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Dori Gouwens

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

***Website portfolio to follow - check back!***CLICK ON THE MEDIA PLAYER ON THE LEFT TO HEAR THE FEATURED MUSIC...

My Interests

PAINTING, DIGITAL ARTS, ANY VISUAL ART, WRITING POETRY & CHILDREN'S BOOKS, MUSIC, OPENING EYES, CHANGING IDEAS, TEACHING PEACE...MySpace OurPlanet Environmental Tips...brain farts, feeding my brain, nourishing my soul, studying world religion, practicing Reiki, metaphysics, the paranormal, parapsychology, good folks who give a damn, good music, breathing clean air, walking barefoot without cutting my feet, cooking amazing meals that are presented in "interesting ways", camping, hiking,skiing, experiencing ...anything outside, listening to coast to coast am, conversing with people who think before the words fall out of of their faces, rennovating my early 1900's hacienda, restoring/pimping my '71 VW bus, keeping my inner child happy, letting my freak flag fly, teaching peace and compassion, exploring new places & healing the planet... Laughing and playing with my loving hubby Greg and our goofy little dog Chi...travling together via bike or bus, sprouting our seeds, being positive influences in art, architecture and to anyone who crosses our paths...RECYCLE PLEASE!

I'd like to meet:

…People who aren’t afraid to think and feel and stand up for what they believe in…People who are willing to defend peace, true freedom, those that are weak and ecological preservation …People who believe that a genuine smile to stranger could change the course of history…People who believe that it’s never too late for change…People who embrace global diversity and free thought…People who dig the smell of coffee and turpentine in the morning…People who enjoy multi-media mind-melding extravaganzas…I also like meeting people who forget how old they are, aren’t afraid to look silly and love to laugh themselves to tears… AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BUY MY PAINTINGS...THAT WOULD BE NICE TOO… PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HEAL OUR PLANET...___________________________________________________ _____ People who think that our current president is a foolish, drooling tool who would lose a verbal duel with a stool...A primate, full of ignorant hate, tempting fate, second rate, deficiencies so great...lying liar, terrifier, setting innocents on fire...dumb ass, jack ass, asshole...blood-sucking, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, sack of monkey shit that he is...hallelujah, holy shit...where's the Tylenol? Carl meets the Dali Lama. Son of Svengoolie singing about Berrrwwyyyynn...http://www.berwynartscouncil.org/SpindlePeti tion.html ...ahh, the cartoons of the enlightened 50's - scary and funny all at once. How close is this to reality now? Enjoy the "Farm of Tomorrow"...

Music:

Music is an essential part of life! My taste in music is vast...everything from blue grass, ambient, classical, classic rock, alternative, jazz, experimental, R&B, industrial, indie, folk... To name a few...how can I? Listen to some of my selections. Check out my friend ASTRA KELLY...she's a fantastic artist and human bean... http://www.myspace.com/astrakelly OR buy her albums at http://www.astrakelly.com

Movies:

What the Bleep Do We Know? Farenheit 9/11, SICKOLoose Change, Best in Show Big Lebowski, Christmas Vacation... Edward Scissor Hands(ANYTHING TIM BURTON) Benny & Joon Anything Pixar

Television:

The Daily Show, The Office, The History Channel, IFC, Sundance, Dirty Jobs, Ghost Hunters, WHITE NOISE AT 3AM...

Books:

Metaphysical, Healing/Reiki, The Crystal Enlightenment Series, Paranormal Study, Rumi, Mayan Prophesies, Tao Te Ching, Edgar Allen Poe, Angels in a Harsh World, Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, My Year of Meats, Anne Rice, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, Kurt Vonnegut, Alex Grey-Sacred Mirrors, Ram Das-BeHereNow, Shakespeare, Lord Rex the Lion Who Wished, Animalia, Dr. Seuss, The Monster at the End of This Book, Everyone Poops

Heroes:

Clark Griswold among many others

My Blog

untitled by dori and astra - started late nineties - wa state shores somewheres n edited later

we are all here in birth in love and in death for the divine compromise. we are waves of heaven that tenderly grow into the eternity of the self. we dance ecstatically to the beat of our mothers hear...
Posted by Dori Gouwens on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:18:00 PST

for my love

love drips from my soul like sweet honey, nectar of the gods, tangy sweet and inviting. take it on your pallet and savor its warmth& always knowing that its flower blooms only for you...
Posted by Dori Gouwens on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:05:00 PST

somethin nothin lovin it

my  creative sweet spot  like home& euphoria washed of whatever exists but in the moment ethereal my creative nirvana&like a sweet, slow orgasm this is a feeling so intensely internal, engr...
Posted by Dori Gouwens on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:54:00 PST

The Tao of my Art - a poem by dori

Burning deep within I have this yearning; a longing really for a climax satisfying to my every expectation and nothing I could have expected. Bubbling over with a passion that not only drives the hung...
Posted by Dori Gouwens on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:34:00 PST

The Lioness - a poem by dori

For I am the Lioness adorned with flowers fiercely gentle I move in love. With a mere glance I send radiance to touch the soul. I am the great protector and the seer of all within.  I give uncon...
Posted by Dori Gouwens on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:24:00 PST

The Forgotten - poem by dori

You are always just around the corner. You have many faces and all of them stung by the elements filmed with a residue of street grit and sweat tear stained and weary. Your eyes are red from exhaustio...
Posted by Dori Gouwens on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:12:00 PST

InLakesch - a poem by dori

the universal family infinity and beyond One Conciousness in everyone all around as i am another yourself live and love in lakesch the trees in the forest birds and the bees the soulmate the wret...
Posted by Dori Gouwens on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:59:00 PST

The Waking Dream - a poem by dori

This thing called life, the waking dream sends us stumbling through the darkness in search of the light. We wish upon the stars to see the answers like a distinctive bolt of lightning coursing throu...
Posted by Dori Gouwens on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:13:00 PST

For the Loveof Little Helen - a poem by dori

Wide eyed child full of love and innocence spurred by an extra chromosome. Some call this a handicap. But who's to judge her world just because it's different from the world of other waking eyes? She...
Posted by Dori Gouwens on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:09:00 PST

Reincarnation - a poem by dori

Under the soft glow of Sister Moon with the late summer breeze swaying, she graciously bends forth to let the tips of branches touch the cool water.   Silvery spirals glide across the surfa...
Posted by Dori Gouwens on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:51:00 PST