The ARTS as a means of self-expression, as a means of personal, cultural and community development... Arts as healing, sharing, learning, and giving... I have a preference for the Performing Arts in particular... Song and Dance is my style... MuSIc! MusiC! MusiC that brings you Joy, pain, ChAos and Peace*Second best has to be Literature... Oral and written... I love reading/hearing/seeing good stuff...Also into film (although I don't know much about cinema... I'm always a bit oblivious when it comes to names, dates, and other important things to film-lovers)And Politics.... erm... Mmm... Into it, but in a different way... I see politics (or a dynamics of power) in almost everything... I believe that all things in life are political... What else??I like having good conversations that make me see things in a new light... conversations that make me laugh -and cry (sometimes)And Children... they're so true, so pure, so clear... They have so much to teach... I admire their magic... I love them, love them, love them all! Prefer them to adults sometimes...Ultimately, I'm into all things real... Although I love dreaming too... Dreams get you by the reality and also inspire actual change... They're necessary, vital... We must never stop dreaming, people!
I'd like to meet:
Cool, relaxed people...
Music:
I'm into all Africa-derived sounds... From Afro beat, through to son and rumba, to funk and soul (and, of course, neo-soul) I appreciate the vastness and richness of those music/s which over here have been piled under the generic tag of 'World Music'... I'm into flamenco, into cuban styles, into samba and bossa nova, fusion music that borrows from a plentiful source... and so much more...I'm into jazz... Love it right from the early days to the 50's... And then I also love all its fusion styles... I'm into electronic music with SOUL, I love my broken beatz to boogie down... Me also like good hip hop, with heavy beats and heavy lyrics... And reggae from the Jamaica-born greats... Marley, the Maytals, Lee Scratch Perry (Soul Jazz Records does amazing compilations), into the Blues.... I'm into, intra, inter... I'm in music... I dig all styles which maintain (and convey) a certain aura of soul and depth... Music that makes you feel... and Groove! Cause there's nothing wrong with grooving!!
Movies:
'La Haine' -Mathieu Kassovitz, 'Amelie' -Pierre Jeunet, 'Cabaret -Bob Fosse, 'Amores Perros' -Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 'Favela Rising' -Matt Mochary & Jeff Zimbalist, 'Barrio' -Fernando Leon de Aranoa, 'Goodfellas' -Martin Scorsese, 'Foxy Brown' -Jack Hill, 'Jacky Brown' -Quintin Tarantino, 'Dirty Pretty Things' -Stephen Frears, 'Mar adentro' -Alejandro Amenabar, 'Life and Debt' -Stephanie Black, 'Abouna' -Mahamet-Saleh Haroun, 'Los amantes del circulo polar' -Julio Medem, 'Xhala', 'Moolaade' -Sembene Ousmane,'Leon', "The Usual Suspects", 'The eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'Adaptation'... And many more that I'm sure I'll love but I've yet to see...
Television:
Don't have one...
Books:
Off the top of my head... 'Nervous Conditions' -Tsitsi Dangaremba, 'Culture is Our Weapon: Afro-Reggae in the Favelas of Rio' -Patrick Neate & Damian Platt (latest read... I recommend it with all my heart), 'Our Sister Killjoy' -Ama Ata Aidoo, 'Butterfly Burning' -Yvonne Vera, 'Sula', 'Love' and most of Toni Morrison's novels, 'Que me quieres Amor' -Manuel Rivas, 'L'etranger' -Albert Camus.... and many more that my memory can't retrieve right now...
Heroes:
Good Mothers... Empowering women... People who know themselves and take time to know others... All the freedom-fighters that wage their struggle/s without much recognition... All the people that do something (good) cause they belive in it and it needs to be done -and not cause they wannna feel like they're 'better people'... All my friends (including my big sis and my little bro) who I never stop admiring... My papi (dad) and my many 'mothers'...
