The world is infinitely interesting to me! My major passions revolve around reading, writing, dancing, food, activism, and anything pleasing to the senses.
I'd like to meet:
People who love words and love life.
Music:
Old Brown Shoe, Bucksworth, Artichoke, Uncle Vic, Hobo Jazz, Talking Heads, Prince, Cake, Beck, Suzanne Vega, Lila Downs, all come to mind first, plus any music that gets me dancing or gets me feeling.
Movies:
Wings of Desire, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original), Set Me Free (Emporte Moi), Rivers and Tides (the documentary about Andy Goldsworthy's creative process), Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Tampopo, Amelie, Stop Making Sense, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Scent of Green Papaya, Big Night, Bringing Up Baby, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Yes Men, Supersize Me, The Girl in the Cafe...
Books:
I don't know where to begin. So many books have moved me, shaken me, changed me. I am continually falling in love with new books. I would say the books that have had the greatest influence on my life have been the poetry collections American Primitive by Mary Oliver and The Dead and the Living by Sharon Olds (both taught me it was possible to write about the body with honesty and grace), Walden by Thoreau (which, in high school, taught me to question authority and connect with nature), Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver (which is such a gorgeous and heartbreaking exploration of sisters and community, and taught me that art and social responsibility can be wed in a seamless way), and Just Only John by Jack Kent (which, when I was a child, taught me the transformative power of language.)
Heroes:
Eve Ensler, Isadora Duncan, Emma Goldman, Arundhati Roy, Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans, David Byrne, Walt Whitman, Barbara Kingsolver, Toni Morrison, Maxine Hong Kingston, anyone who dares to speak truth to power, anyone who loves the world enough to want to make it a better place, anyone who takes creative risks, who gives voice to the voiceless, whose own voice rings out true and clear and free...
