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I'd like to meet:
...other artists who connect substantially to the ideas shared on this page, even if they are just hearing about them for the first time.
Artists that I find particulary impactful in my life include, but are not limited to: Alex Grey , Mark Ryden , Martin Weyers , Ed Kuckelkorn , Larry & Andy Wachowski , Peter Jackson , Mamoru Oshii , Zhang Yimou , Michael Fitzpatrick , Lilou , and others...
The following represents major philosophical and spiritual influences in my life: Joseph Campbell , Abraham , Eric Pepin , Alan Watts , Ken Wilber , Alex Grey , Marianne Williamson , Robert Bly , Thom Hartmann , and Peter Russell .
Music:
Everything my friends play: Bassmodel , ION , Adam , Kipp , Operation AK , Luna , Elephant , Random Intent , ANDRAMADA , WONDERboom
And these folks too: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Stone Temple Pilots, Linkin Park, Muse, Audioslave, Tool, and their ilk. Mozart, Beethoven, Dead Can Dance and craploads of film soundtracks. The "Rocks": Classic, Heavy, Industrial, Alternative, etc. Electronica of various sorts that my friends throw out.
Tool - Parabola (Alex Grey Ending)
Movies:
In no particular order: The Color Purple, Life of Brian, The Shawshank Redemption, Young Frankenstein, The Matrix (yes, even 2 and 3), The Lord of the Rings, Ghost in the Shell (1 and 2), Final Fantasy: Advent Children, Hero (Zhang Yimou), House of Flying Daggers (Zhang Yimou), A Band of Brothers, The Deer Hunter, Three Kings, The Wall, and many more that I can't remember now, but will be added as they occur to me.
Television:
LOST (you want a BIG clue to what is going on with this show, check out Chapter One, "Cosmology and the Mythic Imagination" of Joseph Campbell's THE INNER REACHES OF OUTER SPACE), Band of Brothers, and Cheers
Books:
FICTION: J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston (Their Eyes Were Watching God), Ayn Rand, Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler's Wife), Ken Follett (The Pillars of the Earth), Frank Herbert (Dune), Robert Heinlein, William Gibson (Neuromancer), and more.
NON-FICTION: Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, Ken Wilber, Huston Smith, Alex Grey, Peter Russell. Robert Bly, Alan Watts, and more.
BASIC GENRES: Myth, Spirituality, Philosophy, Psychology, Fantasy, Cyberpunk, Science Fiction, General Fiction.
...and many more that I can't remember now, but will be added as they occur to me.
Heroes:
Seetharaman Narayanan ;^)
