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Ben schikowitz

-The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passi

About Me

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My Interests

playing drums of all sorts.. drumset primarily,.. doumbek, djembe, VIBRAPHONE.. any drum I can get my fingers on.. JAZZ music.. listening and playing.. massage (I went to Florida School of massage .) ART.. comics, painting, drawing, still life, landscapes watercolors. figure drawing, abstract subconscious stuff.. oil paints.. reading tons of books. eating healthy food.. CAPOEIRA!!!!!!!! hanging with my family.. playing in the band. meditatin' doing chi kung and yoga.. (on and off)..

I'd like to meet:

you

Music:

davis,coltrane,chick corea, dave holland quintet, lee morgan,jaki bayard,rassan roland kirk, bill stewert, average white band, TOP, cal tader, mongo santamaria, what a question.. so much great music out there that I LOVE, shashara, krishna das, james brown, EWF,modern jazz quartet, all the greatest cheezeballs of the last century...led zepplin,black sabbath, greatful dead, james brown, galactic,john scofield, system of a down, .. too many to name.

Movies:

I've seen so many good ones, but my brain does not retain any info about them.. like you could ask me .."did you see ____ ?" and I'd say "yeah" and you'd say.. "remember that scene where____? " and I'd reply "no..." etc etc...

Television:

TRY NOT TO TOUCH THE STUFF.. IT'LL TURN YOUR BRAIN TO MUSH.

Books:

mission of art (by alex grey) on the integration of nature,moby dick,tao te ching, autobiography of a yogi, power of now, awakening the healing light of the tao, be here now, all tom robbins, drawing on the right side of the brain,ken wilber, um.. um...

My Blog

master cleanse

sunday I started a master cleanse. that's a fast in which you only drink a mixture of fresh lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper.. I started with just whole foods, rice, greens, salad. then mo...
Posted by Ben schikowitz on Wed, 30 May 2007 08:40:00 PST

summer collage

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Posted by Ben schikowitz on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:01:00 PST

jan7th sketchbook offerings

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Posted by Ben schikowitz on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:58:00 PST

more recent sketchbook stuff

what's with the octopus's?? national geographics that's what!a painting in process...
Posted by Ben schikowitz on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:33:00 PST

sketchbook paintings

here are some recent paintings from the sketchbook...
Posted by Ben schikowitz on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:03:00 PST

another new painting

"cosmic novelty item" oil, 2006...
Posted by Ben schikowitz on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:39:00 PST

new paintings.. please check them out.

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Posted by Ben schikowitz on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:29:00 PST

some recent work

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Posted by Ben schikowitz on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 09:54:00 PST

I'm posessed to post..

here's even more.. I can't stop posting.....
Posted by Ben schikowitz on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 08:53:00 PST

more art for the masses

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Posted by Ben schikowitz on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:46:00 PST