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Garin

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About Me

for me there is a beauty of life to be found in studying literature, music, art, and languages, and sharing viewpoints and adventures with friends.. I'm studying a general English Lit course, but I intend to focus on Old English literature and language later on. I study philosophy and religion as well. i'm rather shy, and i like archaic vocabulary.

My Interests

music, poetry, fairy tales, ideas, writing, linguistics, watching and making movies, cold beaches, the many wonders of snow, cozy rainy nights, a journey to the Isle of Skye, knitting, daydreaming meadows, photography, tea, Waldorf education! ,
languages (Icelandic, German, Finnish, Old English, French, Welsh, Dutch)
the Green Party, whales, otters, badgers, hedgehogs, harps, some types of anarchism, horses, organic farming, cooking (though i dont know much), yoga...
Art:
John William Waterhouse, Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Arthur Hughes
Vincent Van Gogh, Jean-François Millet, Auguste Rodin
Edvard Munch, Gustav Klimt, Ameodo Modigliani
Arthur Rackham, John Bauer
Sandro Botticelli, Fra Angelico
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I'd like to meet:


Music:

Sigur Rós, Múm, Slowdive, Radiohead, Björk, Efterklang, My Bloody Valentine, Slowblow, Mice Parade, Cocteau Twins, Bark Psychosis, Under Byen, Rachel's
Animal Collective, Joanna Newsom, Ólöf Arnalds, Avey Tare and Kria Brekkan, Devendra Banhart, Espers, Lau Nau, Islaja, Paavoharju
Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Vashti Bunyan, Nick Drake, Jefferson Airplane, Nico, Donovan, Bridget St. John, The Byrds, Fleetwood Mac, Leonard Cohen, The Velvet Underground, Comus, Gordon Lightfoot, Cat Stevens, Led Zeppelin
The Watersons, Anne Briggs, The Pentangle, Shirley Collins, The Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span
The Innocence Mission, Belle and Sebastian, Nedelle, Camera Obscura, The Softies, Mates of State, Jens Lekman, Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, The Kings of Convenience, Kaki King
Pearl Jam, Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Blind Melon, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Blake Babies, Sunny Day Real Estate, R.E.M., Joy Division, New Order, Dead Can Dance, U2, The Pixies, At the Drive-in, Dredg, Jewel, A Perfect Circle, Deftones, Weezer, Weird Al, Loreena McKennitt
The Arcade Fire, Low, Elliott Smith, Tilly and the Wall, Iron and Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse, Cat Power, Neutral Milk Hotel, Pinback, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Beirut, Beach House, Grizzly Bear
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Movies:

Der Himmel Ãœber Berlin (Wings of Desire), Amelie, Lord of the Rings, Donnie Darko, anything by Tim Burton, Garden State, Mirrormask, anything Monty Python, The Royal Tenenbaums, Before Sunrise, Baraka, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Pride and Prejudice, Romeo + Juliet, Star Wars, Cave of the Yellow Dog, Labyrinth, Shakespeare in Love, Wallace and Gromit, Neverending Story, The Breakfast Club, Waking Life, Rivers and Tides, The Life Aquatic, The Sound of Music, Milo and Otis...

Television:

I don't watch TV, but I do enjoy DVDs of shows: The Office, Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Family Guy

Books:

Poetry:
Rainer Maria Rilke,

William Butler Yeats,

Dylan Thomas,

Emiliy Dickinson,

John Keats,

Gerard Manley Hopkins,

Friedrich Hölderin, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Old English Elegies
also, Bill Watterson,
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Craig Thompson,
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Off the Map,
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Virginia Woolf,

Rudolf Steiner,

Martin Heidegger, Le Petit Prince, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Shakespeare, Meister Eckhart, Children's books and fairytales, mythology, arthurian legends, Joseph Campbell, and anarchist journal zines.

Heroes:

my wonderful friends, Abhayagiri Buddhist monks , and everyone on the beautiful Múm web site (some of the favorite sounds posted):

"The sounds of light rain falling on a countryside"
"The sound of running in the fog"
"Snow falling on a balloon flying around"
"A heart under your ear, hidden under bedsheets"