When I lived in Spain as a child, I recall the stories of people (gypsies often) working in the mines in Andalucia, the southern province of the country. Who would want to work in mines? Nobody, of course, but the poorest of the poor. These mines had nothing for safety standards, and every year many workers would be lost. Even up north in Madrid, we heard about the perils of these terrible places. This progressive house track’s title is a tribute to that place, and that memory.

Of course, it’s not the same as the flamenco genre known as “La Minera” which is a dirge, sung a capella and always with a tone of mourning for a lost soul, as I write progressive house music. Love and respect to our my brothers and sisters in the region, and to lovers of music everywhere.

A short reflection on the correspondence between challenge, opportunity, and potential.

Francisco reflects on the meaning of life as well as transcending it and rising above time in this latest philosophical reflection vlog hereTranscending Time

Francisco ruminates on the timeless in his latest installment of Fountain of Reflection. Fountain of Reflection

This world reflective interview covers philosophy, computing, and contemporary society to reflect on the world’s attitude towards thinking, art, creativity, and social knowledge.

Francisco enters the mind of Carl Jung to analyze how society today does not encourage the integration of the different parts of the self but rather keeps us unaware of our potential by encouraging the isolated and fractured self that results in a kind of quiet desperation.

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In this podcast, Francisco explains why some people are investing in cryptocurrency because it is worth the risk. By comparing cryptocurrency to more traditional investment methods like bank savings accounts and real estate, Francisco provides an in-depth comparison between the advantages and disadvantages of traditional investing versus investing in cryptocurrency. He concludes with insights into how cryptocurrency might be worth the investment risk.

In this podcast, Francisco reflects on the shifts in film criticism that have almost entirely eliminated the role of the critic as the one who analyzes the aesthetic and intellectual value of a film. The role of the critic has changed into one that primarily discusses the financial viability of a film over a film’s aesthetic and social value in society. This shift conflates the art of film with the craft of making the film and leaves the deeper and more important questions of a film’s aesthetic and intellectual value entirely untouched.

Francisco reflects on how the constant push towards success perhaps does not satisfy us because success only reaches often fleeting, superficial societal goals while ignoring the more important elements of wisdom and creativity that define true success and personal achievement.