psychology of religion, the city, geneology, coldness/hotness, language/grammar, intimacy/repulsion, life/death, silence, cooking and sharing food and recipes with friends, books of prayer and scriptures, poetry, feminism, the aged, the abyss, kinds of tripping, smiles
very soft and very loud voices
blind willie johnson, steve reich, the ex, joni mitchell, black eyes, swans, the golden age of cantorial music, broken tree fort, son house, the carter family, bob dylan, will oldham, DNA, folk blues, dancehall/soca, religious music/gospel, einsturzende neubauten, country teasers
nostalghia, the bitter tears of petra van kant, gone with the wind, they shoot horses, don't they, kiarostami, the decalogue
J.M. Coetzee, Age of Iron