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mukai

let love guide

About Me

all that spirits desire, spirits attain... kahlil gibran

My Interests

howling at the moon, hot springs, orchids, the lost language of plants, theater of liberation, the end of world wide genocide, the inseperable quest for individual and collective freedom, culture of hip hop, living in a sacred manner, car shows, photography, poetry, yin yoga, reiki, sexy beats, warrior women, tea houses, midnite dips in the lake, conversation, collaboration, love and prayer, holistic healing, dancing untill i die...

I'd like to meet:

those who peek at me from the trees...

Music:

loud beats, alias, khazma 247, zuco 103, dj drez, madlib, orishas, silent lambs, paula fuga, skim, one man army, radio tarifa, mariee sioux, miles davis, manu chau, lauryn hill, souls of mischief, zap mama, mad professor, nirvana, native guns, aplus, portishead, black fire, dj krush, sleep, sirens echo, orishas, blackalicious, apiani b fly, felicia loud, dj spooky, medusa, alias, devon hall, specs, santana, dazarie, haiku d'etat, bjork, lyrics born, oumou sangare, mystic vision, bobby mcferrin, explosions in the sky, kruder and dorfmeister, steel pulse, gabriel teodros, outcast, cesaria evora, eligh, piece, radio head, orko, curtis mayfield, abstract rude, olisa, women playing the cello in bus tunnels, midnite, spontaneous cyphers, boom boxes on shoulders blasting beats, make the summer live, anything that makes my head nock, anything that shakes me to the core...

Movies:

rashomon, business of fancy dancing, howls moving castle, fear and loathing, bread and roses, lakota woman, after life, the pillow book, once we were warriors, osama, the dark crystal, quilombo, dreams, biography of akira kurosawa, baraka, rabbit in the moon, shawshank redemption, crouching tiger hidden dragon, dreams, princess mononoke, ikiru, il postino, never ending story, like water for chocolate, return to oz, dancer in the dark, the long road home, girl fight, spirited away, raise the red lantern, xiu xiu the sent down girl, onibaba, smoke signals, breakfast club, something strong within....

Books:

Loving Kindness, The lost language of plants, the quotable rebel, Dwellings, Daughters of the Fifth Sun, Beauty Behind Barbed Wire, The Woman Warrior, The Samurai's Garden, Loose Woman, The Book Of Five Rings, The Lives of a Cell, Solar Storms, Soul Mates, Red earth white lies, custer died for your sins, Refuge, buddhism and social action, Anil's Ghost, 100 Years of Solitude, Mother Toungue, Anthing by Audre Lourde, Chris Abani, Carlos Castaneda, Linda Hogan, Bell Hooks, Ronald Takaki, Paulo Freire, Vine Deloria, Thich Nhat Han, Herman Hesse, Lao Tzu, Neruda, Haiku,Sherman Alexie, Nikki Giovanni, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, let me know....

Heroes:

anyone living true to themselves

My Blog

all at once i ask for morning

Prayers for those healing from the hurricanes, the polar bears without ice, and the dying amphibians.  It is strange to be in awe and heart broken all at once....  ...
Posted by mukai on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:05:00 PST

and i still dont know if i am a falcon

words from Rilke "I am circling around God, around the ancient tower,and I have been circling for a thousand years,and I still don't know if I am a falcon, or a storm,or a great song." "I am too alone...
Posted by mukai on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:24:00 PST

strong words

"Poem Holding Its Heart In One Fist" by Jane HirshfieldEach pebble in this world keepsits own counsel.Certain words--these, for instance--may be keeping a pronoun hidden.Perhaps the lover's youor the ...
Posted by mukai on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:20:00 PST

the branch of a dying tree

the branch of a dying tree   once under the shade of a whitewashed wall she called upon bee medicine she remembers this surrounding every table on sugar bowls and cups empty coke bottles the...
Posted by mukai on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:20:00 PST

a new poem for raphael

Blankets   my hands are out of practice and with her the stories that housed this voice died she was the last of my grandmothers and still after all these years there is something missing for h...
Posted by mukai on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:11:00 PST

bless

breath deep and speak from the heart/ slowly and with conviction/ stay connected/ be an example of potency/ "give thanks for unkown blessings already on their way"/ ask believe recieve....   wisd...
Posted by mukai on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:45:00 PST

aahhh haaah

its a beautiful day, go outside and play people!
Posted by mukai on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:21:00 PST

tiny islands

the sun is shining, there is a calm in the air, the day is gorgeous.  2007 was an amazing and very simple year, i give thanks for all the new beings who entered my life, and hold much gratitude f...
Posted by mukai on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:34:00 PST

simple things

beautiful people, just wanted to shout and see who would shout back.    bless
Posted by mukai on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:22:00 PST

a little more

"A warrior is impeccable when she trusts her personal power regardless of whether it is small or enormous." Journey To Ixtlan
Posted by mukai on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:58:00 PST