social/ecological/spiritual reciprocity, reconciliation, regeneration * food * education, cooperatives * breathing * laughing * balance * creative self expression * walking (currently w/cane in this reality) * dancing * dreaming * learning * teaching * music * conflict resolution * language * non-verbal communication * mountains * water * community development * networking * etc, etc, etc...
I'd like to meet:
"You were a poet and a painter.
And now, you are a killer of white men."
-Nobody
"The Way of the Warrior has been misunderstood. It is not a means to kill and destroy others. Those who seek to compete and better one another are making a terrible mistake. To smash, injure, or destroy is the worst thing a human being can do. The real Way of a Warrior is to prevent such slaughter - it is the Art of Peace, the power of love."
-Morihei Ueshiba
Music:
vocals, rhythm, lyrics, soul
Movies:
dreams, the greening of cuba (foodfirst), temptation of a monk, ran, slam, deadman, frida, the blue planet (bbc), blind swordsman zatoichi (the older ones), jfk, waking life, john leguizamo's freak (stand-up), bamboozled, vertical ray of the sun, life and debt, cyclo, a.k.a cassious clay, memories, plan colombia, matrix (only the first), chapelle, crash, fed up!, rockers, v for vendetta, jojo dancer, hero, calle 54, little miss sunshine, bulworth, life aquatic, the warriors, baraka, the corporation, akeelah and the bee, fela kuti:music is the weapon, the aristocrats, afro samurai howl's moving castle, the revolution will not be televised, coffee and cigarettes, skins, grindhouse, pan's labyrinth ...i'll stop here for now...
Books:
...oh so many...okay, i’ll name just a few: theodore turtle * the lorax * the story of ferdinand * juniper * wise child * lost magic * sing down the moon * jonathan livingston seagull * animal farm * tortilla flat (steinbeck)* the gypsies (jan yoors) * where do we go from here: chaos or community (mlk jr) * shark dialogues (kiana davenport) * killing peace: colombia’s conflict and the failure of u.s. intervention * you are therefore i am (satish kumar) * enfim nos/finally us * the yellow heart (neruda) * lies my teacher told me * no more prisons * sustainable agriculture and resistance (foodfirst) * from the belly of the shark * tales of power (castaneda) * said the shotgun to the head (saul williams) * 2012: the return of quetzalcoatl (daniel pinchbeck) * krik? krak! (edwidge danticat) * cuban anarchism * time and the technosphere (jose arguelles) * zapata’s revenge * sword and brush *words in the blood * zen shiatsu * ojibwa warrior (dennis banks) * agents of repression * permaculture: principles and pathways * black panthers speak * the diary of frida kahlo * water wars (vandana shiva) * encyclopedia of nuts, berries, and seeds * economic apartheid in america * quiet thoughts * women writing resistance * the prophet (kahlil gibran) * a wrinkle in time (l’engle) * aloha betrayed * resource rebels * our word is our weapon (marcos) * a patch of eden * the selected poems of nikki giovanni * the heart of the world * the uses of haiti * thanksgiving address * gaviotas * black looks (bell hooks) * amazing grace * the cost of living (arundhati roy) * cricket songs * a notebook of a return to the native land (aime cesaire) * back then tomorrow (peter blue cloud) * decolonizing methodologies * a yupiaq worldview * continuous productive urban landscapes * the panther and the lash (langston hughes)…that’s enough for now : )
Heroes:
my ancestors, cesar chavez, fela kuti, che guevara, esther chai (my great-grandmother), emiliano zapata, sitting bull, el-hajj malik el-shabazz, frida kahlo, jean leopold dominique, tookie, berhane selassie, sojourner truth, martin luther king jr., simon bolivar, jonathon livingston seagull...and many more...
