Constant renovation and decay.
Those that take me higher.
The sounds of Ayo, Amy Winehouse, Asian Dub Foundation, Appolo Heights, Alicia Keys, Arrested Development, AIR, Anita Baker, Amel Larrieux, Anthony D., A Tribe Called Quest, Anna Dowdell, Amp Fiddler, Anthony Hamilton, Aaries, Antibalas, Alice Smith, Aretha Franklin, Arjun, Amanda Diva, Afrob, Aima, Azymuth, Analog Jones, Aster Aweke, Ashe, Angelique Kidjo, Asa, Baaba Mal, Bai Kamara Jr., Bird, Bjoerkestra, Beethoven, Billie Holiday, Breakestra, Bloc Party, Boy George, Ben Harper, Boy George, Ben Harper, Bob Dylan, Beatles, Bob Marley, Brazilian Girls, Burntface, Babatunde, Lea, Blu, Brian Jackson, Bruknahm Project, Bilal, Bree, Black Thought, Bjoerk, Billie Rainbird, Broken Door, Coco Rosie, Curtis Mayfield, Collective Soul, Cesaria Evora, Cat Power, Clash, Common, Citizen Cope, China Moses, Cuban Cowboys, Cae, CX Kidronik, Curse, Ceu, Chrisette Michele, Carina Ricco, Chico Hamilton, Cheb Khaled, Chico DeBarge, Digable Planets, David Bowie, Doors, D’Angelo, Des’ree, Donell, Dead Prez, Dennis Brown, David Axelrod, Duke Ellington, Donnie Hathaway, Black Eyed Pea, Bonde de Role, Def, Damion Jr. Marley, Dr. Dre, Dr. Israel, Dhundee, Duke Mushrooms, Dangerdoom, Dokkemand, Dain Harris, Eric Roberson, Ethiopiques, Erykah Badu, Ella Fitzgerald, Eric Benet, Esthero, Eric Clapton, Ewing, Esthero, Eric John Kaiser, E.J. Strickland Project, Emily King, Eric Benet, Erika Rose, Elephant, Fiona Apple, Freundeskreis, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Feist, Finley Quaye, Flying Lotus, Funndamentals, Gigi, Gnarls Barkley, Gentleman, Gregory Isaac, Goapele, George Clinton, Gregory Issacs, Gil-Scott Heron, Guru, Goldfrapp, Gaelle, Gyptian, Greenmangomusic, Gong Gong, Gangstarr, Giovanni James, Heavy, Haale, 4 Hero, Hydropoetic, Imani Coppola, India Arie, Idan Raichel Project, Ibrahim Ferrer, John Legend, Jah Cure, John Elthridge, Jimi Hendrix, Janet Jackson, Julie Dexter, Jill Scott, Janes Addiction, Joy Denalane, Jazzonava, Jean Grae, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, J*Davey, Jamie Lidell, Jason-Michael, J Dilla, Janelle Monae, Jimi James, Julian Lennon, Lynn & Wade LLP, Juca, Jean Racine, Johnny Dread, Jamire Williams, Jazzyfatnasty, Lura, Jenny Bapst, Jackson Conti, Kate Bush, KRS1, k-os, Kanye West, Kissey Asplund, Kenna, Kate Wax, Kano, Kuriaki, Kim Hill, Killa Kela, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Karsh Kale, Krucial Keys, Karen Gibson Roc, Kamaal The Abstract, Led Zeppelin, Lilly, Little Dragon, Lauryn Hill, Les Nubians, Ledisi, Lupe Fiasco, Luna Angel, Lonnie Plaxico, Laura Izibor, Ladell Mclin, Lachi, Lynx&Kemo, LaraRabkinLassiter, Liv Lraynge, Loide, Laura Lopez, Lillo Scrimali, Les Nubians, Lila Downs, Michael Jackson, Miri Ben-Arie, Mahalia Jackson, Mozart, Michael Franti, Marleys, Mos Def, Murs, M.I.A., Max Herre, Miriam Makeba, Mambozo, Marvin Gaye, Massive Attack, Maxwell, Miles Davis, Maria De Barros, Madonna, Marvin Gaye, Ms. Walidah, Matisyahu, Mia Sable, Metro Sonic, Mohammed, Musiq Soulchild, Matohe, Musinah, Marcelo D2, Manchildblack, Mulatu Astatke, Muffy Cupcakeopia, Mataji, Matik, Mike-E, Mendi+Keith, Meshell Ndegeocello, Morgan Heritage, Madinandiaye, Monique Seka, NIN, Nittin Sawhney, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Norah Jones, Nina Simone, Nayo, Nikki Jean, N’Dambie, Nhojj, Novalima, N’Dea Davenport, Nia Saw, NNeka, Noah Sow, Nike’, Neneh Cherry, Noni Limar, Oumou Sangare, Omarion, Orishas, Oveous Maximus, Outkast, Omega Moon, Onedub, Peaches, Prince, Patrice, PPP, Peanut Butter Wolf, Prophis, Pharell Williams, Patty Crash, Pacha Massive, Pre, Phat Phrequency, Portishead, Paul Weller, Pattydukes, Quincy Jones, Q-tip, Quasimoto, Radiohead, Run DMC, Roy Ayers, Roots, Rozzi Daime, Roy Ayers, Robin Thicke, Res, Rudy Eckes, Salif Keita, Susanna Baca, Sly Stone, Shadow, Sade, Spearhead, Sa-Ra, Saul Williams, Sizzla, Sy Smith, Sweet Honey On the Rock, Stevie Wonder, Saian Supa Crew, Si*Se, Saint Germain, Santagold, SOBR, Sandbloom, Shania D., Salah Ananse, Stacey Epps, Spank Rock, Spokinn Movement, Shinri, Sia, Sila and the Afrofunk Experience, Santogold, Stephanie McKay, Sarah White, Stereolab, Stina Kinck, Skin, Sonja Marie, Sean Lennon, Steve The Scottman Harvey, Sting, Salif Keita, Seu Jorge, Seal, Tito Puente, Tony Allen, Thievery Corporation, Talib Kweli, Tracy Chapman, Tina Turner, Tara Ellis, Tanya Morgan, Tondrae Kemp, Tiombe Lockhart, Taylor McFerrin, Transdub Massiv, Teddy Afro, Tanya Stephens, Tryon Ricketts, Ursula Ruecker, U.N.I., Vikter Duplaix, Vicarious Bliss, Vanessa Jacquemin, Wailers, Whitney Houston, Wayne Lotek, Wudesse, Winston McAnuff, 9th Wonder, Xavier Naidoo, Youssou n’ Dour, Yellowtail, Yela, Yoko Ono, Zap Mama, Zack de la Rocha, Ziggy Marley, Zoe and many more!
The moving pictures of Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kirosawa, Alexander Payne, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clint Eastwood, Christian Pertzold, Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Denzel Washington, Deepa Mehta, Darren Aronofsky, Elia Kazan, Emile Ardolino, Francis Ford Copolla, Fatih Akin, Franco E. Prosperi, Guilermo del Toro, Gordon Parks, G.W. Pabst, Gualitero Jacopetti, Guy Ritchie, Haile Gerima, Ingmar Bergman, Jim Jarmusch, Jean Luc-Goudard, Julie Dash, James Spooner, Joshua B. Alafia, Jacques Tourneur,Jeremy Leven, Jim Sharman, Jack Hill, Julian Schnabel, John Ford, Kasi Lemmons, Lelai Demoz, Lars von Trier, Luis Bunel, Larry Clark, Marcel Camus, Maya Deren, Michal Aviad, Martin Scorcese, Michael Moore, M. Night Shyamalan, Milos Forman, Max Schreck, Mike Newell, Ngozi Onwurah, Nicolas Winding Refn, Oscar Micheaux, Oliver Stone, Orson Wellis, Pedro Almodovar, Pratibha Parmar, Quentin Tarantino, Roman Polanski, Ron Fricke, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Spike Lee, Sadie Benning, Steven Spielberg, Stan Douglas, St. Claire Bourne, Salem Mekuria, Sidney J. Furie, Stanley Kubrick, Stanley Nelson, Sean Penn, Stephen Daldry, Stephen Frears, Sofia Coppola, Tim Burton, Woody Allen, Wong Kar Wai, Werner Herzog, Zeinabu Irene Davis, Amelie, Beloved, Bad Timing, Boys Don’t Cry, Coming To America, Downtown 81, Education Of Johnny Scarson, Fantastic Planet, God’s Must Be Crazy, Ghandi, Graffiti Bridge, Green Street, Harder They Come, Happy Endings, Holy Mountain, It’s All True, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jacob’s Ladder, La Mome, Love Jones, Life Is Beautiful, Manchurian Canditate, Monsoon Wedding, Osama, Roots, Saravah, Secretary, Twin Peaks, Tamango, Usual Suspects, Wild One, Wattstax, What The Bleep Do We Know?, Walk To Beautiful, Zeitgeist
Make a wish.
Inspiring words by Alice Walker, Avram Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy, Alexander Pushkin, Audre Lorde, Aldous Huxley, Amram Ducovny, Alexander Pushkin, Anne Rice, Anne Frank, Bell hooks, Ben Okri, Berthold Brecht, Barack Obama, Betty Friedan, Clifford Odets, C.S. Lewis, Carson McCullers, C.G. Jung, Chinua Achebe. Cornel West, Charles Dickens, Dinaw Mengestu, Dan Millman, Debbie Ford, Ernest Hemingway, Eckhart Tolle, Edwige Danticat, Eva la Gallienne, Esmeralda Santiago, Emily Dickenson, Edgar Allen Poe, Elie Wiesel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Franz Fanon, Franz Kafka, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Heinrich Hess, Harold Clurman, Henrik Ibsen, Hermann Hesse, Hafiz, Heinrich Heine, Helge Timmerberg, Harper Lee, Homer, Iyanla Vanzant, Isabel Allende, Iceberg Slim, Johann Goethe, Jose Marti, Jhumpa Lahiri, James Baldwin, Julia Alvarez, Jack London, Jean-Paul Sartre, John Irving, John Hawkes, Jane Kurtz, James Redfield, James Frey, John Steinbeck, Karl Marx, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Ken Follett, Langston Hughes, Lewis Carroll, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Leo Tolstoy, Lao Tsu, Michel Foucault, Monica Ali, Maya Angelou, Nicolai Gogol, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, Nuruddin Farah, Nadine Gordimer, Octavia Butler, Osho, Paul Gilroy, Paolo Coehlo, Pablo Neruda, Plato, Queen Afua, Rumi, Richard Wright, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rainer M. Rilke, Ronald Barthes, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Rick Warren, Rebecca Walker, Scott Peck, Simone de Beauvoir, Sonia Moore, Sonia Rossi, Sidney Poitier, T.H. Lawrence, Toni Morrison, T.P. Carter, Tennesse Williams, Tewodros Abebe, Teresa Kay-Aba Kennedy, Thich Nhat Hanh, Umberto Eco, William Shakespeare, William C. Faulkner, Willie Perdomo, Wole Soyinka, William Morris, W.B. Yeats, Yuan-Tsung Chen, Zora Neal Hurston Many more biographies, books on visual art, film, theater, health, history and music- and most importantly ancient scriptures to live a life by.
The fearless and those who love me at my worst.