everything under the sun & beyond. art- & music- making (including the kind i make with my feet), especially with other people. picture-taking. engaging the worlds of children. visual, oral, & aural dialogues.
fellow artists & kindred spirits from around the world. anyone who has a story to tell. people who have thrived in the face of adversity. people who speak out for what they believe.
black star, mos def, talib kweli, alice coltrane, nina simone, bob marley, damian marley, stephen marley, lauryn hill, jimi hendrix, prince, miles davis, john coltrane, ray charles, bb king, the roots, lee "scratch" perry, fertile ground, genard vante, thomas lunch, alicia keys, marvin gaye, ben harper, charles mingus, reclining buddha, cosmolog3, gil scott heron, krs-one, outkast, parliament/funkadelic, rufus wainwright, stevie wonder, sade, sweetback, buena vista social club, savion glover, zap mama, ella fitzgerald, duke ellington, los munequitos de matanzas, cesaria evora, peter tosh, meshell ndgeocello, chuck brown, mongo santamaria, eddie palmieri, al green, the marsalis family, kinah boto, tamango/urban tap, paul carlon, jason lindner, james hurt, all the other fabulous musicians that schooled me at small's back in the day, max roach, sweet honey & the rock, groove collective, thievery corporation, pharaoah sanders, dj spooky that subliminal kid, david bowie, the police, ...
(in no particular order:) bladerunner, baraka, soylent green, spanglish, malcolm x, the matrix trilogy, fahrenheit 9-11, fern gully, bamboozled, gummo, the royal tenenbaums, i don't have the best memory with film titles stickin in my head, eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, bowling for columbine, pippi longstocking, land before time, tap, flashdance, basquiat, castaway, you got served, the polar express, mosquito coast (one of my alltime favorites), the lost boys, indian runner (one of the best movies ever, written & directed by sean penn), finding nemo, the secret of nimh, city of lost children, ...
(currently reading:) Tales of Power by Carlos Castaneda; Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda by Noam Chomsky; 9-11 by Noam Chomsky; A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn