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January 2012

The cremation of the symbol

01/01/12
Ritual that inaugurates the 2012 haiku series.

The procession of the bonze

02/01/12
The sacrificed corpse of a moth is returned to the earth.

Paper western

03/01/12
A micro western with a paper airplane instead of a gun.

And life goes on

04/01/12
The corpse of the moth has disappeared, now only life continues.

When we were dwarfs

05/01/12
A couple try to bring down a paper airplane stuck in a tree.

Central station

06/01/12
A woman waits outside of a cold subway.

Time bomb

07/01/12
Nobody wants to see baby Jesus appear in the Rosca de Reyes.

He who smells it first

08/01/12
Abraham steps in some dog poop and accidentally smears it on Raúl's car.

Wolves' moon

09/01/12
One night Raúl goes out to take out the trash and finds the wolves' moon.

The pink TV

09/01/12
Surreal representation of the effects of television on Mexicans.

You provoked me

10/01/12
A mariachi offers his musical catalog to Abraham.

Quintanilla knee's

11/10/12
Edna analyzes Raúl's mysterious body rituals.

The Mystery of Edna

12/01/12
A mysterious woman spies among the shadows.

The savannah donkey

13/01/12
Edna drives through Downtown Valle while deciding where they'll eat.

Condensation

14/01/12
Emmanuel recounts a dark dream.

Anniversaries

15/01/12
Raúl keeps a diary of anniversaries.

Deposition

16/01/12
Hector recounts his UFO sightings.

Merlini the sailor

17/01/12
Abraham climbs to the roof and believes himself to be Popeye.

The penultimate

18/01/12
A virtual dialogue between Raúl and Deleuze on alcoholism.

Merla's neighbors

19/01/12
While a child plays with a ball, some chihuahuas bark.

Hopscotch

20/01/12
Abraham and Kazmy ring other people's doorbells and play tag.

Catalan cradle

21/01/12
Pau lulls his baby.

My gorditas

22/01/12
The ladies at Doña Tota prepare some gorditas for us.

Year of the dragon

23/01/12
Friends celebrate Chinese New Year while having their fortunes told.

The montage

23/01/12
Raúl explores the Kuleshov effect through Hitchcock's commentary.

Castaway

24/01/12
The day Theo Angelopoulos died.

Daydreaming

25/01/12
Merla dreams that he is operating an excavator.

I wake up dreaming

26/01/12
Raúl edits Abraham's short film on the excavator.

The daughters of Reina

27/01/12
The chihuahua named Reina has puppies.

Decapitated

28/01/12
Emmanuel recounts a horrible dream about Raúl's head being separated from his body.

Conspiracy webpages

29/01/12
Ricardo tells Raúl about conspiracies he's read on the internet.

Merlini on ice

30/01/12
Abraham Merla does a chaotic little dance.

Sketches

31/01/12
Edna and Raúl browse comics while listening to Chris Ware.

©2025  Raúl Quintanilla Alvarado

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