Paul

I'd like to meet:

Y ou. Self fueled, creatively adventurous, live individuals.

"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting.
We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit."
-EE Cummings

Past All the Madness...

Recent Favorites

2 Don't Discriminate

3 The Right to Life

4 No Slavery

5 No Torture

6 You Have Rights No Matter Where You Go

7 We are All Equal Before the Law

8 Your Human Rights are Protected by Law

9 No Unfair Detainment

10 The Right to Trial

11 We are Always Innocent Till Proven Guilty

12 The Right to Privacy

13 Freedom to Move

14 The Right to Seek a Safe Place to Live

15 Right to a Nationality

16 Marriage and Family

17 The Right to Your Own Things

18 Freedom of Thought

19 Freedom of Expression

20 The Right to Public Assembly

21 The Right to Democracy

22 Social Security

23 Workers' Rights

24 The Right to Play

25 Food and Shelter for All

26 The Right to Education

27 Copyright

28 A Fair and Free World

29 Responsibility

30 No One Can Take Away Your Human Rights

Contacting Raul

Here's to the Crazy Ones

Yes, there's more...

Music:

A FINE FRENZY, ALICIA KEYS, AMY WINEHOUSE, ANI DIFRANCO, ANITA BAKER, ANNA NALICK, THE ARCADE FIRE, AUTOMATIC LOVELETTER, BB KING, BECK, BEN FOLDS FIVE, BILLY JOEL, BLACK EYED PEAS, BLACK RAIN, THE CARDIGANS, CAT POWER, CELESTIAL NAVIGATIONS, CHANTAL KREVIAZUK, CHICK COREA, CLAUDE DEBUSSY, COHEED AND CAMBRIA, CORRINE BAILEY RAE, CREEDANCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, THE CURE, DALE LADUKE, DAUGHTRY, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, DEATHCAB FOR CUTIE, THE EAGLES, ELLIOT SMITH, EVANESCENCE, FALLOUT BOY, FEIST, FIONA APPLE, FIVE FOR FIGHTING, FOO FIGHTERS, THE FRAY, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, GIPSY KINGS, GOOD CHARLOTTE, GOO GOO DOLLS, GREEN DAY, GUNS N' ROSES, HERBIE HANCOCK, HOLLY PALMER, HOWLIN' WOLF, IMOGEN HEAP, INCUBUS, ISAAC HAYES, JANIS IAN, JANIS JOPLIN, JEFF BUCKLEY, JIMI HENDRIX, JOHN COLTRANE, JOHNNY CASH, JOSS STONE, KATE BUSH, KINGS OF LEON, KORN, KT TUNSTALL, LED ZEPPELIN, LEONARD COHEN, LILY ALLEN, LINKIN PARK, LISA MARIE PRESLEY, LIZ PHAIR, LOU REED, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, MARY J. BLIGE, MAURICE RAVEL, MAXIMO PARK, MAZZY STAR, MICHAEL DUFF, MILES DAVIS, MUDDY WATERS, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, NICK DRAKE, NINA SIMONE, OCEAN COLOUR SCENE, NINE INCH NAILS, NIRVANA, NORAH JONES, PATTI SMITH, PEARL JAM, PINK, PINK FLOYD, PJ HARVEY, THE POSTAL SERVICE, RACHAEL YAMAGATA, RADIOHEAD, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, ROSIE THOMAS, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, REGINA SPEKTOR, RILO KILEY, ROBERT JOHNSON, SANTANA, SCHUYLER FISK, SCISSOR SISTERS, THE SHINS, SON HOUSE, SONNY MOORE, SOPHIE B. HAWKINS, SMASHING PUMPKINS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, THELONIOUS MONK, TORI AMOS, U2, VAN HALEN, VAN MORRISSON, VELVET UNDERGROUND, VIENNA TENG, WARREN ZEVON, WILCO, YEAH YEAH YEAHS.

Movies:

21 Grams, Across the Universe, Amadeus, Amelie, Atonement, August Rush, Becoming Jane, Being John Malkovich, Being There, Big Fish, Blade Runner, Braveheart, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Bridge to Terabithia, Casablanca, Children of Men, Chocolat, Closer, City of God, Crash, Cries and Whispers, Dangerous Liaisons, Defending Your Life, Finding Neverland, Garden State, Groundhog Day, Harold and Maude, Hotel Rwanda, Into the Wild, Juno, Kill Bill, LA Confidential, Leaving Las Vegas, Lions for Lambs, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Lost In Translation, Love Actually, Moulin Rouge, Mulholland Drive, Pan's Labyrinth, Pay It Forward, Phenomenon, Pride and Prejudice, Pulp Fiction, Raging Bull, Reservoir Dogs, Running on Empty, Say Anything, Sense and Sensibilty, Serendipity, Seven Samurai, Shakespeare in Love, Sideways, Sliding Doors, Taxi Driver, Tender Mercies, The Constant Gardener, The Departed, The Piano, The Princess Bride, The Last Samurai, The Matrix, The Seventh Seal, The Shawshank Redemption, The Usual Suspects, To Kill A Mockingbird, Traffic, V for Vendetta, Whale Rider.
V for Vendetta
Screenwriters PAUL HAGGIS, NEIL GAIMAN, WOODY ALLEN, JAMES CLAVELL, BILLY WILDER, LARRY WACHOWSKI, DAVID MAMET, QUENTIN TARANTINO, PAUL SCHRADER, HORTON FOOTE, CHARLIE KAUFMAN, JERZY KOSINSKI, WILLIAM GOLDMAN, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA.
Francis

Television:

Low frequency mind liquefier.

Books:

T.S. Eliot, Ayn Rand, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Heinlein, Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, Ralph Ellison, Dan Brown, ee cummings, Malcolm X, Ernest Hemingway, Ken Kesey, C.S. Lewis, Oscar Wilde, L.Ron Hubbard, Harper Lee, Farley Mowat, William Carlos Williams, Allen Ginsberg, Aldous Huxley, William S. Burroughs, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen Hawking, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Charles Bukowski.
Charles
Theatre A CHORUS LINE, LES MISERABLES, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, INHERIT THE WIND, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, NINE, DREAMGIRLS, CHICAGO, RENT.
Rent
Painters/Artists SALVADOR DALI, JACKSON POLLACK, ARTHUR CONWAY HUBBARD, LAUREN DAHL, DON LI-LEGER, EDGAR DEGAS, MARC CHAGALL, PAUL KLEE, MAXFIELD PARRISH, ALFRED GOCKEL, WILLEM DE KOONIG, CLAUDE MONET, GREGORY WILLIAMS, POMM HEPNER, ROBERT CRUMB, LAURIE MAITLAND, LISA KOWALSKI, GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN, JIM WARREN, JEREMY MILES, MIKE VONTHAMERT, FRANCOIS NIELLY, BRYTEN GOSS, GUSTAV KLIMT.
Gustav
Photographers ERNST HAAS, MICHAEL LEVIN, SLIM AARONS, MICHAEL MAGILL, MIA DELCASINO, FRITZ LANG, MICHAEL TIGHE, DOUGLAS KENT HALL, ANNIE LIEBOVITZ, YOUSUF KARSH, RICHARD AVEDON, DIANE ARBUS, ROY SCHATT, MELANIE PULLEN, GORDON PARKS, RICARDO BARCELLOS, ANNIE COLLINGE, POPEL COUMOU, GIOVANNI DEL BRENNA, DAVID ELLIS, SHALON GOSS, NICOLAS PRIOR, ALEX PRAGER, TYLER SHIELDS.
Tyler
Choreographers ALVIN AILEY, BOB FOSSE, GENE KELLY, JEROME ROBBINS, JOSE LIMON, MARTHA GRAHAM, ROBERT JOFFREY, TOMMY TUNE, ALWIN NIKOLAIS, PEARL PRIMUS, ED TYLER, JOSE NAVARRETE, MARIA DEL BAGNO, MERCE CUNNINGHAM.
Merce
Narrative GARRISON KEILLOR, LARRY JAFFE, PERCIPHONE PETTICOAT, MARK TWAIN, WILL ROGERS, CELESTIAL NAVIGATIONS.
Celestial Navigations
Performance Artists AMY HILL, LIAN AMARIS SIFUENTES, BLUE MAN GROUP, NICOLE BLACKMAN, LAURIE ANDERSON, NAO BUSTAMANTE, PAUL COUILLARD, KAREN FINLEY, MIRANDA JULY.
Miranda
Education UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS.
Passions HELPING OTHERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Quotes "THE CREATOR OF THE NEW COMPOSITION IS AN OUTLAW UNTIL HE IS A CLASSIC."
-GERTRUDE STEIN
"A DREAM YOU DREAM ALONE IS ONLY A DREAM. A DREAM YOU DREAM TOGETHER IS REALITY."
-JOHN LENNON
"YOU CAN'T DEPEND ON YOUR EYES IF YOUR IMAGINATION IS OUT OF FOCUS."
-MARK TWAIN
"GOD RESPECTS ME WHEN I WORK, BUT HE LOVES ME WHEN I SING."
-TAGORE
"WHAT IF A DEMON WERE TO CREEP AFTER YOU ONE NIGHT, IN YOUR LONELIEST LONELINESS, AND SAY, 'THIS LIFE WHICH YOU LIVE MUST BE LIVED BY YOU ONCE AGAIN AND INNUMERABLE TIMES MORE; AND EVERY PAIN AND JOY AND THOUGHT AND SIGH MUST COME AGAIN TO YOU, ALL IN THE SAME SEQUENCE. THE ETERNAL HOURGLASS WILL AGAIN AND AGAIN BE TURNED AND YOU WITH IT, DUST OF THE DUST!' WOULD YOU THROW YOURSELF DOWN AND GNASH YOUR TEETH AND CURSE THAT DEMON? OR WOULD YOU ANSWER, 'NEVER HAVE I HEARD ANYTHING MORE DIVINE'?”
-NIETZCHE
"ART IS NOT WHAT YOU SEE, BUT WHAT YOU MAKE OTHERS SEE."
-EDGAR DEGAS
"THERE IS A VITALITY, A LIFE FORCE, A QUICKENING THAT IS TRANSLATED THROUGH YOU INTO ACTION, AND THERE IS ONLY ONE OF YOU IN ALL TIME, THIS EXPRESSION IS UNIQUE, AND IF YOU BLOCK IT, IT WILL NEVER EXIST THROUGH ANY OTHER MEDIUM AND BE LOST. THE WORLD WILL NOT HAVE IT. IT IS NOT YOUR BUSINESS TO DETERMINE HOW GOOD IT IS, NOT HOW IT COMPARES WITH OTHER EXPRESSION. IT IS YOUR BUSINESS TO KEEP IT YOURS CLEARLY AND DIRECTLY, TO KEEP THE CHANNEL OPEN. YOU DO NOT EVEN HAVE TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF OR YOUR WORK. YOU HAVE TO KEEP OPEN AND AWARE DIRECTLY TO THE URGES THAT MOTIVATE YOU. KEEP THE CHANNEL OPEN. THERE IS A QUEER, DIVINE DISSATISFACTION, A BLESSED UNREST, THAT KEEPS US MARCHING AND MAKES US MORE ALIVE."
-MARTHA GRAHAM
"ART IS THE LIE THAT TELLS THE TRUTH."
-PABLO PICASSO
"ANYONE WHO LIVES WITHIN THEIR MEANS SUFFERS FROM A LACK OF IMAGINATION."
-OSCAR WILDE
"SOMETIMES I'VE BELIEVED AS MANY AS SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS BEFORE BREAKFAST."
-LEWIS CARROLL
"I DO NOT TAKE DRUGS. I AM DRUGS."
-SALVADOR DALI
"THE ONLY PEOPLE FOR ME ARE THE MAD ONES, THE ONES WHO ARE MAD TO LIVE, MAD TO TALK, MAD TO BE SAVED, DESIROUS OF EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME, THE ONES WHO NEVER YAWN OR SAY A COMMONPLACE THING, BUT BURN, BURN, BURN, LIKE FABULOUS YELLOW ROMAN CANDLES EXPLODING LIKE SPIDERS ACROSS THE STARS..."
-JACK KEROUAC
"UNTIL ONE IS COMMITTED THERE IS HESITANCY, THE CHANCE TO DRAW BACK, ALWAYS INEFFECTIVENESS. CONCERNING ALL ACTS OF INITIATIVE AND CREATION, THERE IS ONE ELEMENTARY TRUTH, THE IGNORANCE OF WHICH KILLS COUNTLESS IDEAS AND SPLENDID PLANS: THAT THE MOMENT ONE DEFINITELY COMMITS ONESELF, THEN PROVIDENCE MOVES TOO. ALL SORTS OF THINGS OCCUR TO HELP ONE THAT WOULD NEVER OTHERWISE HAVE OCCURRED. A WHOLE STREAM OF EVENTS ISSUES FROM THE DECISION, RAISING IN ONE'S FAVOR ALL MANNER OF UNFORESEEN INCIDENTS AND MEETINGS AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH NO MAN COULD HAVE DREAMT WOULD HAVE COME HIS WAY. I HAVE LEARNED A DEEP RESPECT FOR ONE OF GOETHE'S COUPLETS: 'WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, OR DREAM YOU CAN, BEGIN IT. BOLDNESS HAS GENIUS, POWER, AND MAGIC IN IT.'"
-W.H. MURRAY
"ALL THAT IS GOLD DOES NOT GLITTER; NOT ALL THOSE THAT WANDER ARE LOST."
-J.R.R. TOLKIEN
"TO BE MATTER OF FACT ABOUT THE WORLD IS TO BLUNDER INTO FANTASY- AND A DULL FANTASY AT THAT, AS THE REAL WORLD IS STRANGE AND WONDERFUL."
-ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
"EVERYBODY HAS A SECRET WORLD INSIDE OF THEM. ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, I MEAN EVERYBODY. NO MATTER HOW DULL AND BORING THEY ARE ON THE OUTSIDE, INSIDE THEM THEY'VE ALL GOT UNIMAGINABLE, MAGNIFICENT, WONDERFUL, STUPID, AMAZING WORLDS. NOT JUST ONE WORLD. HUNDREDS OF THEM. THOUSANDS MAYBE."
-NEIL GAIMAN

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