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Andrew

We are, you could say, whirlwinds who wish they were rocks.

About Me

Q: What is the purpose of life?A: What is the purpose of a new born baby?Q: But you must have a definite conception of what you want to achieve in life.A: My goal is to become human, and work for the survival of wisdom.Q: Why do you strive for the survival of wisdom? What value does it have?A: Why does a flower grow? What value does it have?Q: Do things have a purpose, or a reason for existence?A: Things do not have "reasons", but they do have causes. Things happen by necessity, not by purpose. "Reasons" are mental constructions.Q: You say we are never born and never die, and that we lack inherent existence. Then why bother trying to attain enlightenment?A: It is the whim of God. You must listen to his whispers to know his whims. These are his most private secrets.Q: Is a happy person close to enlightenment?A: Happiness is far away from enlightenment. Where there is happiness there is contentment, fear of change, and thus no room for progress.Q: I am looking for something to give my life meaning, but I am having difficulty finding it in your words.A: Get rid of the idea "my life" and you will have solved your problem. When there is the concept "life" there will automatically arise the concept "meaning" and therefore "meaningless". When concepts exist in the mind, they are experienced.
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My Interests

Life (the good, the bad, and the ugly), film (surrealism, expressionism etc): directing, photography, music, writing (people talking), eros, human behavior, philosophy (eastern & western )- Paradoxes, contradictions, self-destructive personalities.

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

Currently listening to: Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, The Beatles, Thelonious Monk, John Lee Hooker, Frank Zappa, the Velvet Underground, Architecture in Helsinki, the Kinks

Movies:

La Strada, Il Grido, Contempt, Detour, Lisa e il diavolo, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, The Prefab People, Andrei Rublev, Cries and Whispers, La frusta e il corpo, Mean Streets, Stroszek, Taxi Driver, Tystnaden, Die dritte Generation, Ed Wood, Mouchette, The Killing of A Chinese Bookie, L'Avventura, LA NOTTE, L'Eclisse, They Live By Night, Once Upon A Time in the WEST, Don't Torture A Duckling, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Ordet, Minnie and Moskowitz, Nazarín, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Savage Innocents, Batman(89); Batman Returns, Rabid Dogs, Au hasard Balthazar, Vertigo, Johnny Guitar, Venus in Furs, In A Lonely Place, The Milky Way, The Pawnbroker, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, Love Is Colder Than Death, Stardust Memories, A MAN ESCAPED, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask, Five Dolls for an August Moon, El Topo, Rashomon, Blow Up, Profondo Rosso, Bringing Out the Dead, Il Deserto Rosso, PICKPOCKET, La Dolce Vita, Nights of Caribia, Annie Hall, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, The American Soldier, Love and Death, A Virgin Among the Living Dead, The Phantom of Liberty, Tenebre, That Obscure Object of Desire, the Tenant, Wild Strawberries, Tout va bien, Blood and Black Lace, Woyzeck, My Life to Live, Band of Outsiders, Sauve Qui Peut (La Vie), Ghostbusters, Lost in Translation, La Sindrome di Stendhal, Bigger Than Life (Nicholas Ray at his finest); Network, The Bride of Frankenstein, L'ARGENT, The Exterminating Angel, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The Merchant of Four Seasons, Diary of a Country Priest, After Hours, The Man Who Laughs, Twitch of the Death Nerve - to name a few.

Television:

an electronic reproduction of life which doesn't even smell of anything.

Books:

Currently Reading: the heart sutra, nietzsche: human all too human, godard, siddhartha

Heroes:

Herzog, Bresson, Antonioni, Lennon, Tarkovsky