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About Me

Facets of me are anthropologist, archaeologist, returned Peace Corps volunteer (North Africa 2003-4), and teacher. I love Morocco, Mexico and Belize. I love the Barbary macaque, Colobus monkeys, mountains, oceans, seas, the moon, the desert, the jungle canopy, and always ... the diffused throttle of a rumbling Harley. I appreciate the sacrificing natures of the elderly. I love my students. They energize and exhaust ... by turning the mirror on me. They are like gurus, teaching me more than I might ever aspire to teach them. I am completely blown away by the repetitive bifurcation of all living things.

My Interests

Exploring other cultures, sifting detritus for artifacts, participant observation research, world peace, modeling peace in the classroom, symbology in the Mayan underworld, sublime unadulterated photography of children, art embedded with spiritual symbolism, music and its effect on memory, cartography, architecture. actually, creativity from all genres...

I'd like to meet:

Those who possess integrity; those who walk in peace and compassion; who respect all forms of life; those who believe in the spiritual aspect of love; those who can relinquish the chatter long enough to absorb the peace within silence; those who contribute good vibes to the planet and others; and those who know that less is more.

Music:

I like all music...even some rap.

Movies:

Sundance films, foreign films, The Phantom of the Opera, The Merchant of Venice, Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, Secrets of the Maya, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Lord of the Rings, Crash, Napoleon Dynamite, V for Vendetta, all Matrix, Chocolat, Kill Bill 1-2, Harry Potter series, Babel, Blood Diamond, Stardust, Ratatouille, I Am Legend, The Kite Runner...

Television:

Telescope, not television

Books:

Ones that cause me to marvel, escape, or feed my soul.

Heroes:

Mother Teresa, The XIV Dalai Lama, King Mohamed VI of Morocco, Rumi, Hafiz, Marco Polo, Pancho Villa, Che Guevara, Joseph Campbell, St. Francis of Assisi, a couple of my friends...

My Blog

Nine

When I speak much, I hear little. Sometimes I am the loudest, when I am the most silent. Simplicity of heart fosters true contentment. Awareness and discipline c...
Posted by Liquid Veil on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:18:00 PST

To Soar

In the daily struggle In the daily mastery I miss your Beauty, teacher. Yet do not think that I fail to understand the folly of capturing or squeezing a rare bird, a Priceless winged-creature in the p...
Posted by Liquid Veil on Sun, 18 May 2008 10:28:00 PST

Your Essence

An excerpt from a poem of Rumi LIFE & DEATH look at lovehow it tangleswith the one fallen in love look at spirithow it fuses with earthgiving it new life why are you so busywith thi...
Posted by Liquid Veil on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:50:00 PST

Transformation of Saints and Sluts

The majority of us, most likely, have or had mothers that fell somewhere between the two aforementioned nouns, one of angelic quality, the other&a less-motherly model. Nevertheless, we entered t...
Posted by Liquid Veil on Sun, 11 May 2008 08:07:00 PST

Japanese Death Poems

I found an interesting book by the same name. It is a compilation of collected poems that are part of a centuries-old tradition in which Zen monks, Samuari, and others compose poems at the momen...
Posted by Liquid Veil on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:25:00 PST

A Red Cape

A psychoanalytical approach to literature can be controversial, yet intriguing. For example, we might ascribe to Freud’s principle theory, that all human behavior is primarily motivated by...
Posted by Liquid Veil on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:58:00 PST

When Half of Something is All of Nothing

"You are scrabbling about in the sands, looking for bits of mica to piece together to make a mirror, not realizing that the sand itself is capable of being transformed into the purest glass." &nb...
Posted by Liquid Veil on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:27:00 PST

The Watery Depths of Neptune

According to Greek mythology Poseidon (or Neptune, his Roman name) was the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses. Although he was officially one of the supreme gods of Mount Olympus, he spent ...
Posted by Liquid Veil on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:59:00 PST

The Mexican Adventures of Blanca Basura

Yesterday I traveled 'sola' to Mexico... It was a great adventure! After a 7 hour drive I arrived in Laguna de Sanchez, I managed to drive up the mountain (25 miles) with the truck in f...
Posted by Liquid Veil on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:58:00 PST

Portal Into the Enchanted Cloister

Recently I read an interesting article by Krishnamurti on Relationship and Isolation. It amazed me that, although this article was written in the '50s, it could still have such modern day...
Posted by Liquid Veil on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:05:00 PST