fields and meadows, ungender, being an animal, fresh air, acts of creation, food, cooking, gluten-free baking, writing, writing, writing & drawing pictures, ink on paper, giant masks, conversations with space-alien friends about art and bodies and the end of the world, talking and not talking. imperfection. radical jewish mysticism. community, family, plans to live in the woods, camping, walking on train tracks, my bike/riding it, obscene directness, making out, things that are weird, making out that is weird, people who laugh at particular words or phrases, people who laugh too much. hearts, and loving things in this world, believing in it. also: astrology, scrabble, boggle, nutritional health, and art that dissolves borders between crazy and sane, imaginary and factual, child and adult, rational and emotional. re-union.
the foxes, the bared fists, ink on ink, the light at the end of heartache, a few pristine moments, scrabble players, and some semblance of order.
i like a lot of music, a lot. lately: kings of convenience, mark o'conner, jay-z, low, dirty three, mixes by my friends, iris dement, sarah harmer, jose gonzalez, E.T.C.
**conspirators of pleasure**, the 5,000 fingers of doctor terwilleger, hotel rwanda, cradle will rock, tarnation, mirrormask, jindabyne.
i like gay things(this is true in general also) but really i dont watch tv except on dvd, and then only with texas, only when i'm in seattle. oh wait. recently turned onto that thing gayest of all: america's next top model. but i dont own a tv, lets be clear about that.
li-young lee, jeanette winterson, david wojnarowicz, adrienne rich, "the spiral staircase" by karen armstrong, "lying" by lauren slater, "a native hill" by wendell berry. also tom spanbauer, julie doucet, percival everett.fiction or memoir that questions the nature of truth/fact/story/memory. writing that pulls itself apart.
my friends who are aging so beautifully, with strength, and grace, and occasionally huge mess-making; who keep on loving and learning despite all the scars.