Hmmm... I enjoy a good cup of tea (sweet and creamy mate to be exact), frolicking in the wooded wilderness, breakin' on down one time and dropping it like it's hot, and the professional specifics: creative and mindful fashion, conceptual artwork that speaks without pretense, moving forward and learning more about things I didn't even know existed. Did I mention hot tubs? Bohemian decadence?
All sorts of folks for all sorts of projects and mental meanderings. Like to think hard? You're in!
Anything with a brilliant triumphant reprisal or cultivated and gorgeous hook. Joni Mitchell, Crown City Rockers (yay!), Black Moon, hip hop from the 90's, some slow jamage, reggaeton in the car, Platurn mixtapes, Nick Drake, Bobbie Gentry, Jennifer Johns live show, Mary J, My Morning Jacket, White Stripes, actively looking for new avenues...
I'd love to turn it off, but VH1 Soul and I have had a confused love affair for some time. Intervention, Project Runway, Sopranos...
Patterns that Connect by Carl Schuster, Tao Te Ching, Lao Tsu anything by TC Boyle, Barbara Kingsolver, or Paul Coehlo The Alphabet and the Goddess and the following publications: Metropop, Another Magazine, Mass Appeal, Vice (love to hate it), Mother Jones, and most of all, the NYT Sunday Magazine.
Joni Mitchell, the wise people, teachers, nurses, those who live right by example, Edward Weiss, Henry Markoff, Florence Markoff, Jenny B, the King of Thailand, anyone who can pick themselves up out of a bad situation without hesitation.