Jaime Alejandro Cruz

HopeFullyBrief.

Stray thoughts about process, family, and a life well-lived. Keeping it hopefully brief.

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never trusted him. cuidado que ya viene........ I don't know where it came from, but this is a meme that I think about at least once a day. Family movie night watching this masterpiece. Still Pixar's most daring film, and with so much heart too. What a joy! Good enough for Wilkes, good enough for Musk! You know she would destroy that role! Favorite one so far from the funeral. It's 18 degrees outside and I wonder how this parking lot friend is holding up. Instead of rewriting my audio play for A Whisper to the Dark, I downloaded a shitload of stock footage from Pexels and made a music video to a song I wrote and recorded during the pandemic. I forced myself to do it all on my phone which was really hard for me because old. I like it. I think it came out okay. I sabotage myself with creativity every day and call it a 'new challenge.' I'll post it on cruzfolio.com someday soon. Are you kidding me right now? 5 years from now? What a masterpiece. Must rewatch Children of Men ASAP. Last night was a wee bit busy: Late to the party, but made it after all. cruznotes.substack com a quick reminder this morning. Back for real now. Here's what I've been working on the last few months: Spent a good chunk of my time putting together websites (link in bio!). Arts Calling is moving right along, many thanks to my amazing guests for inspiring me to keep learning. The Coalition premiered coalitionworks journal of absurd poetry and short fiction (subs open again soon). Madd and I have brought back OKA pod, hooray! The mini audio plays are a shitshow right now, but they'll get done this year. I derailed myself by journaling and writing poems about the past, digging up trauma, and asking the cosmos if I've ever had a spiritual home. Anyway, that's a long term conversation with a professional, and hopefully a long-term poetry collection too. Also, I landed a voiceover gig for an e-learning company and I get to talk in Spanish! This has been an absurd season of hardship, creative problem solving, and joy. So here's a few small offerings at the altar of the arts, to my father and grandfather, to my nameless ancestors. I hope you're well. Much love. hi. it's been a while. trying out some new podcast covers, here is one of them. the new website is now up and running, stop by artscalling.com for the latest episodes on artistic craft, community, and a life well-lived. i hope youre well. much love.