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HANDLE HOTLOCALDAD
ALIAS DIGITAL MONK
INTERESTS MUSIC · FILM · BOOKS
CONCERTS YES, ALWAYS
STATUS ONLINE

I'm just someone who didn't want a social media profile but still wanted a place on the internet that felt like mine. So I built one.

I spend a lot of time thinking about music — not just listening, but really sitting with it. The kind of albums that change how you see a Tuesday afternoon. I go to concerts as often as I can justify it. It's one of the few things that still feels genuinely live.

Photography is how I slow down. Writing is how I figure out what I actually think. Books are where I go when the internet gets too loud — which is most of the time.

This site is my corner. No algorithm curates it. No one sponsored it. It's just stuff I care about, put somewhere I can find it again.

/// things I believe
01
The internet is still a place worth building in. Proof: this site.
02
A concert you went to alone is still a concert you went to.
03
Reading a book slowly is not the same as not reading it.
04
No algorithm should decide what you love. Find it yourself.
05
Photography is just proof that something happened and you were there.
06
You don't have to post it for it to count.