It's late and fireworks are popping off in the background as I write this. America is celebrating 250 years of independence from one empire, while brutally enforcing its own. It's slightly drizzling and very foggy. Not the most ideal conditions for fireworks. Today, I watched a
Hi. I've been locked in. Started a new job, and been grinding it out to leave a good impression. I think it's been working.
Film log
I got a new camera. I was using a 35mm half frame Kodak before—it doubled my rolls. Now, I'm using an old 35mm full frame Minolta. A lot of time is slow, and calm. Sitting around, tending to people and plants, listening to the sounds of the
Film log
A roll of film I forgot to log.
sometimes there is nothing you can do for a plant but let it grow. you may want to re-pot it, add fertilizer, prune, change its location and sunlight. all that, and it might just want to be in its place and have time to grow. all you need to do
drip, drip, drip. sometimes as bytes. sometimes as sound. and sometimes in ink, that will never dry.
a collage of lyrics
Collection of writings by Alexander Parra concerned with the intersection of society and tech.
A quarter of this century is now complete. We've been closer to the third decade of the 2000s than the first for a while now. As always, we're standing at the precipice of the future, and the edge of the past. In twenty-twentyfive, I stood at
my heart cracked! it's rare to meet someone who's ready to fully listen to your dreams. thanks for listening to one of mine. i wanted to write a bit about what "a kiss from above" and its music video means to me— it'
Growing up, I never knew when or where I'd encounter my friends. With Marco from across the street, I'd go up to his door and ask if he was down to play with me. With Fernando, I was older and we agreed upon a specific whistle
This roll is really a love letter to the West Coast. It's from the end of the summer of 2024, and really captures the beauty and range of my home state. It's also a reminder that there are forces greater than humans in this world, and
Uhhhh, so I accidentally left some film sitting for a while. I just got it developed, but it was shot around the time I moved to San Francisco in May of 2024. Going through the footage made me realize how much I've learned about the city, its aesthetics,
Introductions to texts often happen before you get your hands on them—think of the friend who told you in a casual conversation about a book to read and why you should read it. This is my introduction to "Resisting Algorithmic Oppression," a thesis for the UC Berkeley Latinx Studies program.
I just finished up graduating from Berkeley. The following are frames from my last semester. This spring semester felt great. I was on campus and really learning. The top middle, top right and bottom left are all photos from the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies. I took a
A letter to all those who helped me finish my degree at UC Berkeley, whether they knew it or not.
Another film log! I think this roll was not as good as last, I'm still trying to get used to the new camera.
A short kind-of poem on entering the future.
I'm going to try and keep a log of all the film I get back, telling a little about some of the best frames (or half frames in my case). These were shot on the new Kodak Ektar H35N. It's somewhat of a novelty given that
A recollection of the events in my life for the past year.