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J’s Journal

Poetry, scribblings, etc.

Gathered 6.16.21 – A cluster of inspiration

An assortment of content recommendations, project updates, and observations from a working class creative. How to stay productive: Close them…More

June 16, 2021June 17, 2021

Gathered 6.14.21 – A cluster of inspiration

An assortment of content recommendations, project updates, and observations from a working class creative. I have signed out of social…More

June 15, 2021June 17, 2021

Yes, you can push a couch up the narrow stairs.

Yes, you can push a couch up the narrow stairs, and how Mortal Kombat made storytelling possible for a Mexican kid in a new place.More

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021

Gratitude and humility in my on-going efforts to reclaim my Mexicanity.

I was reminded by the Google doodle of the work of Zitkala-Sa, the great Yankton-Dakota writer and political activist who…More

February 25, 2021

Inner Dialogue about Kubrick Bone

We can now see the surface of Mars as if we stood on its rusted sands. I saw this beautifully…More

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021

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THE QUOTIDIAN PROJECT

I’m writing poems on my lunch break and whenever I can throughout the day. I’m tired of feeling like there’s not enough time in my waking days. I am tired of castigating myself as the speed of life reaches out to me with rolling hills, human absurdity, chaos in the micro and macro, love and laughter. The day is a field of reeds and its whistles are metaphors, characters, rainwater, feelings, opinions, heartbreak and heartswell all scaled in the cosmic and the slight. It’s all there. Nothing is mundane. Embrace the absurd. Love the quotidian. I am hopeful I can gather a few of these poems by Summer 2021 and create a little chapbook. We’ll see what happens. Much love,