In the abstract: connecting with people, being creative, using the whole of my being in whatever I do, being lost in the moment, being lost in someone's eyes.
In the concrete: writing, photography, walks, coffee shop chats, traveling, gardening as stress relief, going on new adventures, orchestras and plays, learning about the world and others. Surprise me.
Writers who think in pictures, photographers who work in emotion, artists who daydream, and scientists who feel the sacredness of all in their gut.
Klaus Badelt
All. None. Depends on the day and the mood. Good grooves trump bad lyrics (drummer ya know, can't help it). Smattering from my iPod: Gym Class Heroes, Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5, Eminem, System of a Down, Snot, Sims, Theory of a Deadman, Stutterfly, My Chemical Romance, The Prodigy, Peter Gabriel, P.O.S., Lil'Wayne, KT Tunstall, Kanye West, Har Mar Superstar, Gorillaz, Fiona Apple, Fergie, Fall Out Boy, Drowning Pool, Deftones, Create and Devastate, Citizen Cope, Cheville, Breaking Benjamin, Boomkat, Beck, Augustana, Ani DiFranco and American Head Charge.
Metropolis, Harold and Maude, Dead Man, The Namesake, Whale Rider, Saving Face, Memento, In the Mood for Love, Lost in La Mancha, 40 Year Old Virgin, Princess Bride, Monsoon Wedding, High Fidelity, Singles, Don Juan DeMarco, The Danish Poet, Little Miss Sunshine, Stranger than Fiction, Kinky Boots, Impromptu, 8 Mile, Office Space, Napoleon Dynamite, Enchanted April, Pirates of the Caribbean.
In general, what I do like: thinking movies that show the true complexity of human character and interactions. They don't have to be dead serious, just real. And sometimes comedies do this best. I mean, really, we are kind of funny sometimes.
What I don't like: gratuitous violence, horror and brutality. I am a sensitive person and know there is a lot of evil out there. I don't care to pay to witness more of it.
Entourage, Ugly Betty, Weeds, Studio 60, Sex in the City, Boston Legal.
The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini), Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Jared Diamond), The Color of Magic (Terry Pratchett), The Success Principles (Jack Canfield), Enders Game (Orson Scott Card), The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (Steven Pinker), The Law of Attraction (Michael J. Losier), Freakanomics (Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner), Unfinished Symphonies (Rosemary Brown).
All people willing to speak their dreams aloud and follow them. My parents.