Spreading empathy, understanding, and love for Autism.

Javier Red - Piano Gustavo Cortiñas - Drums Jake Wark - Tenor & Soprano Saxophones Ben Dillinger - Bass Desafio Candente Records Produced by Javier Red. Recorded by Scott Steinman/ assisted by Jon San Paolo at Electrical Audio. Mixed and Mastered by Scott Steinman at Studio Media

Spreading empathy, understanding, and love for Autism.

Javier Red - Piano Gustavo Cortiñas - Drums Jake Wark - Tenor & Soprano Saxophones Ben Dillinger - Bass Desafio Candente Records Produced by Javier Red. Recorded by Scott Steinman/ assisted by Jon San Paolo at Electrical Audio. Mixed and Mastered by Scott Steinman at Studio Media Recording. Art work by Carmen Chami. Graphic Design by Alexis Ramirez Rivera. All compositions by Javier Red (ASCAP) ® & Javier Red Music © 2023, ALL RIGHTS Reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, and broadcasting prohibited.

This album is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Art Council Agency, through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. Is is also partially supported by an Individual Artist Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events.

1) Thoughts unable to be contained: Their thoughts are like water, they flow freely and escape at the first chance.

2) The happiness of hope: The tenderness of a newborn child, and their parents' dreams about the future.

3) Imaginary friend: Powerful, and clear as reality.

4) Brain checking: Let’s run some tests, just to rule out...

5) Umbrella: Always open; no way of closing it.

6) Resilience cycle: The everyday cycle of failures and recoveries.

7) This is what they found: The process of moving on from the diagnosis.

8) Life: Keeps moving, like the earth, the sun, and the stars.

9) Interior world: The hidden world of wonders behind their silence.

10) Different tempos: A different pace of life to be understood.

11) Choices: There’s no map of what is best to do, but only an overwhelming array of choices.

12) Future, umbrella, and life: An unforeseeable future, concealed under the umbrella, while life keeps moving forward.