Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, PASSION, SINCERITY and those who are smitten, ahhhhh! okay, i'll admit it, i'm just seeing who actually pays attention to this schnizzzz... Passion and Sincerity being said, SERENDIPITY, philanthropy, roadtrips, black and white photography, rainstorms, handmade kites, the senses, silhouettes, writing poetry, vinyl, ridin' with the windows down and singin' songs with wild abandon (off-key, I'm certain), barefootin', candlelit baths in clawfoot bathtubs, fine wine, soulshine, magnetism, sunsets, the ocean, gravity, 'the children and the flowers', dreams, innovation, the surprising accuracy of a magic 8-ball, architecture, theatre, the art of the martini, shag, beatnik philosophy, INK, self-discovery, diversity, dynamic souls, angels and aliens, old-fashioned fountain sodas, conspiracy theories, MUSIC, free will, evolution, revolution, genuine kisses, meditation, the quickening, land pirates, scuba, potato guns, tears through laughter, candlelit conversations, anything outdoors, museums, adventure, the slinky, sophistication, rapid cognition, unity, light-hearted moments, velcro, dance, sketching, jukeboxes that still spin vinyl 45's, finger-painting, exploration, intoxication (in it's many forms), tradition, numerology, the sky, star-gazing, yoga, art, justice, literature, synchcronicity, web of life, possibility, ripple effect, and anything that quenches the soul!!!!!!
I'd like to meet:
Those who need me the most, anyone I have yet to learn something from, and the MAD ONES,.....'cuz the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"(Kerouac) .......If you look REAL close you can see my house on the far left.........ROUGH!
Music:
Someone once asked Louis Armstrong, 'what is jazz?'; he responded, "If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know." I enjoy almost every genre as long as I can feel the SOUL & ENERGY of the song......old southern blues, Billie Holiday, Sippie Wallace, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Social Distortion, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Aretha Franklin, Big Mama Thorton, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Tina Turner, David Bowie, Mark Knopfler, Chris Mars, The Replacements, Tina Schlieske and the B-side Movement, Otis Redding, The Beatles, The Clash, The Geardaddies, Bee Gees, The Pretenders, Patsy Cline, Joni Mitchell, Joan Armatrading, Concrete Blonde, Joan Baez, 10,000 Maniacs, U2, Iggy Pop, Beastie Boys, John Lennon, Nic Cave & the Bad Seeds, The Tornadoes, Jack Knife and the Sharps, Johnny Cash, The Velvet Underground, Portishead, Bob Marley, Particle, The Police, Coral Fang, Sublime, Cake, The Faint, The Killers, Widespread Panic, passionate world music, Pink, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Oasis, Ben Harper, Charlie Hunter, Koko Taylor, Dusty Springfield, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Donnie Hathaway, Sam Cooke, Kid Johnny Lang, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Cat Stevens, Xavier Rudd, Cowboy Junkies, Loreena McKennit, Patti Griffin, Eleanor McEvoy, The Suburbs, Beck, Peter Yorn, The White Stripes, and so on, & so on.....into the mystic
Movies:
I have always enjoyed the cinema; however, I am partial to the vintage stuff.....they are called classics for a reason.....
Rushmore, Once, Harold and Maude, Requiem for a Dream, Igby Goes Down, Life Aquatic, Christmas Story, Dream With the Fishes, Clockwork Orange, Clerks, Garden State, Amelie, Hairspray, The Blues Brothers, Empire Records, Memento, Reservoir Dogs, Virgin Suicides, Belly, Napoleon Dynamite, Dogma, The Big Lebowski, Being John Malkovich, Officespace, City of Angels, What Dreams May Come, Ziggy Stardust, The Dark Crystal, Flawless, Wild at Heart, St. Elmo's Fire, The Breakfast Club, 1941, American Graffiti, The Outsiders, The Goonies, One Flew Over the Cuckcoo's Nest, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Barfly, Alice in Wonderland, Where the Buffalo Roam, Son of Paleface, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, Don't Eat The Daisies, Charlie Chaplin, Casablanca, Some Like it Hot, any Hitchcock, The Graduate, Easy Rider, Endless Summer, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Blue Velvet, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof......
Television:
NOTICE: I must admit I do not see a lot of tv....I would rather experience/ escape reality, than watch reality television.....; however, if I could only watch one television show for the rest of my life, it would have to be Absolutely Fabulous....hands down, glasses up!!!
Books:
I have always had an insatiable desire to read....it would be nearly impossible to try and narrow my interest down to a few books. However, certain authors have most certainly had an influence on my journey............. Jack Kerouac, Dylan Thomas, Marcus Aurelius, Ralph Emerson, Dr. Seuss, Tim Robbins, Edward Abbey, William S. Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, Maya Angelou, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Dorthy Parker, Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint Exupery, Krishnamurti, Osho, Sammuel Clemmens, Leonardo Da Vinci, Machiavelli, Henry Miller, Edgar Allen Poe, Michelangelo, Emily Dickenson, Ernest Hemmingway, Alice Walker,etc, etc *truth be told, I am partial to the book 'Harold and the Purple Crayon'
Heroes:
I'm not much for hero worship and believe that most people are heroes in individual ways....I do raise a glass to my mother, sisters, and those like them that put others first, anyone that has the courage to stand up for his/her beliefs, Rosa Parks, Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint Exupery, Marcus Aurelius, H D Thoreau, Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Phidias, Thomas Jeferson, Sir Isaac Newton, John Wolfgang on Goethe, Tim Mackey (Storm King 1993), John Muir, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Krishnamurti, Maya Angelou, MLK, Albert Sweitzer, Mark Twain, Audrey Hepburn, Edina Monsoon, Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Dr. Seuss, Cat Stevens, Joan Baez, Shel Silverstein, Mother Theresa, Leonardo DaVinci, those who have served their country honorably, the innovators, Benjamin Franklin, Ansel Adams, Annie Leibovitz, whomever invented the toy 'hippity-hop', those who persevere, the ones who attempt to do what is right whether or not s/he
receives recognition for it, & those who truly appreciate/listen to music, but, not with their ears, CHEERS!
