Bob

I'd like to meet:

Friends with an open perspective on life.

Music:

I'm a metal and progressive rock fan. I like bands such as Rush, OSI, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Porcupine tree, Riverside, Armored Saint, Angelwitch. I like the music of Johan Sebastian Bach. The Goldberg variations, Cello suites, the Sonates and Partitas for Violin Solo and the Brandenburg concertos are favorite.

Movies:

Favorite directors; Andrei Tarkovski, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa and Ki-duk-Kim. These directors show us a spiritual and poetic perspective on life. Some of my favorite movies:"Andrei Roebljov - A. Tarkovski. Dekoloog - K. Kieslowski, Ran - A. Kurosawa, Fanny & Alexander - I. Bergman and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring - Ki-duk-Kim.

Television:

Ten o'clock news. I rent movies on dvd.

Animations provided by Animation Station

Books:

I like to read biographies. For example Pasolini Requiem - Barth David Schwartz. A biography of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Mon dernier soupir - Jeanne Holierbroek (dutch translation). A biography of Luis Bunuel. Some of my favorite books; Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee, A cinkos (de medeplichtige) by Gyorgy Konrad, De zwarte met het witte hart by Arthur Japin and the 6 books of De Tandeloze tijd by A.F. Th van der Heijden. I'm intrested in poems from 'de Vijftigers'; Remco Campert, Bert Schierbeek, Gerrit Kouwenaar, Lucebert, Jan Elburg.

Heroes:

People who inspire me are Genpo Merzel Roshi and Stefan Kenjitsu Coppens, both Zen teachers. Writers such as Connie Palmen and Germaine Greer. Scientists such as Oliver Sacks and Stephen Jay Gould and especially my kids and friends.