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music, dance, travel, reading, moving, and loving kindness
Myspace Backgrounds Harry Bellafonte, Nelson Mandela, Fidel Castro, Gael Garcia Bernal, His Holiness the Dali Lama, Jane Goodall, Jimmy Carter, Claribel Alegria, Elizabeth Gilbert, My ancestors I never had a chance to meet, Beryl Markham, Miriam Makeba, Sade, Sarah Silverman, (Nina Simone, Oscar Brown, Babatunde in heaven)
anything with soul such as Angie Stone, Dwele, Anthony Hamilton, Digable Planets, Slick Rick, Buju Banton, Peter Tosh, Bob, Nina Simone, Gladys Night, Omara Portundo, Babatunde Olatunje, Lila Downs, Cowboy Junkies, Ibrahim Ferrer, Cayetano Veloso, Common, Talib, Mos, Calvin Richardson, Jill Scott, Andy Palacio, Punta Rebels, D'angelo, Jeff Buckley, lots of african and brazilian stuff and anything that gets the body moving and head bobbing!
The Vertical Ray of the Sun, Before Night Falls, Veer-Zaara. You Me and Everyone We Know, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony, Keep the River on Your Right, The Edukators, Rabbit Proof Fence, Life and Debt, Brother's Keeper, Countryman, Rockers, Manufacturing Consent, Crooklyn, Life on Earth 2000, Central Station, Us You Them, Love Jones (somewhat embarassing) and Stealing Beauty in no particular order.
Jeopardy!, Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, Carnivale, but don't have tv.
Everything by Edwidge Danticat and Elizabeth Gilbert,Anything by Zora Neale Hurston, Zakes Mda, Alice Walker, Barbara Kingsolver, Maya Angelou, West with the Night supposedly by Beryl Markham, Shark Dialogues, Cane River, Cold Mountain, Daughter of Fortune, all the Clan of the Cave Bear Series (ha!), National Geographic, Mama Lola, lots of Non-Fiction and poetry.
anyone who has not been sucked into the black hole of vanity. Anyone who hasn't had "work" done on them. People who talk about ideas, not things. People who would never utter the words, "if you can't beat em, join em!" People who raise their children without trying to keep up with the Jonses. People who look you in the eyes walking down the street. People who make music, art, dance and anything beautiful. People who do what they say and say what they mean.