Glassblowing, philosophy, science, Tibetan culture and religion, literature, film, and astronomy.
Whomever.
I'm a Bob Dylan fan and bootleg collector. I can appriciate most styles of well-written music of any period but enjoy folk and bluegrass the most. I've been playing guitar for over ten years, and have recently started to learn the piano.
Some favorite films: The Lion in Winter(original cast), The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Sophie's Choice, Kundun, Masked and Anonymous, Donnie Brasco, The Matrix, Saturday Night Fever.Favorite Director: Martin Scorcese.Favorite Actors: Johnny Depp and Robert DeNiro.
I usually watch movies on tv. I also like The West Wing, Law & Order, The Sopranos, and the History Channel.
My favorite books change a lot, but some steady front-runners are: The Stranger, The Quantum and the Lotus, Dracula, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Nine Stories, Dubliners, and all of Poe's works. I like the poetry of Bukowski, Whitman, Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Rimbaud, and many others. I read a lot of religious works.
Geshe Molam, Stonewall Jackson, Albert Einstein, and the glassblower who worked for Thomas Edison.