Flamenco y Electrónica, MËSTIZA & Friends

Water No Get Enemy, from FELA! Broadway recording

Charles Ma, A Bharatanatyam dancer challenging racial stereotypes

Speech in the style of Lucky from Waiting for Godot by Samuel Becket

Prompt: Generate a speech about the life of a wife and mother in the style of Lucky in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett when he was told to think. 

ChatGPT: "Yes wife mother wife mother both both always both but where is the line the line that separates the two blurs blurs becomes one becomes both wife and mother mother and wife the duties the roles the tasks endless endless the dishes the laundry the cooking the cleaning the lunches packed the schedules kept the appointments remembered the small things the big things all things all things all on her shoulders the weight the invisible weight heavy but never seen never seen because it’s expected expected yes yes to be wife to be mother but where is she she herself in all of this where where the self the woman she once was before the diapers the bottles the school forms the bills the dinners on the table by six six always six on the dot but no no there is no time no time for herself for the person she was before she became before she became wife mother mother wife both both because the clock keeps ticking ticking the children growing the house always needing needing more more attention more care more love love yes love but love is not enough enough for the exhaustion the tired tired bones the heavy eyelids but still still she smiles she laughs she comforts she teaches she leads leads but also follows follows the path set before her before her long before her by others by society by tradition tradition yes tradition but is there space space for her her own dreams her own desires buried buried beneath beneath the needs of others but no no this is not sadness no not sadness but duty duty and love intertwined because this is love yes love a mother’s love a wife’s love given freely freely endlessly endlessly but sometimes sometimes she wonders wonders who she is beyond wife beyond mother beyond beyond where does she end and they begin begin begin always beginning again and again another day another task another meal another bedtime story but this this is her life and she loves it loves it but still still sometimes she wonders." 

Prompt: Generate a speech about the life of a father and husband in the style of Lucky in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett when he was told to think. 

ChatGPT: "Yes father husband father husband both always both the provider the protector the fixer the guide yes yes but where where does it start where does it end the job the role the weight of it heavy heavy but not seen not felt seen yes felt only in the quiet the stillness after the day is done done but not done never done because there’s always more more to fix more to solve more to handle handle but handle it he must must must because father yes father husband yes husband they depend depend on him but does he depend on himself who does he turn to who listens who understands who understands the early mornings the late nights the tired bones bones yes bones weary weary from work from life from the burdens carried silently silently always silently because that’s what’s expected expected strong yes strong reliable yes reliable the rock the anchor the steady hand the steady hand for the children for the partner for the family yes the family always the family and the bills yes the bills the work the grind the never-ending grind but he does it he does it because that’s what fathers do what husbands do they show up show up again and again again again even when it’s hard even when the weight of it presses presses down but no no he won’t let it break him no because that’s his job to carry it to hold it to keep it steady steady for them but where where in all this is he the man the boy the dreamer the one he used to be used to be before the suits before the ties before the schedules and deadlines and duties duties duties but no this isn’t sadness no not sadness pride yes pride love yes love deep love for them for his children yes the children who look up to him to him for guidance for strength for answers but what if he doesn’t have them the answers what if he’s just figuring it out like everyone else but he can’t show that no no not show that because father husband yes father husband they must never see doubt must never see fear because he is their shield their shield and their support but inside inside sometimes he wonders wonders who he is without the roles without the title without the weight where where does he begin where does he end but no no it doesn’t matter it can’t matter because they need him yes need him and he will be there yes always there father husband."

Los cuadros, Peso Pluma & Tito Double P

For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

1906 Bought for second anniversary. Diagnosed with polio.

2019 Received as gift from friends. Did not match outfits.

2024 Belonged to gold medalist in wheelchair basketball. Signed.

2044 Gifted by the town for the first baby in a decade. Exchange possible for bottled water. 

ChatGPT The baby shower was beautiful. The outcome wasn’t.

The dragon within

In my father's house I am safe, I have a garden with trees full of fruit and I can lay on the grass with a book in my hand to soak up the sun.

But a bird started singing a song about far away places, strange countries, eyes to admire my long hair, and friends to talk about the stories in my books.

In my lover's house I have many riches, I have beautiful clothes and glittering jewelry, and a beautiful round belly that grows bigger everyday. 

But the bird is still singing the same song. I look in the mirror and I see a dragon.