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Austin Iles

AustinIles

About Me


I am a real person
my lungs take in fresh air
which is transported to my blood and
my heart pumps it through my organs
I experience real feelings and emotions
what I express through words and art are
an honest true reflection of my soul
this is how I share myself with you



Mark Harris RIP, Love Always

These are 2/3 of my sisters

I have another nice sister, but she isn't on myspace.

My Interests

capturing Light, spending time with the people I Love, listening to Water, backpacking, concerts, kayaking, skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, hot tea, beaches, mountains, trees, bonfires, stars, snow, adventures, getting lost, pondering, experiencing,Collecting Good music and books and sharing these with people. I am learning how to play guitar

I'd like to meet:

"I want your sun to reach my raindrops,
so your heat can raise my soul upward like a cloud"

-Rumi

I previously haven't changed my "top 8" because there is no way I can decide who I would want to put on there. I have so many friends, and I like to treat them all as equal parts of my life. There are people on my friends list however, that I would consider more acquaintances than friends. I don't think it is an accurate representation of who I am to have these people on my top 8.
It is for this reason that I am now deciding to change my top 8. The people on there have all played major roles in my life somehow now or in the past, and have been an influence on who I am today. I am sorry I can not fit you all, and I by no means, mean this to exclude anyone. Thank You for living life at the same time as me. The fact that we are all alive in this age is significant.
I love you all.

Music:



In no particular order, and not limited to:

Ray Lamontagne,
Led Zeppelin,
Built to Spill,
Xavier Rudd,
M. Ward,
Rodrigo Y gabriela,
Jerry Garcia,
My Morning Jacket,
Toubab Krewe,
Mofro,
Ben Harper,
Citizen Cope,
Cat Power,
Matisyahu,
Joanna Newsom,
Social Distortion,
Andrew Bird,
Paul Simon,
Townes van Zandt,
The Shins,
Pearl Jam,
Phish,
Beatles,
Wilco,
Umphrey's Mcgee,
Nirvana,
Modest Mouse,
White Stripes,
The Marleys,
Louque,
Creedence,
The Who,
Pink Floyd,
CSNY,
Dylan,
Grateful Dead,
Van Morrison,
Eels,
Ray Charles,
The Black Keys

Movies:

Into The Wild,
Legends Of The Fall,
Almost Famous,
Big Fish,
Lord of the Rings,
Garden State,
The Big Lebowski,
The Fountain,
Jeremiah Johnson,

Television:

Doesn't work in the woods

Books:

The Fools Progress - Edward Abbey

The Tracker, The Search, The Vision - Tom brown JR

The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein

My Side of the Mountain - Jean Craighead George

Heroes:

Grandfather (Stalking Wolf)
Tom Brown JR
Rumi
Shamans, Toltecs, Wise Men
Those that live with nothing
People who overcome

My Blog

To Maureen

The most beauteous dreams my heart has seen are the ones that you walked in with me  
Posted by Austin Iles on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:42:00 PST

In the days of my youth

When I was very young I wrote a poem about my joy for being in the woods. Possibly the greastest thing I've ever expressed. I had it hidden in my backpack for my eyes only. One day my mom found...
Posted by Austin Iles on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PST

Rumble in the Alley

I was driving up the steep hillside of downtown Seattle today with Corey and Nikki on my way to I-5. My car perched on its hind legs at each intersection waiting for the light to turn green. Towards ...
Posted by Austin Iles on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:35:00 PST

The city has become a new environment

Today I woke up at a friends place in Seattle. I put on my headphones and threw my books into a garbage bag for easy carrying. Walking through the city everything looks foreign. As far as the eye can ...
Posted by Austin Iles on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:15:00 PST

Nature provides

  Getting one paycheck within the last month and a half has led to me being very poor at the moment. (Not to say I didn't bring it upon myself) Being on the road for 3 weeks, and taking an extra...
Posted by Austin Iles on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:56:00 PST

The earth crumbles from underneath me

Rodrigo Y Gabriela hold power in their fingertips. Each strum moves me. Ground breaking.      
Posted by Austin Iles on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:32:00 PST

Stepping barefoot in bear tracks

and swimming naked in the river, washes away the dirt of the day like nothing else can.
Posted by Austin Iles on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:22:00 PST

From Bonnaroo with Love

 Each year at Bonnaroo I am surprised by someone not expected. Off the large list of bands that play bonnaroo, there are a good number of them I've heard of, and some I haven't. But I know which ...
Posted by Austin Iles on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:17:00 PST

Seasonal

My seasonal employment at the ski resort has come to another end. It is always a good feeling to be out of work again. My schedule is clean of any date and times. I can wake up each morning to endless...
Posted by Austin Iles on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:02:00 PST

Riding: wood, snow, water (new pictures)

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Posted by Austin Iles on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:05:00 PST