agape, language, the Holy Spirit, dancing, poetic meter and form, reading, Romance with a capital "R", the five senses, prayer, cultura, family, friendship, sublimity, Jesus, The Bible, English, the truth spoken in love, Spanish, Sensuality, isolated instances of reckless abandon, grammar, dancing, translation, quoting lines like"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?..."; "what is in me dark Illumine," Riesling in a crystal glass, walks at night, world music, freedom in Christ, coffee, chocolate, cafes, road trips, vinyasana yoga, scholarly pursuits, St. Louis, Los Angeles, bossa nova, writing, good company
kindred spirits, friends, people I can learn from
.. Astrud & Joao Gilberto, Jeff Buckley, Depeche Mode, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eydie Gorme y Los Panchos, Lila Downs, Led Zeppelin, Nick Drake, Brazilian Girls, Damien Rice, Portishead, Nouvelle Vague, Cesaria Evora, Carlos Antonio Jobim, David Bowie, The Postal Service, The Beatles, Jack Johnson, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Pagainini, Rachmaninov, Liszt, Natacha Atlas, Hefshill, The Cranberries, Bjork, The Bravery, The Smiths, Beth Orton, John Frusciante, The Buena Vista Social Club, Van Morrison, The Police, PJ Harvey [To continue...]
is nearly always a complete waste of life!
I'll start with authors--or inspired writers--
The Bible, Romans, the Psalms; Because We Love Him - Clyde Cranford; Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Mansfield Park - Jane Austin; Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte; The Book of Disquiet - Fernando Pessoa; Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The poetry of Pablo Neruda, Federico Garcia Lorca, Jaime Sabines, Marina Tsvetaeva, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, William Butler Yeats, D.H. Lawrence, ee cummings, Langston Hughes, Robert Browning, (I already mentioned Tennyson-- especially In Memoriam A.H.H.), John Milton's Paradise Lost, ... I like Spanish Modernismo, this is all coming out as it comes to mind. ... Well, I kinda want to mention other literary movements but that's enough for now.
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