I'd like to meet:
Positive, Spiritual and Creative souls... "The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature."~Anne Frank
Music:
In general:Gregorian Chant, 60s Rock,Delta Blues,Old school salsa, Cuban Music, Raw Bomba y Plena music, (Bomba music may as well be the great-grand mother of the Blues,Three centuries older than the Blues; the missing link or period of amnesia of the years prior to the American civil War.. a true "Primitive Blues", the source of all hip music...: I love Flamenco music, Ambient music , old school Root Reggae with heavy dub bass and all sort of world music.Groups: so manyyy! of the early 60s The Animals, the Stones, the Beatles, Herman's Hermits, The Birds..(Salsa was not known as Salsa then, it had no name just like Hip Hop wasn't hip hop back in 1980)
Movies:
"In the Horse's Mouth" ( The movie that inspired me to become an artist)Dr. Zhivago(inspired me to be a poet)Lawrence of Arabia( inspired me to see the desert and be adventurous) "El Topo",by chilean filmmaker Jodorowsky, showed me that art didn't have to follow a logic to bring a message... films by, Tarkovsky, showed me that it does matter to remain faithful to a mystical vision in our work if one feels it, instead of following the mainstream. DownTown81, the life of Jean Michel basquiat,How great to see the east Village the way it was!!! and to see Basquiat the way I knew him before he became famous! "Le Salaire de la Peur" with Yves Montand, an indie movie of the 50s, filmed in Cuba, everyone speaks in different languages and understand each other. We learn how someone could be courageous in some situation and a true coward in others and vice versa... The mIlky Way, Los Olvidados, La tentacion de San Antonio and any other films by Luis Buñuel.The Matrix
Television:
none
Books:
The Bible, The writings of John Paul II, "Seven Storey Moutain" by Thomas Merton, "Confessions" by St Agustin, "Illumination" , "A Season in Hell" by Arthur Rimbaud, , "Dont let me be misunderstood" by Eric burdon"Babel","Seventh Heaven" by Patti Smith"Crime and Punishment" by Dostoviesky (the first book I read in English!)"Vagabonding in Europe and North Africa", "When I was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago, "Viviendo bajo tu Sombra" by Rosario Ferrer,(She taught me that one could speak any language and still be Puerto Rican!) 100 years of Solitude by you khow who... La casa de Bernarda Alba, by Garcia Lorca, Surviving Picasso" by F. Gilot, Letters of VanGogh,Nadja by Breton, Message revolutionaire (talks by Antonin Artaud in Mexico, before he became insane). Be here and now by Ram Dass. A Vanished Splendor,the life of Balthus, Don't let me Be Misunderstood" the life of Eric Burdon, Crossing the Threshold of Hope by John paul II ( ironically, The underground hip Polish playwright and Philosopher who became a pope.)
Heroes:
The Lion of Judah, Thomas Merton, St.Thomas Aquinas, John-Paul the Great, Joan of Arc St. Agustin...Bro. Charles de Foucauld, Santiago de Compostela......