art, photography, music, nice people, craig, etc.
I'd like to meet:
people who inspire me, people with compassion, fellow vegetarians, people who own a telescope, people who are survivors, people who want to survive, people who buy their furniture at flea markets, people who wear two different color socks on purpose, people who wear red shoes with everything, artists, poets, people who make me laugh, people who know what true love is, people who have a way with words, people who have lived through tragedy and come out smiling on the inside and the outside, people who would rather do yoga than work out in a gym, people who make me think, people like ayelet waldman who continues to put herself out there no matter what people say.
Music:
above all - nina nastasia, second is andrew bird, some others in no particular order - iron and wine, blonde redhead, elliot smith, van morrison, reindeer section, lyle lovett, tori amos, the ditty bops, mazzy star, sparklehorse, beck, pj harvey, tom waits, ani difranco, nina simone, johnny cash, nick cave, donovan, bob dylan, ali farka toure, ray charles, crowded house, arcade fire, edith piaf, nick drake, throwing muses, chet baker, wilco, rufus wainwright, old liz phair, billy bragg, leonard cohen, cat power, elysian fields, krishna das, portishead, cocteau twins, vivaldi, stereolab, morphine, coltraine, lead belly, fiery furnaces, billy holiday....
Movies:
for some reason i can never remember the names of movies. there have been many i've loved but for the life of me i can't recall the names of them. i can say that most have been independent films.
Books:
carl segan, margaret atwood, tom robbins, bukowski, life of pi, the red tent, vernon god little, the world treasury of physics astronomy and mathematics, joseph campbell, books on budhism, jon stewarts america.....
Heroes:
my brave and beautiful children. my mother for saying, at the age of 58, "it's either sink or swim". she then fulfilled her dream. she didin't give up. my partner for telling me "i wouldn't change a thing".
