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About Me

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world."~*~ ~*~ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* If you imagine someone who is brave enough to withdraw all his projections, then you get an individual who is conscious of a pretty thick shadow. Such a man has saddled himself with new problems and conflicts. He has become a serious problem to himself, as he is now unable to say that they do this or that, they are wrong, and they must be fought against. He lives in the "House of the Gathering." Such a man knows that whatever is wrong in the world is in himself, and if he only learns to deal with his own shadow he has done something real for the world. He has succeeded in shouldering at least an infinitesimal part of the gigantic, unsolved social problems of our day.~Karl Jung ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

My Interests

"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary." *Gandhi*..Acting, singing, writing, painting, knitting, psychology, mythology, the arts and entertainment, museums, traveling, making jewelry, fashion, photography, art, music, people, feelings and imagination, being dynamic, living and growing, beauty.Soaking in hot water in the center of nature, discovering new healthy snacks and drinks at Whole Foods, buying new clothes, changing for the better, enjoying beauty without having to possess it. I've practiced yoga for over 10 years. I run everyday. I'm passionate about health and fitness. HULA HOOPING!!!

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet people who are aware of their egos, that want to be successful, that are aware of the world, that care. Honest people, loyal people, exciting and very intelligent people.

Music:

Mozart, Corinne Bailey Rae, Bob Marley, Sibelius, Neil Young,Erin Mckeown,Vivaldi, David Bowie, Al Green, Janis Joplin, Mazzy Star, Bob Dylan, Echobelly, Otis Redding, Mamas and the Papas, Mia Doi Todd, Sarah Maclauchlan, Pulp, Suede, The Cure, The Smiths, Idha, Milla Jovavich, (The Divine Comedy), Belle and Sebastian, Mary Lou Lord, Gene. Lavender Diamond, BECK, Pink Floyd, Bernadette Peters.

Movies:

Midnight Cowboy, Brainstorm,Terms of Endearment, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Dr. Zhivago, Popeye!, There Will Be Blood, (WOW)! The Glass Slipper, Fanny, Inside Daisy Clover, The King and I, L-Shaped Room, Black Narcissus,Out of Africa, Puff the Magic Dragon, Sound of Music, What's New Pussycat, Thornbirds, This Property is Condemned, Pink Panther films, What's Up Doc, The Party, Beaches, Angels in America, Rebel Without A Cause, Defending Your Life, Philadelphia, Night of the Hunter, Tarnation, Laurel and Hardy films, Butterflies Are Free,Love Story, "AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH," Running On Empty, Time to Kill, Less Than Zero, theme piano piece from the Conversation, and Gone With the Wind. Charlie Chaplin films, Natalie Wood, Meryl Streep, Leslie Caron, Julie Christie, Marylin Monroe, Lillian Gish, Peter O'Toole, Robin Williams, Richard Chamberlain, Ali Magraw, Daniel Day Lewis.

Television:

I prefer books to TV, but am still looking forward to appearing on TV as an actress. David Letterman, Punky Brewster, Medium, The Smurfs, Ugly Betty, engaging Oprah topics, and watching Robin Williams appear on talk shows or guest appear on tv shows, (like his recent appearance on Law and Order as a deranged dude).READ Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter if you'd like to get a sense of what's going on the middle east, and how we can have world peace.

Books:

CURRENTLY READING: Power of Myth. Women Who Run With the Wolves, To Kill A Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, Franny & Zooey, A Wrinkle in Time,A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin, El Burlador de Sevilla, (Trickster of Seville), by Tirso de Molina, Owning Your Shadow, If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him, Loving by Thomas Merton, Man and His Symbols, (Karl Jung), Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Teachings of Don Juan, Lady From the Sea, (Ibsen), Don Juan in Hell, IV Act of Man and Superman, (Bernard-Shaw), Short stories by Sartre, The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, What Makes Sammy Run, Alice in Wonderland, Scarlet, (sequel to Gone With the Wind), Scarlet Letter, anything by Joe Campbell, The Color Purple, Pre-Raphaelite fairy painting books. "I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing."â€” T.S. Eliot

Heroes:

PEACOCKS and Elephants! "Thou shalt not have any idols before thee." Mary of Magdelene, Gandhi, Christ. "Yea, Though I Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Will Fear No Evil..." My family.

My Blog

Soulmate

Open rings of open dreams, Strings of rings and pleasant things, Cool days and colorful lights, Bright cities on warm nights, Swimming in aqua green water, Glittering like jewels, A warm sky and ...
Posted by Tanya on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:04:00 PST

Banana Bread is Life

A woman called me at work yesterday to ask me if there was a yoga class for her 8 year old daughter. Her daughter's teacher told her that the little girl is having problems switching her fo...
Posted by Tanya on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:38:00 PST

A Love Past

I passed her in a shadowed hallway. Her silver earrings flashed a moonlike gleam. Her course and healthy brown mane hugged her earthy face, nearly plain of make-up. Her qui...
Posted by Tanya on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:47:00 PST

Underwater with Sean Murray

All it took, Was a silky white dress, See through to my see through, White panties, A pair of sparkling shoes, Leather flats twinkiling in the sunlight, The bright sun that followed us into, The deep ...
Posted by Tanya on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:37:00 PST

Steadfast Love

Tears dancing down my face,Like failing artists,That fall gracefully,As they die out,With soul. The light is low,Fading out,My essence is the spark,That won't go out,Candle flame in the dark.&nb...
Posted by Tanya on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:21:00 PST

Voice of the Melancholy Lost

You will Feel it in your heart,You might Hear it in a speech,You can See it on TV,Taste the salt of it at the beach.It's like silent hunger pangs,It's like people you ignore,Suffering, beautiful, and ...
Posted by Tanya on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:05:00 PST

Kiss Your Breath

You'll see it if you look, A picture of your face, Weighed down by gravity. Remember not so long ago, When your lips and cheeks, Were upside down rainbows? Your thoughts were like sa...
Posted by Tanya on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:43:00 PST

Pick Yourself Up and Begin Again

I know the cycleOf failure,For it seemsTo hunt afterMy game,Destroying the rules I live by,To replace themWith boundaries Unnamed.I know the failure Of failureA repetition of destructionNo gain,Living...
Posted by Tanya on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:42:00 PST

Skeleton Woman: A LOVE STORY as told by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

She had done something of which her father disapproved, although no one any longer remembered what it was. But her father had dragged her to the cliffs and thrown her over and into the sea. There, the...
Posted by Tanya on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:29:00 PST

I Saw A Star In His Stare

There was a star in his hair, A manner so rare, Distinguished gypsy soul. I saw a star in his stare, A warmth in his care, And that's why I dare, To find him. ...
Posted by Tanya on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:59:00 PST