the art of conversation. jumping out of airplanes at high altitudes. dance in the studio: hiphop, flamenco (bulerÃas). dance on the dancefloor at cool clubs in cool cities. maya cosmology. yoga. meditation. vintage polaroids. champagne. tequila. clothing design. spending weekends in new york and miami. weeks in europe. months in africa. years in latin america. coffee ceremonies. ancient and modern ruins. flying airplanes. hiphop. good architecture. playing lots of sports: fútbol, tennis, skiing. eating really well all the time. cooking. my psychotherapy. good film. rollerskates. watching cloud formations shift and change. stargazing. scuba diving around the dahlak islands off the coast of eritrea and then a journey through egypt are next, early this summer... this list could go on for a while so i'll stop.
artists. dancers. travelers. co-conspirators. you know who you are. hit me up. let's do this.
fela kuti, ethiopiques, glass candy, d'angelo, prince, dabrye, mary j. blige, kruder and dorfmeister, luke vibert, jimmy edgar, jo psycho, timbiriche, the velvet underground, the beach boys, biggie, dre, aaliyah, juanes, portishead, deee-lite, coltrane, tosca, ice cube, daft punk, cassius, django reinhardt, billie holiday, dj heather, mark farina, janet jackson, michael jackson, dj shadow
tie me up! tie me down!, all about my mother, what have i done to deserve this?, true romance, antonioni's blow-up, high art, y tu mama tambien, fellini's 8 1/2, donnie darko, godard, TRON, roller boogie with linda blair, my neighbor totoro, SIN CITY, sexy beast, 2001: a space odyssey, blade runner, kill bills.
prince of tennis (thanks lil' bro!), aeon flux, the cosby show, saved by the bell.
flannery o'connor, rumi, the ends of the earth by robert d. kaplan, the sirens of titan, a moveable feast, dangerous angels, the little prince, where the wild things are, maya cosmogenesis 2012, the twits, oscar wilde, the kgb bar book of poems.
mom and dad ledesma are amazing, my sister michaela, my sister alyssa, my little bro tavish, hedi slimane, james dean, andy warhol, Thomas Lauderdale.