Authentic real life, Immersive experience that expands my world, Reading quality writing especially poetry and essays, Theatre, Buddhism, Teaching, Life-long education, Travel, Paying attention.
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Leonard Cohen, Gospel at Colonus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pogues, Bach, J Joplin, Bowie, Neil Young, Mozart, The Clash, David Byrne/Talking Heads, Robert Randolph, The Chieftains (especially in collaboration with others), Outlaws (Cash/Nelson/Coe/etc), Most treasured song is any version of Stardust.
So many . . . Documentaries are my home base: recently Purvis of Overtown, Press On (Robert Randolph bio), Me & Isaac Newton; Also love anything made by Coen brothers and dogme95 films and von Trier (esp Breaking the Waves); Sentimental favorite is Truly Madly Deeply; recently saw and liked Domino.
The Collected Poetry of Yeats is my bible; A close second is Whitman's Song of Myself; I prize anything by HHDL; My recent reading includes Gather at the River: Notes on the Post-Millenial South (Crowther), Art books and biographies related to Egon Schiele, Poetry by Saul Williams.
Lifelong heroes: Teensy and Danny Other heroes: See friends list. Those people inspire me every day.