Lying on a hill top with my dog and a good book, not wearing shoes, poetry, making things from not much, my family and Florence.....possibly one of the most beautiful places in the world...... width="425" height="350" .. Baby Ella..... Ella now... These are some of my most revered artists, writers and poets...plus some of their work.... Simone de Beauvoir Albert Camus D.H.Lawrence Will Self W.B.Yeats Tom Sharpe Frieda Kahlo / Salvador Dali The Persistance of Memory (Dali) Andy Warhol Kimiko (1981) Pontevecchio Bridge... ........ Vernazza... ........ Vernazza once again...
Philosophy, properly performed was to be nothing less than a guide to pleasure: "The man who alleges that he is not yet ready for philosophy or that time for it has passed him by, is like a man who says that he is either too young or too old for happiness."Those who heard the rumours (about the life of Epicurus) must have been surprised to discover the real tastes of the philosopher of pleasure. There was no grand house. the food was simple, Epicurus drank water rather than wine and was happy with a dinner of bread, vegetables and a palmful of olives. "Send me some cheese so that i may have a feast whenever i like" he asked a friend. Such were the tastes of the man who had described pleasure as the purpose of life. He had not meant to deceive. his devotion to pleasure was far greater than even the orgy of accusers could have imagined. it was just that, after rational analysis he had come to some striking conclusions about what actually made life pleasurable - and fortunatly for those lacking a large income, it seemed that the essential ingredient of pleasure, however elusive, were not actually very expensive.HAPPINESS, AN EPICUREAN WISH LIST1. A home 2. Friends 3. Freedom from superiors, infighting and competition 4. ThoughtYou don't have to throw out your playstation or i-pod to live simply but just think about the things you buy: if it adds beauty, utility or fun to your life then buy it. Otherwise it's useless. To complete Epicurus's list I would like to add... 5. Creativity 6. Fun EpicurusThe Four Philosophers Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)Pimp Your MySpace Profile -MySpacePimps.com
Happy people.......smiley people......with common sense. Not much to ask for eh??? Yousef Islam... formerly Cat Stevens. ............................................................ ..............Seu Jorge...
Badly Drawn Boy,Rufus Wainwright,Jose Gonzalez,Greenday, Chilli Peppers,Tracy Chapmen,The Killers,Jack Johnson,Pink Floyd,The Doors,Massive Attack,Missy Higgins,Keaton Simons,The Kooks,The Feeling, The Rolling Stones,Arctic Monkeys,U2,The Strokes,Scissor Sisters,Razorlight,Led Zeppelin,Foo Fighters,Reef,Seu Jorge...anything that i feel some emotion with. Formula's simple really.I love this man....
Like to watch mainly documentary stylie thingies. Like also that one about the animals on a big farm. You know the one with that man with the beard? Mr Longleat.....or however you spell it. Love all the elephants man.......i want a job like that.
'Making History'....Stephen Fry. Genious Genious Genious. Very bestest author of the moment...the guy is a wonder- Alaine De Botton (favourite is 'Essays in Love' and 'The Art of Travel'), 'Nineteen Eighty-four' George Orwell, anything by Iris Murdoch, Simone de Bevoir, Will Self. Like to indulge in the classics....Bleak House, P and P and so on. Absolutely love to read the Times on a Sunday morning ove a coffee and a cig.....there is a reason why that's so cliched....because it's so true." I like to talk to myself. It is one of my greatest pleesures. I often have long conversations with myself and i am so clever that sometimes i can't understand a single word of what i am saying. " Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
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My dad........soppy i know! The pictures below are of my four brothers and my dadlol