I love the arts, be it painting, sculpture, cinema, music, literature, etc. I love writing, daydreaming and just taking time everyday to look up to the sky, the horizon, the landscape, the stars, the moon, the faces of people passing by, all the beauty that surrounds us and we seem to leave ignored. I am an ardent defender of human rights, the environment, the freedom to speak, think, act freely and a fiery opponent of anyone who feels they should curb other people's rights for their own interests. I am a cosmopolitan and hate the idea of boundaries, frontiers or limits. I believe we are all brothers and sisters and that, even though we're different and believe in different things, we can truly live in harmony and co-operation, if we wanted to. I believe in solidarity and justice and can not conceive of any reason so many of our brothers and sisters die of hunger, war and disease each day. I love philosophical conversations, although I prefer them when people are sober. I try to think that we can build a better world, although some people insist on doing everything to prove me wrong.
Anyone. I do not discriminate in any way, shape or form.
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I have a very varied taste of music, although I seem to give alot of importance to melodies, skilled playing and innovation/creativity. I have a religious hard rock/metal upbringing, but listen to pop, funk, jazz, fuson, r&b, soul, new age, etc. I truly enjoy bands like Zeppelin, Sabbath, Metallica, Gn'R, Maiden, on the one hand, and stuff like Motown, Parliament/Funkadelic, James Brown, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, U2, Beatles, Stones, etc. Eclectic, and mostly electric, is my musical taste.
I truly love movies and imagining myself in them. They're a great escape when you feel your life is in a rut and boring. I have an extensive list of movies and directors I prefer, but, narrowing it down to just a few, I can tell you I am fan of Stanley Kubrick, Terrence Malick, the "young" Scorcese, Hitchkock, Bergman, Kurosawa and Takeshi Kitano. My favorite movies include Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, the first two movies of the Godfather trilogy, Dr. Strangelove, A Clockwork Orange, The Thin Red Line, Badlands, Fireworks, 39 Steps, Rashomon, Wild Strawberries and, of course, the first 3 movies of the Star Wars series (not the prequels), but I enjoy any movie that makes me want to spend my time watching them. My fave actors and actresses are De Niro, Pacino, Brando, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart, Michelle Pfeifer (love of my life), Susan Sarandon and Katherine Hepburn.
I'm a huge fan of cartoons, especially Looney Tunes (kind of my Bible), Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy and Japanese Anime or Manga. I love comedies, but I also like dramas and suspense stories, if they have quality acting and writing. I'm a fan of "The Sopranos", "Lost" and many other programs, but they tend to lose quality because they drag on a bit. I hate reality shows and think that TV keeps getting worse with every season that passes.
I enjoy reading, but the books that most caused an impression on me are Huckleberry Finn, The Catcher in the Rye, Johnny got his Gun, Night and the writings of philosophers like Kant, Plato or Descartes.
Anyone who strives to make this world a better place and who does it without hurting anyone in the process. People who quietly do their jobs, love their neighbors and their families and who are always willing to sacrifice their own happiness for the greater good. My parents, for instance. Jesus of Nazareth, Gandhi, Martin luther King, Jr. and all the anonymous souls who lived, throughout human history, and who were good people, but that history books seem to ignore.