happy-innocent-whimsical wonders of the world, light and shadows, drawing, painting, portraiture, photography, making artist's books, sheep, kittens, kid's books, accents, theatre, kettle corn, muppets, puppets, marionettes, NES, anything my sisters do, talking and not talking, trying to be funny, laughing to the point of pain, thinking about things- especially fantastical things, mediating arguments, tarot cards, rune casting, sideshows, carnivals, carnie folk, hokey magic shows, hot air balloons, balloons floating off into the sky, parachutes, dandelions, fairy tales, fables, finger puppets, pop-up books, abandoned shopping carts, waffle cones, fortune cookies, multiple quantities of things, collecting things...like license plates, rocks, and trolls when I was little, the 1930's dust bowl, the history of photography, old cameras, my Seagull TLR, stereoscopic viewers, Stonehenge, owls, articulating myself through written word, analytical writing, waterfalls, patchwork countryside, interesting cloud formations, constellations, crescent moons, the aurora borealis, fireflies, lawn gnomes, hiwheel bicycles, wooden fences, stone walls, windmills, the ocean, fog and mist, train rides, the sound of approaching trains, orchestral tuning, alchemy, mythology, echos, pocket watches, lamp posts, astrology, the zodiac, subtle/quirky humour, British humour, impersonations, personifying inanimate objects, doodling, awesome alliteration, broadening my musical awareness, avoiding paparazzi, blending into crowds, promoting creativity in children, reflections in windows, fleeting moments of surreality, paying attention to the little things
Creatively minded, up-standing citizens of the world.
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BANDS:
Stars, The Shins, Of Montreal, Devotchka, The Submarines, Bell Orchestre, Mercury Rev, Magnetic Fields, Arcade Fire, Starlight Mints, Eels, Heartless Bastards, Andrew Bird, Neko Case, Final Fantasy, Beirut, Rogue Wave, Islands, The New Pornographers, The Boy Least Likely To, The Helio Sequence, Kings Of Leon, Nick Drake, Led Zeppellin, Sigur Ros, Madeleine Peyroux, Holly Golightly, Hem, The Delgados, The Zutons, Coldplay, Regina SpektorCOMPOSERS:
Yann Tiersen, Danny Elfman, John Williams, James Horner, Alan Silvestri, Rachel Portman, Philip Glass, Chopin
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Practical Magic, Amelie, Shaun of The Dead, Edward Scissorhands, Jurassic Park, A Very Long Engagement, Pan's Labyrinth, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, With Honors, The Sound of Music, Gladiator, Interview With The Vampire, Office Space, Babette's Feast, The Bicycle Thief, City of Lost Children, The Witches, Matilda, Contact, Muppets Take Manhattan, Muppet Christmas Carol, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, James and The Giant Peach, The Red Violin, Waking Ned Divine, Chocolat, Lord Of The Rings, Mirrormask, The Prestige
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Wonderfalls, Grey's Anatomy, LOST, Carnivale, Medium, Studio 60, Heroes, The Simpsons, Gilmore Girls, Coupling, Unwrapped, Dead Like Me
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PICTURE BOOKS:
-The Arrival by Shaun Tan
-The Serpent Came To Gloucester
-The Water Gift and The Pig of the Pig
-The Three Golden Keys
-This Place In The Snow
-Old Coyote
-The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup
-Owl Moon
-Bravo, Maurice!
-Madelenka
-Dawn
-Me, All Alone, At The End of The World
-Frog Belly Rat BoneYOUNG ADULT:
-The Invention of Hugo Cabret
-The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
-The Tale of Despereaux
-The Tiger Rising
-The Dulcimer Boy
-WindwalkerSERIES:
-Harry Potter
-A Series of Unfortunate Events
-His Dark MaterialsNOVELS:
-The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
-Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino
-Ocean Sea by Allessandro Barrico
-Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
-The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
-The Beach by Alexander Garland
-The Invention Of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Caesares
-The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
-The Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber
-Anthem by Ayn Rand
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Those who, knowing their own fears and limitations, ignore them in the face of necessity.
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