J. Martinez

Distracting Technology + Homework = 0 / Got up, poured the coffee, one kid to school and the other watching cartoons and eating breakfast. Seeing the opportunity to kill a few birds; I start the laundry, dishwasher, and pull out the homework that I’ve put off til the last minute and get to studying. / 3 sips and 2 pages in. . . I have no idea what I just read, because all I can hear is l…

My first few photo journalist style works have been published on the Okinawa Hai blog. Really haven’t though about posting on Red Bubble until now, so I may as well add them for anyone interested in Japanese “Ryu Kyu Kingdom” Castle Ruins. / Katsuren Castle – posted January 19, 2011

With a husband deployed to Iraq and children anxiously awaiting summer, life has me blue to say the least. (We all feel this way at times, but I think artists in general seem to take it to a new level of extreme.) In my day I’ve written enough “Why Me?” sob stories to tell you that this will be no such story. / In a nutshell, I am usually a very head strong independent who thin…

Poetry has played a huge role in my human development. From the tender teenage years I wrote to describe my curiosity, desires, and emotions. Entering into my twenties, I wrote to cope with a struggling relationship, my children and the mass confusion that came during the time that it was most difficult to find my true self. / My poetic expressions range from prose to spoken word and every rhym…