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Punk Rasta

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart...(Alice Walker)

About Me

Hello world!
I am a filmmaker, musician, poet, teacher, mother, professional dreamer and non-manipulative schemer. I plege to use my powers for good. I believe that we all have wings, but only some of us know why.
I love the caribbean, Bluefields Jamaica in particular, laughing, singing, oceans, the ancestors, travel, tribal tatoos, great glass elevators, meeting unplugged people and looking silly while learning new skills.
If you want to talk experimental multimedia digital analog world domination, oceans, frosty Red Stripe seasoned with irie dub, technicolor sunsets and dream time, I am so there.

My Interests

Making and watching movies, Music-making, Going to shows, Reading, Travels to the Caribbean. Writing and reading poetry.

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet sane artists if that's not a contradiction in terms :). Emerging filmmakers, musicians, writers, painters, basketweavers, whatever!...folks who can teach me about process and passion through artistic offerings and by the way they fearlessly live their lives!

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adopt your own virtual pet!

Don't bug me if you are trying to get me to:

a.)work for free

b.)fill out surveys for prizes that will never come

c.) pretend to seduce me in attempt to get me to look at your page and buy something!

d.) if you're an artist trawling for fans, a little politeness goes a long way. take the time to be polite, drop a line, invite a sister to check you out instead of demanding or assuming that i will. just because you think you're special, do not assume that the whole world does. if you're rude when you're relatively a nobody, i am not about to help you get to the big time.

HI FAM: I AM ENTERING THIS ONE! TO PARTICIPATE OR JUDGE, CLICK THE BOOTS!
Women's Sexual Fantasy Poetry and Short Story Competition

The women of My Space are competing in a writing contest. The writings are poems or short stories. Anyone interested in participating, reading and/or judging this competition please subscribe to this blog by clicking on the red boots below to receive updates. Thank you for your support.

Music:

Talent, message and emotional connection are far more important than genre, great music is great music! So here goes...Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Bobby Darin, Live, Lucky Dube, Luciano, Etta James,Jewell,Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper, The Shins,Lamb, Tricky, Edith Piaf, Peter Murphy, Peter Tosh, Peter Gabriel, Kanye West, Kate Bush, Odetta, Joan Baez,Roberta Flack, Sandy Denny, Sam Cooke, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Fiona Apple, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta, Annie Mae Chisolm, Libba Cotton, Coltane, Miles, Annabel(Lee),Outkast, Talib, Mos, The Cure, Siouxsie, OMD, The Swans, The Cult, The Cure, Damien Rice, David Gray, Janis Joplin, Beth Gibbon, Tina Turner, Grace Slick, (Portishead), Ammie, Bjork, Hope, Morcheeba, and my hands getting tired...

Movies:

I love too many movies to even try to list.

Television:

CSI (New York and Vegas), Discovery Health Channel, Dr G., 20-20, Primetime, 48 hours, old movies,

Books:

Mama Day and Bailey's Cafe by Gloria Naylor, Waiting in Vain and any other book by Colin Channer, bulky tomes about filmmaking from pre-production to post, software manuals regarding editing,graphics, website technology, etc, and also, I LOVE TO BE SCARED, have an honest case of bloodlust, alient fascination and the supernatural pulls to me...Poppy Z. Brite. Stephen King, Clive Barker, Flannery O' Connor, Octavia Butler, Tananarive Due, Alice Walker...

Heroes:

My parents. My kids. People who have the guts to live their lives fearlessly no matter what the consequences.

My Blog

if youve ever lost someone

one last songthere'll never be another who can say it quite like youi guess me and this old guitar will muddle through'cause who's gonna to tell the storywhen you're not here to sing alongwhy does the...
Posted by Punk Rasta on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:00:00 PST

taking a leave of absence (goodbye...kind of)

Dear Friends and Family,I am writing this blog to let you all know that some very exciting, albiet demanding career developments are hatching.  As such, I do not have the time I used to have to devote...
Posted by Punk Rasta on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:00:00 PST

I dreamed i was so brave (inspired by daniel johnston)

i dreamed i was so brave (inspired by daniel johnston) don't tell me you ever had tosing your song like every onetold you towe don't always have to playthe game everybody wants us toi dreamed i was s...
Posted by Punk Rasta on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:59:00 PST

THE LONG WAY AROUND

doubter's lamentthe long hard way around this lifethe cruel distancebetween straight lines it's all i findthat i can seem to navigatethough my soul can do betterfaith is fairweather shunning the mapwa...
Posted by Punk Rasta on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:43:00 PST

feel u

feel u life will make ustronger if it don'tkill u darlin i've tried so very hardbut i can'tfeel u love's not sposed to hurt no it's sposed toheal u love would never lock me outmake me c...
Posted by Punk Rasta on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:23:00 PST

LET IT BE A STRANGER (HOT! HOT! HOT!)

*let it be a stranger* midnight's approaching like a stranger finding me restless sifting through sheets fingers relentless touring glistening petals turning silken pages of that timeless pillowbook e...
Posted by Punk Rasta on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:42:00 PST

for my grandmother (random word generator)

(my grandmother, Lois Lee Fulton always said the living don't know what the dead do, but the dead know what the living do. i hadn't thought of her in a while, but she sent me this poem. i know that sh...
Posted by Punk Rasta on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:33:00 PST

Talking to God (letting go )

does it matterdoes it matter if our bills are paidthirty daysbefore they're due his mock alligatorstrap chronograph ensures we arrive a quarter to on timebut our wholeremains two halveswe've forgotten...
Posted by Punk Rasta on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:16:00 PST

Daily Prompt (longing)

longin (a primative)soulful longin for you cuts my life in halfdarlin i'm drownincursed powerful bad specially at nightwish i may wish i mighti'm the one clutchin a ol' raggedy coverwonderin why every...
Posted by Punk Rasta on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 11:57:00 PST

DPR (Stolen, truth, stayed too long)

insomniac's bluesget the hell away from my dooryou just the purety sleepless blues acting like you ain't read the news you done stayed every last bitof too longstealing precious time forcing me to pon...
Posted by Punk Rasta on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:08:00 PST