Alex Sparks
Used to be a poet, filmmaker, van-dweller, keep exploring flag guy, and garden gnome. Now I'm a dumpster diver’s assistant and doing this stuff..
What am I up to right now?
Updated: Sep 6 2023
Thinking about . . .
Mythology
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
10 Years of Marriage (almost)
Reading . . .
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
This is my second of Campbell's books this year and the Myth has me. I first got introduced to Joseph Campbell's work in high school and regret spending so much time apart.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
This is a really beautiful book of essays on Indigenous plant knowledge and Western science.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Slowly, but surely on this one.
Listening to . . .
Lots of 70s music that isn’t in English. Mostly Japanese Jazz and Country. And lately these Persian Oldies.
This Goth Girlfriend playlist.
Kendrick Lamar’s Rich Spirit and N95. Just kinda back and forth.
Watching . . .
Daisy Fresh: An American Jiu-Jitsu Story
This show is so gritty and fun and pure. Makes me proud to practice BJJ.
Writing . . .
Not much lately
Grateful for . . .
The inevitable growth that comes after a hard year.
Bubbie’s Pickles