pochospeak

mission.

So my project is pretty simple. I will travel south of the border to document life 'as is', stripping myself of everykind of academic jargon,sanitized theoretical notions, and preconceived ideas of what Mexico is, in order to prove that another journalism is possible: from the people to the people, and staying as far as possible of the corporate cliches of CNN & the like.

I always keep on my mind mi abuela was always up-to-date, because of the never-ending chismes, the gossip. And anybody who has a half-critical mind, can see that corporate news in America use the same model: gossip.

My mission is to find what lies in the south, just across the boundaries of what we became, when our parents decided to cross the limits of Mexico. And of course, dive into the precious matter which makes both countries different, as much as it permits cultural hybrids and trasnational crosspollination.

So if you read this, and live somewhere at the edge of the San Diego - Tijuana border, i want to hear from you. Write me a comment, drop me an e-mail.

Uncle Jason wants you!

This is a Test

Esto es un Testo.

It's easy to find the roots of words when you're proficient in spanish as a second language. Testo comes from old italian, which was employed as the official language of Hispania (the kingdom which later became Spain). Testo has an evident connection with Texto. Speaking is of course, an essay in progress, so this is a reference to the proverbial wisdom which made Socrates and Confucius whom they are today. Test -> Text -> Flowing Essay of Words in Progress: A Test. The flowing wisdom of the moving words. Sounds fantastico.

I can only thank my parents from crossing the desert all the way from Chihuahua, into the San Fernando Valley. Gente Valiente, indeed.