running, walking, kendo, wilderness and hanging around in it, simple things, simple tastes, sake in it's many shapes and forms, home made essentials, learning, teaching, making things.
language learners, runners, other crusty monks. people who make useful things, people who practice things. a valkyrie.
MUSIC. AGGRESSION!
dreams, kikujiro, mind game, violent cop, brother, twighlight samurai, sword of the beast, sword of doom, cave of the yellow dog, croupier, zatoichi, the blood of heroes, nausicaa, god of cookery, black cat white cat, big trouble in little china, secritary, they live, leon: the professional.
beat taikashi,
akira kurosawa,
yôji yamada,
studio ghibli,
studio 4* C.
i like melodramatic cartoons with a) young love, b) giant robot suits, c) ancient swords or d) all of the above.
japanese tengu party illustrated, vagabond, hanaotoko, tekkon kinkreet / black and white, berserk, pluto, dune, the idiot, mastery by george leonard, unfettered mind by takuan, kublah khan and ryme of the ancient mariner, rubaiyat of omar khayyam. old eastern european fairy tales, ancient stories and fables.
merckx, musashi miyamoto.