What is happening right now is not normal. We were not designed to be in a state of war, of constant alert. A good thing that we are capable of defense, but it isn’t necessary or healthy to be in a consistent state of alarm, or outrage, of pain. And yet, that’s what’s been going […]
Author: Martin Haro
I am cultural writer from Lima, Peru. Now publishing from San Francisco. #KingofCups
Y2K didn't happen, but I did move to Florida in the year 2000. Miami was kind of the vibe for me during the '90s, so into the new millennium and the Magic City I went, for college and to find whatever life now could and would be. I graduated from Florida International University, then went to work in its in-house communications/marketing department, as a writer, video producer, and associate editor of "FIU Magazine," the university's flagship alumni publication.
By the time I got to work at FIU I'd already been working with and writing for the weekly "Wire Magazine" on the beach and the periodical "Miami Living" magazine, writing my Movie Martin blog, contributing to the occasional "Awful Truth" by Ted Casablanca once upon a time on E! Online. Later, I started stringing story for "Us Weekly." That was fun. It was all kinds of a heckuva lot of fun.
King of Cups is my new empirical, memoiristic non-linear independent writing exercise. (Independent: Rhymes with unpaid, as in this is free, so represent and support, OK. Amplify the shit.) I mince no words, I mean no harm, and I come in peace.
San Francisco, 7.12.23
Meanwhile, some people still out there raging war, trying to strip others of their unalienable rights, raping and pillaging the planet – and they’re “in charge”? In what reality do they live that their priorities are so whack. We are so clearly and painfully aware of how bad humanity can be, I’m so curious of […]
#SanFrancisco, 5.18.23
You know what is the problem with #SanFrancisco (anywhere with a fucked situation, really): People don’t listen and don’t make the meaningful effort to meet other people where they are. Fucking doctors don’t listen. So-called allies don’t listen. Even strangers that want something from you don’t listen. And then, they all get all bent outta […]
It’s So Perverse, That’s Why It Works
First they let your kids die. In school, at church, at the club, at the movies – everywhere. Then, they don’t do anything about it, and they get in the way of everyone that tries to make it better. They let you simmer in it, get angry. Then, angrier. At your angriest, you see the […]
Art and the City
I enjoy museums. I love museums in the summer New York City. Where else to be: Refreshing art and AC? I’d subscribe, but I live in foggy San Francisco. Time with the culture is time well spent. All of the ways. Always. It’s chill.
How Lucky
How lucky I am that I get to travel. That I get to commune with artworks that hang, stand, are in museums in capitals of the world. That I get to enjoy safety and comfort in realities that I know all too well are filled with just as much despair, and joy, as that of […]
Nob Hill, 3.22.22
Sudden colds, then sudden heat. Suddenly the day after tomorrow is here today. And the dogs panted. For the Earth was ours with them to share. Pant, pant. And about our business we all went. Pfoof.
We Watch What Happens Now
The invasion of Ukraine, what we are witnessing Putin do, and what Republicans are doing stateside, like what Florida Republicans just “accomplished” with the whole “Don’t Say Gay” thing, it’s like, hello: You all see the through line between homegrown American censorship and selective personhood erasures and the Russian brand of warmongering authoritarianism. Right? Let’s […]
San Francisco, 12.27.21
Everyone, “meet” the Cuevas family from La Paz in Los Cabos, Mexico. I met them at a Walgreens near Union Square, when I went to get my booster shot at my appointed time. They’re in town to vaccinate 11-year-old Junior with his first shot. The father is a cardiologist. Great at hearts, but English is […]
San Francisco, 3.1.22
This right now is the smartest I’ve been about my health in 22 years. I made it through the wilderness, and now I seem to have picked up an extra serving o’ motivation. My body has served me well, in spite of my wickedness, and it has brought me a long way, so the energy […]
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