Mastering the bass, remodeling my house, Japanese language, art & culture, furniture design, architecture, making a difference, cast iron and my own feet
people who resonate with the following:I took the lamp and, leaving the zone of everyday occupations and relationships where everything seems clear, I went down into my innermost self, to the deep abyss whence I feel dimly that my power of action emanates. But as I moved further and further away from the conventional certainties by which social life is superficially illuminated, I became aware that I was loosing contact with myself. At each step of the descent a new person was disclosed within me of whose name I was no longer sure, and who no longer obeyed me. And when I had to stop my exploration because the path had faded from beneath my steps, I found a bottomless abyss at my feet, and out of it came--arising I know not from where--the current which I dare to call my life.Teilhard de Chardin
Theloneus Monk, Rev. Horton Heat, XTC, Eels, The Paladins, Elvis Costello, Jacques Brel, Charles Mingus, Motown, The Shins, Jeff Buckley, lots lots more that I can never remember when I do this...(People/Bands with whom/which I currently play the bass) The Eels, Michael Dean Damron & Thee Loyal Bastards, Kleveland, Miss Michael Jodell, Matt Brown, Dirty Martini, Hunter-Donnaloia Duo, Morgan Grace & the MGs
Trying to cut down, but I'm really loving old cartoons, The Soup, Southpark, and Scrubs right now.
The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon, Blindness, All the Names, Illusions, Survivor, The Eight, Woman in the Dunes, Krazy Kat Komics, Lamb and Fluke. Currently reading Abbot Zenkei Shibayama's "A Flower Does Not Talk - Zen Essays"
My son, Zach, who, despite my flailing attempt at parenting, has become a really good man. My folks for various reasons and things that they taught me. My grandfather - a biology professor at Arizona State University and a conservationist before it was hip.