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Robin

Fantastic

About Me

I live in Málaga on the southern coast of Spain. I was born here. I overlook the Meditteranean and see Africa sometimes from my window on clear days. Its beautiful, multicultural and vibrant. I am a firm believer in acoustic instruments.This is the center of the world

My Interests

www.vitisfera.com

Music:

Jazz, blue grass, blues, folk, flamenco, gypsy, classical, pink floyd, grateful dead, sounds of bells, silence and sometimes very loud AC/DC

Movies:

Apocalypse now, About Shmidt, Star Wars, 2001 AD, Amelie, Office Space, Lost in translation,

Television:

not really

Books:

Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch, The pillars of the earth, Slaughter House 5, 100 años de soledad, Unbearable lightness of being, The hero with a thousand faces, Decline of The West Oswald Spengler, Permaculture, Bill Mollison, Don Quijote,

Heroes:

Joseph Campbell, Christopher reeve, Helen Keller, Gandhi, Bill Mollison, Mozart, glen Gould, Oswald Spengler

My Blog

Imbecile of the Month Award - June

After so much to pick from this month, I decided to award Robert Gabriel Mugabe the June "Tool of the month award" for representing himself as what he is in front of the world graciously and believing...
Posted by Robin on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:31:00 PST

Perma culture

The interconnectedness of our existence is obvious. Plase plant trees. Thank you
Posted by Robin on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:07:00 PST

Imbecile of the month Award

After intense personal meditative competition in disasters and calamities, I decided to award Mr. Idriss Déby the "Imbecile of the month award"  for the thoroughly depressing and manifested ...
Posted by Robin on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:29:00 PST

Chinas Unfortunate Role as Garbage Producer

For those of you who may care to read this brief soiree, does it not intrigue you that so much cheap and plastic crap is made in china!? China has become one of the worlds cheap labour and mass produ...
Posted by Robin on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:36:00 PST

Ukraines oldest man turns 116

These are clips from a BBC article written by By Helen Fawkes for BBC News, Kiev. Thankyou Helen, you´re fantastic. "A man thought to be the oldest living person in the world is celebrating his 116th ...
Posted by Robin on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:38:00 PST

Thanks to Max Ehrmann

....And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him/it* to be, and whatever your labors and aspiratio...
Posted by Robin on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:31:00 PST

Oswald Meditation 1

"The highest to which man can attain, is wonder; and if the prime phenomenon makes him wonder, let him be content; nothing higher can it give him, and nothing further should he seek for behind it; her...
Posted by Robin on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:29:00 PST

A survival Manifesto

...The sad reality is that we are in danger of perishing from our own stupidity and lack of personal responsibility to life. If we become extinct because of factors beyond our control, then we can at ...
Posted by Robin on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:05:00 PST

On Pessimism

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. Helen Keller    ...
Posted by Robin on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:34:00 PST

Meditation On Death

And so, the death of one for whom you feel compassion shouldn´t be an affliction. Your attachment is the temporal aspect of the relationship: your compassion is the eternal aspect. Hence, you can reco...
Posted by Robin on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:00:00 PST