The Sound of Light

Photo: KPS 

Sonido de la Luz

                              Remembering Pablo

He understood. Each of us is a pulse 

of sound, scrap of cadence, shaky rhythm

doubting itself, random song sputtering along

in the redwood duff. What he did was

listen to himself. Who does that?

He rapped and rattled, playing it all out,

sending himself ahead of himself.

Among the waves glittering, chewing away

cliffs off Trinidad, a thrumming, a ringing,

currents of sound, water, light.

If you close your eyes, someone might hear

you singing.

                                      

Pablo Rotter
Playing with HSU's Calypso Band

A Scholarship in celebration of Pablo's life is being established with
The Humboldt Music Academy, a program of Humboldt State University,
to engage young people in music. Pablo was a charter member
of the the program, and  music remained a passion.