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Homeboy travels far and edges on

2014-08-06T16:46:00-04:00

“Enough said... Some of you will know this is the open country. In it, you need small and big ideas. I like big cars and the universe is made from small things. There shouldn't be any speed limits on a thousand high plains.”

“Some will know architecture is like the universe, made from small parts.”

“Some will know even the big parts are small in relative thinking... How do I know..?

“Fundamentally speaking, not because I see a lot of walls, windows and ceilings from the water's edge."

“Not because my mind is like the ocean"

“And not because I can speak and script,"

“and jump.”

“I don't know.., maybe because I'm Homeboy from the plateaus.”

Photographs: Michael Rotondi
Story: Orhan Ayyüce

Previously: Homeboy on Tupperville

Michael Rotondi's 2012 SCI-Arc Commencement Speech

2012-09-20T17:30:00-04:00

Thanks to Michael Rotondi for providing us with the transcript from his '12 SCI-Arc commencement speech, and thanks to Orhan for bringing it to our attention.

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Now and Then
The Upside of Evolution

Good afternoon everyone –
My name is Michael Rotondi aka Roto
Parents, relatives, friends, my colleagues, Director Moss, Board of Trustees, and especially

all you in the Class of 2012 _ The 40th Graduating Class of SCI-Arc, congratulations

I represent the first Graduating Class___1973………there were ten of us, all top 10.
I have been a part of SCI-Arc for 40 years, in every capacity.
A Student, a Teacher, a Director, a Trustee, and most importantly, a member of the Family.

Throughout, I’ve been a witness to a form of Creation Itself.
A collective organism, conceived at the epicenter,
where the counter productive force of Anger
transforms into the generative power of Creativity.
Although it began as a revolution, SCI-Arc was a Love Child.

I am often asked –
How...

Homeboy on Tupperville

2011-02-08T12:30:00-05:00

Homeboy on Tupperville

Photographs: Michael Rotondi
Story: Orhan Ayyüce