jesse the spirit, venturing.

About Me

I play / write / listen to music, read books, drink tea, write down ideas, explore emotions, relate experiences, and ride my bike.; myspace layouts for Get this layout for your myspace page.

My Interests

Other people's ideas on God, Creation, and life in terms of relativity.

I'd like to meet:

Humble folk.

Music:

Arvo Part, Brian Eno, Old Crow Medicine Show, Gillian Welch, Debussy, Schoenberg, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Philip Glass, The Beatles, Talking Heads, Natalie Merchant, David Bowie, Steve Reich, m83, Messiaen, Jobim, Django, Eels, Patti Smith, Merzbow, MMW, MSMW, John Scofield, Buena Vista Social Club, Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt, Beethoven, Mahler, Van Morrison, inspired noise

Movies:

The Jerk, Waking Life, Office Space, Airplane!, the Royal Tenenbaums, Reservoir Dogs, Big Fish, Coffee and Cigarettes, Little Shop of Horrors
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Television:

Contained in a piece of spam email: "A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies. Sometimes it is not enough to our best, we must do what is required. Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that. The crows were gathered in a large oak tree, having a big morning meeting. When you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny."

Books:

Stranger in a Strange Land, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, The Doors of Perception, Brave New World, Lost Horizon, Candide

Heroes:

my heroes are weirdos/visionaries/artists or imaginary.

My Blog

heart/stars/felt, brain/clouds/seen, spirit/space/imagined

When the heart beats, it expands/electrifies/feeds/moves its body, as well as the aura, or space around the body. The aura, since it is outside of the actual body, contains the physical entities and ...
Posted by jesse the spirit, venturing. on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:15:00 PST

chaos is misunderstood as nature in need of art, unclaimed property, profit for humyns

He's lieing on the ground.He can hear the soundOf the world spinning around,But he gets dizzy.He's not moving, or is he?He scrambles to stay still.He disciplines his will.But his head remains filled.H...
Posted by jesse the spirit, venturing. on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:47:00 PST

religion

"ReligionAgnostic. Atheist. Non-observant Jewish. Neo-pagan. Very commonly, three or more of these are combined in the same person. Conventional faith-holding Christianity is rare though not unknown.E...
Posted by jesse the spirit, venturing. on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:23:00 PST

real eyes sing truth

a house is to 5, 50 foot trees as a plastic bag is to half a gallon of oil....People are leaves. I mean... people leave and come back each generation as leaves do. Each leaf is unique, not only plac...
Posted by jesse the spirit, venturing. on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:31:00 PST

We’ve split the atom! or... Metaphysical Metaphors

The penny ($.01) is the least valued form of currency which can be represented with a physical object. Therefore the least anything can be valued at is one cent. Also, the value of anything can be t...
Posted by jesse the spirit, venturing. on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:53:00 PST

DiFranco as Prophet

Ani is so familiar.I think she's my mother,Left alone by men,Furious enough to strike out on her own.She sings to me through electronic devicesAbout the certainty of continued love.I think Ani is my e...
Posted by jesse the spirit, venturing. on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:27:00 PST

The Storm

There was a tornado the other night, but neither the darkness, rain, nor the wind did consume myself or anyone around me. It started as a day off from work usually does; waking up around 11, eating a...
Posted by jesse the spirit, venturing. on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:36:00 PST

playing

It's a game, and my body is one piecemoving through the board,the grid of time and space.I manipulate letters, and they become the pieces my body uses.These letters are an extention of my body, which ...
Posted by jesse the spirit, venturing. on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:15:00 PST

Amateur Linguistics

Believe: to think something to be no longer a lie.Belong: a thought which makes the longing for inclusion, acceptance, comfort, etc a lie.Become: to arrive at the state of oneness with something wh...
Posted by jesse the spirit, venturing. on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:32:00 PST

mindvent

You have no respect.You are too selfish,And when you pretend not to be,You are only doing so for your own sake.You use this pretending to your advantage,By keeping a running tab on your friendsAnd you...
Posted by jesse the spirit, venturing. on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:41:00 PST