SURFING. period. it is my heart & soul. i say a prayer & paddle out. i feel the ocean on my skin. i am complete. i relax & breathe where else it is never possible. the sun kisses my head and i smile. i acknowledge the beauty that surrounds me...i am free. i am happiest. yes, i feel you with me- your spirit and your gifts...am i made in the image of you? if so, this is how you shall be- happy, powerful & loving. always teaching-if i am willing to learn. my ocean, our ocean, THE ocean. i love you. you reciprocate and I am truly free. i am thankful. For every second i am giving this gift, i am alive... M-U-S-I-C, ick, ick, ick... ART: Mine, others...the art of NATURE, the art of seeing art in the most mundane, disgusting or even scary. Snowboarding. camping. traveling. The theatre, darling~ READING. Eating plants. Farmers markets. Visiting museums. I like watching the stars...the only kind you CAN'T see in Los Angeles ;) TENNIS. I could exist on nothing but coconut water for a long, long time. I had no respect for any of the above until YOGA-circa 1999. My gratitude is largely due to the teacher's I've studied under. For, when I step onto my mat; I can be the most weak-minded, physically pained, crippled soul and when i step off-a vibrating, loving beam of light energy. I can actually FEEL the change that has taken place in my nervous system :) Yoga is more than just a physical practice for me. It infuses my being with the awareness, moderation, loving kindness and balance that my true spirit hopes to shine at all the times~ Forever stoked.
Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, Chan Marshall, The Beatles, PEARL JAM, david wilcox, black kids, earlimart, the filthy youth, thom yorke, okkervil river, bon iver, nick drake, MGMT, papercuts, great lake swimmers, guided by voices, cold war kids, glen hansard, caribou, the national, charlotte & serg gainsbourg, young marble giants, jenny lewis, neko case, vampire weekend, andrew bird, coconut records, the cave singers, the view, the black crows, the slow demise, the ponys, the new pornographers, foals, does it offend you, yeah?, the magnetic fields, these united states, the shins, the stones, the doors, the flaming lips, the dead, the cars, the who, the roots, cody chestnut, the strokes, the white stripes, kings of leon, Marley, Dylan, donavan franken, peter yorn, TOOL, the kooks, billie holiday, nina simone, toots & the maytals, peter tosh, j. cliff, tom petty, clapton, bowie, hendrix, eddie vedder, ben harper & the innocent criminals, lauren hill, velvet underground, pixies, the clash, rufus wainwright, guster, wilco, editors, handsome furs, razorlight, let's wrestle, the virgins, pinback, say hi, modest mouse, the jesus & mary chain, snow patrol, primal scream, manic street preachers, glastonbury, T in the park, hot hot heat, belle and sebastian, SPOON, tegan & sara, bright eyes, interpol, beirut, elliot smith, tom waits, the decemberists, neutral milk hotel, pepper, arcade fire, bloc party, the format, placebo, yeah, yeah, yeahs, !!!, tiesto, faithless, van morrison, AC/DC, sabbath, allman brothers, beck, pat benatar, johnny cash, U2, spearhead, RHCP’s, STP, neil young, carly simon, cat stevens, talking heads, james taylor, pretty gritty music, atmosphere, facehumper, whitestarr, mickey avalon, dirt nasty, andre legacy, etc, etc.
"Look at that subtle off-white coloring. A tasteful thickness… Oh my God, it even has a watermark…" CLASSIC. sick being the operative word...Sprout by Thomas Campbell, A Broke Down Melody, Riding Giants, True Romance, Sexy Beast, Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others), There Will Be Blood, Snatch, Margot at the Wedding, School for Scoundrels ;), Mad Max, The Diving Bell & the Butterfly, Predator, Tsotsi, Blazzing Saddles, Terminator, Into the Wild, La Vie en Rose, Fight Club, Adaption, Fracture, Ultimo tango a Parigi, Buffalo '66, Laurel Canyon, Blue Velvet (and anything by David Lynch), The Ice Storm, Notes on a Scandal, Whalerider, Belle de jour, The Big Lebowski, Basquiat, Sideways, The Endless Summer, Bullet, 8 1/2, Being Julia, The Deep End, Wonderland, The Fisher King, Swimming Pool, Harold & Maude, Flags of our Fathers, Blow, The Dreamers...
PLANET GREEN.
ARE the BEST!
GERRY LOPEZ.