44 Years Later, I Found My Name
Maya Alcántara Maya Alcántara

44 Years Later, I Found My Name

543,083 Marías in Spain, and one chose a different name. The story of how María became Maya Alcántara, artist and linocut printmaker.

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Two Eclipses and a 0.5% difference
Maya Alcántara Maya Alcántara

Two Eclipses and a 0.5% difference

Two eclipses, thirty years apart. This is the story behind Delivery #1 of the Magic & Chaos Ink Club. In this post: a total eclipse in Mexico in 1991, a partial one in Barcelona in 2026, a frog swallowing the sun, and why the analogue world still has the power to make the impossible feel real.

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A play in three acts: An Artist, a Coworking, and Three Weeks in Barcelona
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A play in three acts: An Artist, a Coworking, and Three Weeks in Barcelona

Notes on belonging, bad flights, and the best 15-minute naps.

I went to Barcelona for two weeks, stayed three, and came back with more art supplies than clothes. Featuring: a gothic dreadlock artist, a plant-whispering seamstress, and door knockers. On supporting roles: books, a funky smell, and a fantasy map

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The Analogue Revolution
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The Analogue Revolution

From KLM postcards at 5 to falling in love through letters… twice. The story behind the Magic & Chaos Ink Club, Delivery #0, and why it all started with a raven and a fish.

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