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JUSTYN

Nothing is more powerful than beauty in a wicked world...

About Me

My only ambition in life is to seek and uncover Truth, completely fearlessly and without artifice....The Tao that can be spoken of is not the true Tao......Below are some of the things that inspire me...

My Interests

... the moon...CURRENT MOON lunar phase.....Art, Life, Nature, Light, Love......COMMERCIAL WORK: FIAMMATA ARCHITECTURAL STAINED-GLASS: www.fiammata-glass.com........BLOG: 'AURORA' about Art, Light Nature and Stained-Glass in the Bay Area: www.fiammata-glass.typepad.com/aurora/...... EARLY WORK (BOSTON/NEW YORK): www.justynzolli.com......................................... .................................................. ............................................................ ...............................

I'd like to meet:

worthy opponents, strong allies, nature spirits, knowing sages, Spirit guides, disguised angels, great artists, great intellects, talented healers, tender nurses.

Music:

Peter Gabriel, Bob Marley, Iron and Wine, Sigur Ros, Bjork, Nusret Feta Ali Kahn, Miles Davis, Jeff Buckley, Great Lake Swimmers, Morphine, Coltrane, The Beatles, Nawang Kechong, R. Carlos Nakai, W.A.Mozart, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, The Verve, Otis Redding, George Harrison, Tom Waits, Nirvana, David Bowie, Velvet Underground, The Smiths, John Lennon, The Stone Roses, The Doors, Joseph Arthur, Jimi Hendrix, Sinead O'Connor, traditional Celtic, Mazzy Star, Coldplay, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Vaughn Williams, Billy Brag, Neil Finn, Ravi Shankar, David Gray, Arcade Fire, Wilco, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Dead Meadows, Blind Willie Johnson, "Big' Bill Broozy, Robert Johnson, Jimmy Reed, Cat Stevens, Colin Hay, Folk Implosion, Nick Drake, Van Morrison, Sufjan Stevens, Wyclef Jean, Bobby McFerrin, Mogwai, Ennio Morricone, Eva Cassidy, Hillard Ensemble, Thomas Tallis, Anthony and the Johnsons, Annie Love Wings............................... .......................................................... ..........................................................

Movies:

Always finding gems...

Television:

there are many jewels among the endless drek...I prefer these...

Books:

I read alot.

Heroes:

Anyone who gives up their life in a worthy cause to save and advance humanity. That Jesus fellow certainly knew what was up........(and of course, my Dad!)

My Blog

Extinction is Forever. I mean it! Theres no coming back from this one, people...

The Carribean Monk Seal is extinct. Humans caused it. Way to go, People.Read about how oblivious we are...article:...
Posted by JUSTYN on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:30:00 PST

Art is also a friend of mine...

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Posted by JUSTYN on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:46:00 PST

Happy 130th Birthday, John Muir

From the Writer's Almanac, for today- April 21, 2008:It's the birthday of writer and naturalist John Muir, born in Dunbar, Scotland (1838). In 1867, he was working at a carriage parts shop in Indianap...
Posted by JUSTYN on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:41:00 PST

Yosemite Renaissance XXIII

I failed to write about this a month ago, but I had a piece recently accepted into the prestigious Yosemite Renaissance XXIII art exhibition, held annually for the last 23 years in Yosemite National ...
Posted by JUSTYN on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:19:00 PST

Some interesting notions...

Heres some interesting thoughts on the meaning of brain-power... ...
Posted by JUSTYN on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:15:00 PST

"On Light" some words by artist James Turrell

Below is an interview with a favorite artist of mine, James Turrell, (born 1943, Los Angeles) an artist primarily concerned with light and space. He is best known for his work in progress, Roden Crate...
Posted by JUSTYN on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:06:00 PST

STOP the SPRAY

Please take a minute to educate yourself and sign the petition against the upcoming aerial spraying of our community! http://www.stopthespray.org/The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDF...
Posted by JUSTYN on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:36:00 PST

Artist Statement, Feb 2008

Two or three times a year, I write an 'artist statement'. I find it to be a useful excercise to help me define my goals, state my intentions, and summarize my work to this point. I find that they end...
Posted by JUSTYN on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:59:00 PST

Sage Wisdom

"Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry...
Posted by JUSTYN on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:33:00 PST

MUSUBI

"This Japanese view diverges widely from the corresponding view of nature espoused in the West in modern times, a view that sees nature in Cartesian, material parameters--as negative and passive, a cr...
Posted by JUSTYN on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:32:00 PST