Reading good books, Art,writing poetry and novels,Justice, music and life!
Related souls.Anyone who can make me laugh.People with something to say,creative ones with an open heart and mind!
"Music is what feelings sound like."Without music life wouldnt be the same. Music is all around me,its my healer,my lover and my inspiration. At the moment Im singing Vivian Green songs all day long, Im also into Amel Larrieux,Mishal Moore(check my girl out on my top friends),Common,Foreign Exchange,Little Brother,Jagged Edge,Dangelo,Janet Jackson,Yolanda Adams,Aretha Franklin,Donell Jones,A tribe called Quest,Ella Fitzgerald,Sarah Vaughan,Me'Shell Ndegéocello,Avila Brothers,Lupe Fiasco,Lily Allen,Kirk Franklin,Kayne West,Jill Scott (who doesnt love her?),The Roots and Musiq Soulchild - it really depends on the mood Im in - from R.E.M to Buena Vista Social Club to Colbie Caillat - as long as it touches me, makes me sing and move, its good.
Beloved,The Colour Purple,Harry and Sally,Something's Gotta Give,Heartburn,Mary Poppins,What dreams may come true,Boys on the side,Malcolm X,Waiting to Exhale,One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest,The Horse whisperer,The Perfume,Patch Adams,Dead Poets Society,The others,The skeleton key,How Stella got her groove back
Flav of love 1&2 and I LOVE NEW YORK (hilarious),The Simpsons,Dave Chapelle,Pinky and the Brain,Girlfriends,SatC of course,Bill Cosby Show, Ellen - to entertain me, and then anything that educates me in any way - different countries and cultures,stories of people all over the world, History,love and relationships,religions etc.
Hmm, my babies... I do read a lot, and every book I have been reading stays in my house - I dont know how people can throw away their books, they grew to be a part of me,are IN me somewhere.They raise me, educate me, cheer me up, make me laugh and cry and think, they set emotions and thoughts free, BOOKS have incredible powers people!Here are some of my favourite authors, just to give you an idea of what I have been reading - or of what I am reading at the moment :Maya Angelou,Toni Morrison,Rilke,Janet Fitch,Janice Deaner,Terry McMillan,Charlotte Link,Rita Mae Brown,Kiana Davenport,Stefan Zweig,Alice Walker,Amy Bloom,Marian Keyes,Susan Kay,Nick Hornby,Zadie Smith,Candace Bushnell - could go on all day! ************************************************************ *
For one or the other reason I look up to: my Mama,Marie Laveau,Emmet Till,my Godchildren,Toni Morrison,Jesus,Rosa Parks,Mary Poppins,Maya Angelou,the Dalai Lama,Martin Luther King,Miriam Makeba,all the other singers,musicians,authors and poets that have inspired me in so many ways and my friends who are more than a family to me.