In most things Sensual, Cereabral and spiritual from Music, Movies, Photography (Infrared), Philosophy, Science, Art, Literature, Fact, Fiction, 4th Way, Religion, History and...Vinyls, CDs, DVDs. I'm into PC technology but not into computer gaming...yet! Mods for Guitars and Stomp Pedals and Tube Amps. Did I miss anything else?
Much to discover, experience and exchange within this lifetime, Look closer to see glory in the ordinary. Yes I do enjoy meeting and connecting with people of all walks of life.
My deep almost spiritual love for music spans genres, cultures and eras. I do seem to gravitate more towards sounds and songs that evoke a certain mood and state of mind that is more moved than impressed. Most if not all of my favs have that distinctive timeless quality in the essence and execution of their musical art and song craft. Prepared or Freely Improvised, Acoustic, Electric, Sung or Instrumental, Synthesized or Virtual, Melodic or Atonal my musical favs include; Beatles, The Sundays, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Johnson, Son House, Peter Gabriel, Joni Mitchell, Cocteau Twins, Mannuel Gottsching, Craig Armstrong, Scott Walker, King Crimson, Pat Metheny, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Terje Rypdal, Jan Garbarek, Kenny Wheeler, Prince, Neil Young, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Charlie Hunter, Jaco Pastorius, Queen, Deep Purple and Scorpions, Police, Sting, Tuck Andress, Lenny Breau, Andy Summers, Phil Keaggy, Mark Isham, David Torn, Michael Brook, Nels Cline, Derek Bailey, David Lindley, Henry Kaiser, Tuck n Patti, Keith Jarret, Jane's Addiction, Cure, U2, David Sylvian, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Kate Bush, Meredith Monk, Bjork, Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerard, Beth Orton, Natalie Merchant, Massive Attack, Jimi Hendrix, ELO, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, Jean Luc Ponty, Frank Zappa, Neil Young, CSNY, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, David Gray, Modern Lovers, Allan Holdsworth, Michael Hedges, Ozric Tentacles, Radiohead, Yes, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Kraftwerk, Ashra Temple, Ryuichi Sakamto, Vengelis, Philip Glass, Erik Satie, 4AD, DGM, ECM...
I have great admiration for the film medium. Some of my memorable favs include though not necessarily exclusively; Hiroshima Mon Amor, Blade Runner, Interview with th Vampire, Dancer in the Dark, Bird, Piano, Mo Better Blues, 21 Grams, Sound of Music, Seven, Dogville, Lost in Translation, Shop Girl, Cache, Matchpoint, City of God, Evolution of a Filipino Family, Trainspotting, Almost Famous, Walk the Line, Mail Order Wife, My Little Eye, The Machinist, Memento, Artificial Intelligence, The Fountain, The Man who wasn't there, Lars and the Real Girl...
Not much of TV fan but I do enjoy the LOSt and the recent Battlestar Galactica series. My fav characters in Lost are John Locke, Ben and Kate.
I'm an incredibly slow reader but the books I've chosen to read and complete remain in vivid memory. Such books have had tremendous impact and influence on my outlook towards life and the meaning of it all before and after. Some of these include; In Search of the Miraculous, The Fourth Way, Siddartha, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Memnoch the Devil, Zen and the Guitar.
Ever since the birth of my beautiful boy Ramon, Jen my wife, parents Antonio Liborio Arriola(Late) and Rosalind Arriola have become real life heroes for me. Jacq my sis in the UK who's a braveheart more so than myself. Jen Eveland my lovely wife who's everything a lucky guy like myself could have as a lifelong companion and soulmate. Everybody else that I admire and aspire to are all outstanding in the wide open field of love, life, soul and art.