"When someone mentions the gracefulness
of the night sky, climb up on the roof
and dance and say,
Like this..."
-Rumi
Leonardo da Vinci, Ibn Battuta, Edmond Rostand, Dorothy Parker, Herodotus and whoever designed the shopping trollies at Lidl.
Muammer Ketencoglu, Dave Swarbrick, Scottish & Cape Breton Slow Airs, Loxandra, Souad Massi, Primaeval, Green Angels, Johnny Cunningham, Natalie McMaster, Vassen, 1651, Ahmed Mukhtar, Astor Piazzolla, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Claudio Monteverdi, Marin Marais, Georges Brassens, Bix Beiderbecke, Strathspeys, mazurkae and Baladis and, especially, all the many new, enchanting musical discoveries, from all corners of the earth, which fire my imagination and make the world so much richer.
I have encountered so much wonderful music here on Myspace; musicians from Finland to Zanzibar, who have given me so much delight.
I thank them and wish them all much joy.
Russian cinema- Prisoner of the Mountains, Burnt by the Sun, French cinema, East-West, Amelie, Cyrano!
I am not fond of television or cars.
"Eternels enfants que nous sommes...
emerveillees par tout ce qui nous entoure."
-My dear friend, Marie-Helene
Ali and Nino, The Vintner's Luck. Knowledge of Angels, Eloise, Melville, Hardy, Dalrymple's travel books
Craig Murray (former U.K. Ambassador to Uzbekistan)and courageous people like him who follow their hearts.
...AND MY LOVELY DAUGHTER SAOIRSE PLAYING MELODEON!
...AND MY DEAR SON URIEN ON PIANO!