screenwriting, prose fiction, narrative structure, psychology, existential philosophy, film making, contemporary art, process art, folklore/mythology, urban sociology, neurons, the brain, the meaning of existence, music production, things out of context, epiphanies, neon lights, cascading digital billboards, people that actually care, emotions, candidness
done and doneWishes have been white horses for a year now.A wealthy, philanthropic benefactor to give me a $65,000 grant for me to finish my novel.
Jon motherfuckin' Brion!Fiona Apple,Say Hi To Your Mom, the Rolling Stones of the 1970s, Velvet Underground, Elliot Smith, Belle and Sebastien, Towards a Better Acronym, The Suicide Club, Chemical Ali, INXS, Jann Tiersen, Hanz Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Thomas Newman, Deathcab For Cutie, Mum, Sigur Ros, Bjork, Deltron 3030, Talib Kwali, Mos Def, Tom Waits, The Stooges, Warren Zevon, Mirah, Yo La Tengo, Blonde Redhead, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, The Microphones, The Robot Ate Me, Namelessnumberheadman, Jane Sibberly, Time Baby III, The Stone Roses, RJD2, Dinosaur Jr., Cibo Matto, Angelo Badalamenti, Sia, Sarah Blasko, Wilco, Softcell, Depeche Mode, Tears For Fears, Joy Division, Nine Black Alps, Frou Frou,
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The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, The Brothers Karamazov by Dosteyevski, Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk, The Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson, The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas, The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon.
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For my own professional aspirations:
Oh wait, you meant real people.
Joss Whedon
Alan Ball
Danny Clowes
and Charlie Kauffman
All three bring a unique vision to their writing and don't compromise that vision, yet all three produce rather pop culturally accessible work. Okay, maybe not Kauffman. They aren't afraid to take risks, and often deal in the most challenging subject matter that life has to offer us: death, loss, sacrifice, redemption, heroism in the face of a corrupt or anxiety inducing world, the complexity of the mind, and the importance of memory and experience.Others: Ang Sang Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma. Sporadically under house arrest for trying to liberate her people from military dictatorial rule, she's one of the last remaining heroes I can site without discovering something sordid. Take Ghandi's or MLK's wife beating for example of my disenfranchisement...