coincidences, de ja vus, totems, signs, ceremony, the smell of soil, staring with a wonder at the scratch of a thorn on the arm of old ladies that still love to be in their gardens...guitar, piano, painting, poetry,
you.
Nina Simone, Tori Amos, Jill Scott, Tom Waits, Suzanne Vega, Thelonious Monk (sic) Loreena McKennit, Cesaria Evora, Cat Stevens, Mac Talla, Sheila Chandra, Katell Keineg, Louis Armstrong, India Arie, Sade, Buena Vista Social Club, Nat King Cole, Kitaro, Ani DiFranco, Ben Harper, Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin, Liszt, U2, Jurassic 5, George Michael (Freedom 90), Enya, Bjork, Jason Mraz, Coyboy Junkies, Henry D'Kongue, BURNING STAR, Van Morrison, any sort of Chanting, Simon and Garfunkle, Al Stewart, these cd of the sounds of the planets (literally...it was like sonar/radar or something), Fiona Apple, Coldplay, Lauryn Hill, Dialted Peoples, Dinah Washington, Johnny Heartman, Norah Jones, Tables of Content, Randy Newman, Miles Davis, Beck, lectures by ALAN WATTS, Bobby Mc Ferrin, Mary Youngblood, Aphex Twin, White Stripes, Gnarles Barkley (sic)......soundtracks of Last of the Mohicans, The Piano, Amelie, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Il Postino, Cold Mountain, Stealing Beauty, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Frida, Modigliani,
Renegade, The Fountain, Stealing Beauty, Bram Stokers' Dracula, Modigliani, The Secret, The New World, The Libertine, What the Bleep Do We Know?, Waking Life, The Piano, Dead Poets Society, Last of the Mohicans, Braveheart, Band of Brothers, Amelie, De Ja Vu (1999), Poinette, Pi, Unbreakable, Apocalypto, Lady in the Water, Nastolgia, Passion of Mind, Lord of the Rings (Fellowship), Sin City, The Sound of Music, Desperado, White Christmas, Immortal Beloved, Beyond Borders, The Legend of 1900, Uncorked, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Monsoon Wedding, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Saving Private Ryan, Seven Years in Tibet, Gandhi, Kundun, Empire of the Sun, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, Cast Away, Amedeus, French Kiss, Fight Club, Only You, Alexander, Hamlet (1992), Sideways, Princess Bride, Contact, The Usual Suspects, Don Juan De Marco, The Snow Walker
Deadwood, Northern Exposure, The Wonder Years, Smurfs, Dave Chappelle, That 70s Show, Lost, THE ACTOR'S STUDIO (good times), Good Times, COSBY SHOW, any sort of Geico commercial, 21 JUMPSTREET...
any by Anais Nin/ any by Paulo Coelho/ any by Rumi/ Grendle/ Animal Speak/ Tao of Pooh/ Te of Piglet / The Teachings of Don Juan/ any by Don Miguel Ruiz, Joseph Campbell/ Jack Angelo / Lewis Carol/ any Shakespeare / The Way of the Peaceful Warrior/
my mamma for showing me without showing me what the meaning of Love is for me for others and especially for my father/ Sean Hill for being a product of two soulmates and being spirit and human incarnate / Arwen for grace, wisdom, passion, and courage/ Jeanne d'Arc for being receptive to voices and going with them when they mean only to help / ris McGowan for being that spiritual mother when I needed her / Arianna Wheat for undying loyalty and integrity / Sara Ahmad for rising up every time / Dawn and KC for gifting me elements of the eagle I still don't know what to do with yet / Lisa Watson for reminding me about counting my blessings / Melinda Mascayano for being that sister that echoed me and reminded me of who I am when I forgot / Nikko de Jesus for providing the platform to speak without judgement / Ofir Uziel for making it through life and for being the conduit of many of my enlightenments / Auntie Vickie for being that "grandmother" I never had and speaking to me about my roots. Sarah Cruse for how she pulls out my power. fuck yea. / Deema for her softness no matter what/ Olga for her Stance / Dan Milman for his journey / Ted Andrews for the references / Ari for love that lasts exactly as it was made under the moon with pine needles in hair / Kevin Sandbloom for being my messenger (damn)/ Jaime Butterfly for her gatorade cup on my spiritual marathon /