check out my profile and personal blog over on tribe for all you could ever wanna know, if you're curious. plenty of photographs from my world travels can be seen in my flickr photo album . faerwear also has its own blog now!
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peaceful freaks and rebels, beautiful people, those that want to make this world a better place, people who believe we should live and love, not suffer (and are willing to get up and stand up for it). people driven by an unstoppable need to create. badass chicks doing badass things. a beautiful man that makes things with his hands and wants to travel the world with me. other artisans, people who like what i do, people who would like to support what i do by buying something beautiful of mine or making a small investment in my business and education. Teachers.
this is so hard, this list could go on for years... i love conscious underground hip hop, afrobeat, what some people refer to as "neo-soul", dub, reggae, funk, rowdy folk music with genius, witty lyrics, the occasional tortured songstress (I'm talking to you, Fiona), brilliant djs, gypsy jams, marching bands, spaced-out ambience, monkey chants...i would stand in line until it was my turn to have (another) one of Bob Marley's love children. Midnite shows are religious experiences. Antibalas has been rocking me since they started putting themselves out there, carrying on the spirit of Fela Kuti. If i woke up and I was all of a sudden a black woman singing I would be Erykah Badu, Dezarie or Marie Daulne, the lead singer of Zap Mama. Mos Def, Talib and The Roots restored my faith in east coast hip hop, and I love what the west coast did with it when they took it and ran. Boca Floja introduced me to the amazing underground hip hop of Mexico City. Sometimes rockin' out to a good 70's guitar jam with the windows down is the best feeling in the world.
Here's a few off the top of my head: Pronoia, Anatomy of the Spirit, Life of Pi, Jitterbug Perfume, Venus in Furs, Flow: The Psychology of Optimum Experience, The Mists of Avalon, Geek Love, anything by Mr. Huxley, Music is a Weapon, Plants of the Gods, Fraud faery books, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Fifth Sacred Thing, Neuromancer and some comic books - Transmetropolitan, Preacher, Channel Zero. I'm a big fan of science fiction and utopian/dystopian tomes. Home improvement guides. Herbals. Metaphysical stuff. And books full of beautiful art jewelry and cool knitting and crochet patterns.
wow, heroes. my friend Lance asked me this once when I first met him and I still can't answer it specifically just yet - my heroes are anyone who walks the walk and talks the talk well.