I take photographs. You can view some of my work at www.hanshendley.com
I also communicate with music - check out Semantic Noise
Life as art, soulful music, cooking, solitude, travel, cycling, beer, red wine, wholesome foods, fragrant herbs, photography, philosophy, eye contact, clouds, sky, trees, freeways, abandoned buildings, dusk, neighborhoods, houses, parking lots, empty pad sites, construction zones, city planning, driving with the windows down and the a/c on, not drving at all, taking walks, taking the stairs, taking the bus, lulls in conversation that other people might find uncomfortable, transcendence, reading magazines & books, the internet, Apple computers, losing track of time, pondering the nature of things,
Mentors, masterminds, seekers, old souls. Agents, managers, accountants, publishers, curators, A&Rs.
The Short List:
Jay Dee A.K.A. J Dilla (RIP)
Common Sense
Scott Herren (Prefuse 73/Savath + Savalas/Delarosa + Asora)
Daedelus
Mike Ladd
Everything But The Girl
Madlib the Bad Kid
Count Bass D
The Legendary Roots Crew
Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician
Dabrye
DJ Cam
Joe Henderson
Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Miles Davis (right now - “Get Up With It†“On The Corner†“Big Fun†and “In a Silent Wayâ€)
Tortoise
Sun Ra
Bill Evans
The Decatur Fist
RJD2
SA-RA Creative Partners
Telefon Tel Aviv
The Books
Great Expectations, Donnie Darko, Elephant, Gattaca, Gummo, Amelie, Blue Velvet, City of God, Waking Life, Slacker, Belly, Bladerunner, Angus, Taxi Driver, Natural Born Killers, Tape, L.I.E. Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, Out of Sight, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Stand By Me, My Dog Skip, Buffalo '66, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Off The Map, Stardust Memories, Naked Lunch, Me, You, and Everyone We Know,
In Search of Capitan Zero, Cosmic Banditos, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Doors of Perception, Fever Dream, The Cheese Monkeys, Mr. Boston, The Elements of Typographic Style, Symbol Sourcebook, The Camera, The Negative, The Print, Blue Highways, Stop Stealing Sheep, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, The Object Stares Back, Chicago Manual of Style, Matthew’s Meadow, The World’s Wisdom, Great Expectations, 1984, The Time Machine, Around the World in 80 Days, The Universal Traveler,