mexican immigrant educator, storyteller, and community organizer based in Brooklyn, NY. His work spans curriculum development, creative writing, music, and grassroots organizing—all exploring the intersections of cultural identity, technology, and social justice.


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1. Collaborations




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From The Soul of Time, 1904
        Time’s a circumference
        Whereof the segment of our station seems
        A long straight line from nothing into naught.
        Therefore we say “progress,” “infinity” —
        Dull words whose object
        Hangs in the air of error and delights
        Our boyish minds a hunt for butterflies.
        For aspiration studies not the sky
        But looks for stars


009d



From I Used to Think, 1905
  •         I used to think 
  •         The mind essential in the body, even 
  •         As stood the body essential in the mind: 
  •         Two inseparable things, by nature equal 
  •         And similar, and in creation’s song 
  •         Halving the total scale: it is not so. 
  •         Unlike and cross like driftwood sticks they come 
  •         Churned in the giddy trough: a chunk of pine, 
  •         A slab of rosewood: mangled each on each 
  •         With knocks and friction, or in deadly pain 
  •         Sheathing each other’s splinters: till at last 
  •         Without all stuff or shape they’re jetted up 
  •         Where in the bluish moisture rot whate’er 
  •         Was vomited in horror from the sea.