Mauricio Alas

As the proverbial people-person with an eye for the creative, I have always enjoyed experimenting and trying new things. For the last few years, that has included stepping behind the camera's viewfinder where, if you ever tried it yourself, you know the world itself quickly becomes a canvas to be played with and explored.

A Bruck-Zen Moment I

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Stage: Octopus Lounge ‘So, you an owner?’ ‘Yes, and I hate people too.’ Curiously, that was the last thing I thought an owner of a busy little Italy Lounge would say. But we live and learn. Later, I would learn that he was the brother of one of the 3 owners of that establishment.

From the Archives II

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(Notes at bottom). The Date The sweat on the small of his back gave it all away The fulfilment from the date was surprising for a first As it is hard to resist love on the first day of May And a Spring which makes people for seduction lust and thirst Regardless of age, from … Read more