All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.
Atmosphere, Roots, Death Cab for Cutie, Common, Miles Davis, Interpol, Mos Def, Pavement, Pixies, Cursive, St Germain, Thevery Corporation, Bright Eyes, White Stripes, Les Nubians, My Chemical Romance, Zap Mama, Nina Simone, Michael Jackson, Prince, Outkast, Strokes, Peter Tosh, Morcheeba, Jamiroquai, Bebel Giberto, Billy Holiday, Pete Yorn, The Used, AFI, Etta James, Goodie Mob, A Tribe Called Quest, Pavemnet, Incubus, KRS One, Phish, Sigur Ros, The Bravery, Esthero, Primus, Led Zeppelin, Yeah, yeah, yeahs, Massive Attack, Ani DiFranco, Metric, Mum, The Clash,
The Toy, Blazing Saddles, Spinal Tap, National Lampoon's Vacation, Christmas Vacation, and Van Wilder, Amores Perros, Y Tu Mama Tambien, The Lover, The Wedding Banquet, Like Water for Chocolate, Dog Day Afternoon, Spiderman I & II, every Lethal Weapon, Coming to America, Heights, Yes, Mulan, What Dreams May Come, The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Run Lola Run, Blow, Traffic, Less Than Zero, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, The Usual Suspects, Spaceballs, Pump Up the Volume, Heathers, Donnie Darko, Kill Bill 1&2, Drowning Mona, Scarface, Godfather, Office Space, anything starring "Divine", Kids, Gummo, The Secret
I'm too embarrased to say.
A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn, Survivor - Chuck Palaniuk, The Sleeping Beauty Novels - Anne Rice, A Modest Proposal - Jonathan Swift(not really a book, but an interesting piece of satire), True Halluciantions - Terrence McKenna, Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett, Great Expectations - Charles Dickens, The Little Prince - , The Prophet - Khalil Gibran, The Power of Now, A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle, The Law Of Attraction - Ester and Jerry Hicks, Anatomy of the Spirit - Caroline Myss, PH.D.
My beautiful and talented sisters, Tia and Chaz.