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Jody

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About Me

I live in Savannah with my remarkable and understanding wife Sarah and my brilliant and beautiful sons Finn and Talon. I'm often found tinkering with my novels black love and The Eyes of the Sun, and making films such as Throwaway and the award-winning short The Street Cleaner with some good friends of mine. I also photograph artistic nudes and work as a visual landscape architect .
I think a lot about whether I hear clearly the patterns and calls through life. Sometimes they are really evident, other times hidden. Some are light and beauty, some are love. Some are sensual. Some are strange. Some are huge, some are small. Some are story, some are *here*, some are alive. They are all intertwined, and sometimes there is no pattern at all.

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THE STREET CLEANER is an independent short film and the pilot for a possible TV series.

SYNOPSIS: As prostitutes disappear from Savannah's Historic District, one savvy streetwalker believes it could never happen to her.

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In the blaze of fire, Mysteria is reborn, rejuvenated, as Transformus 2008
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My Interests

Film, writing, entheogens, beauty, friends, life, joy, Transformus, music, dancing all night, Silvergirl, shamanism, photography, travel, mountain biking, fire, Mythagos, Pounamu, Aotearoa, Savannah, Asheville, waterfalls, ayahuasca, dakinis, firedancing, earthdreams, Finland, goddesses, bellydancing, grafitti, imagination, perception, innocence, michael parkes, mushroom induced worlds, mythmaking, psilocybin, rock climbing, mountains, intimacy, sensuality, smiles, silverfriends, starbellies, stickers, synesthesia, the virgin mary, traveling, urban exploring, New Zealand, greenstones

I'd like to meet:

people with passion, people who perceive true beauty, people who understand joy, people unafraid to be themselves, and people who love.

"I think the purpose of what we try to do in art is to enchant the human heart and the human mind into a sense of its true kingdom, of magnificence."

-- Ben Okri


I also like people who fit this description by Jack Keroauc:
"...the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."

Music:

The Jesus and Mary Chain, Dubtribe Sound System, Shpongle, Nada Shakti, Carlos Nakai, Mazzy Star, Trinity Roots, deep house (especially from the Naked Music label), entheotrance, most other intricate or groovy or funky 'electronica'

Movies:

City of God, Amelie, American Beauty, Dream with the Fishes, Leolo, Human Traffic, Children of Men, Ghost World, Pandaemonium, Genetic Terror, Jesus' Son, Blade Runner, Henry and June, Lord of the Rings, Stand By Me, Walk the Line, The Street Cleaner, Throwaway, Trumpet My Return, Heathers

Television:

Firefly, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Californication, Flight of the Conchords, Weeds

Books:

Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock, The Famished Road by Ben Okri, Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks, Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac, Black Love, The Eyes of the Sun

Heroes:

Sarah Schiesser, Albert Hoffman, Gordon Wasson, Michael Parkes, Robert Holdstock, Terence McKenna, Joseph Campbell, Joyce Tennyson, Anais Nin, Terri Windling

My Blog

the moral of the story

After Mr Bouncy Bunnykins finished reading the children The Ugly Duckling, he asked them what the moral of the story was. "Being pretty is more important than anything!" said Frank. "Ducks are crap...
Posted by Jody on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:00:00 PST

making friends

We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us.  - Maurice Maeterlinck...
Posted by Jody on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:05:00 PST

choose or lose

WHEN THE WATERS WERE CHANGED From: 'Tales of the Dervishes' by Indries Shah     Once upon a time Khidr, the Teacher of Moses, called upon mankind with a warning. At a certain date, he sa...
Posted by Jody on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:25:00 PST

A Glimpse into the Fiery Energy of Burning Man 2008

Beautiful fire dancing here, elegantly cut together in this video about the Shiva Vista Project at Burning Man 2008....
Posted by Jody on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:36:00 PST

The Bright Spirit of Transformus 2008

In the blaze of fire, Mysteria is reborn, rejuvenated, dancing with joy and beauty. ...
Posted by Jody on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:03:00 PST

a thought about credibility in writing

"The only difference between reality and fiction is fiction has to be credible." -- Mark Twain
Posted by Jody on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:55:00 PST

Mother Bird Shrieks Thank You

I hold in my hand the hearts of a million tiny birdseach tiny life beating as onetheir mouths openstretching widetheir beaks meant to startle meso perhaps I will drop themand they will fly...
Posted by Jody on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:18:00 PST

identity of being

"On different levels of existence one takes the leap and tries to reach the other shore. The idea of the returnpresent in all religious acts, in all myths, and even in utopiasis the force of the gra...
Posted by Jody on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:50:00 PST

I’ve Been Out Walking

She walks down the ramp in her silver bodyWhile all the soldiers are gonna dieAll the little babiesDusty honeymilkAlabaster skin burnt from magic lightMy soul sears whiteI must to be braveIn the face ...
Posted by Jody on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:57:00 PST

little sister magic + music videos = Psilocybin creativity

The creators of Bjork’s new music video "Wanderlust," when interviewed by the New York Times, credit ingesting Psilocybin mushrooms in nature as the first step in their creative process for the ...
Posted by Jody on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:09:00 PST