Back off, Man, I'm a scientist.
Art Deco stuff, my spouse and all of his endeavors, Bicycles and riding them as often as possible, Impressionists, (the usual suspects), Surealists, (ditto), Georgia O'Keefe, Mary Cassat, Sargent, (duh), Erte, Icart, more.
Fashion,(Spring RTW 08: Ralph Lauren, Lacroix, Prada, Rucci, Celine, Balenciaga...would some one please tell Karl to never do that to denim again?) , old black and white photos from junk shops, buttons, textiles, cellos and bass fiddles, umbrellas, decorative hearts, good hygiene, pleasantly lit homes, polkas and waltzes, tasty vittles, wine, fragrance, lots of music,old movies, going to class, cats and dogs, yoga, trying to make the world a little better. I am fragrance focused, and particularly like the scent of rich dirt, licorice, Tom Ford Black Orchid perfume, Yves Saint Laurent Paris, ginger, freesia, pinot noir, dark beer, wet streets, my fella, new plastic, peonies, cedar, mint, rosemary, leeks, fresh butter, spicy magnolia trees in the early summer evening, the jasmine next to my bedroom window, cinnamon, vanilla, figs, sandalwood, and what not. Research in the science of happiness and other life satisfaction stuff. Ask me about my thesis if you are masochistic and have a few hours to kill.
Most people are just fine
I listen to many types of music. Frequent appearances in my IPOD recently: I'll fess up, I like that Vampire Weekend band. Lupe Fiasco, Bill Crofut & Julianne Baird, Kiri Te Kanawa, (arias, natch), Kanye West, Missy Elliot, Jenny Lewis, the soundtracks to the Harder They Come & Broken Flowers.
Stevie Wonder, Stan Getz, Rufus Wainright,Rilo Kiley, The Shins, Johanna Newsom, The Cat Hair Ensemble!, Belle and Sebastian, Tilly and the Wall, Arcade Fire, Gorillaz,
Ella and Louis, Thelonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, Regina Spektor, Count Basie, Sonic Youth, Charlie Parker, Miles, Charles Mingus, King Cole Trio, Grappelli & Django, the Krall, Diana Ross,Elvis Costello,
Thirties Era Torch Songs, Dolly Parton, Jelly Roll Morton, Josephine Baker, Helen Kane, Fats Waller, Bollywood, Tetes Raides, Yann Tiersen,Innocence Misssion, the Decemberists,
Almost anything in three quarter time, chamber music, and cool Westside mid-century jazz.
Black and white comedies, How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog, the Imposters, Ghostworld, the Royal Tennenbaums, I Have Found It, other Bollywood, The Price of Milk, I 3 Huckabees, Danny Deckchair, Holiday, Ball of Fire, Polish Wedding, Pollyanna, most Woody Allen, Tarentino, Frank Capra, Tim Burton, David Lynch, Preston Sturges, Hitchcock, You Can't Take It With You, Illuminata, Fred and Ginger during RKO, 8 Women, Shanghai Express, Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring, Shower, Tampopo, Babbette's Feast, Mostly Martha, almost any person working through their neurosis by preparing food, The Triplets Of Bellville, Thin Man Series, (in fact, almost any Myrna Loy/William Powell flick), My Man Godfrey, most Gerard Depardieu, Science Documentries, Jeanne Pierre Jeunet; DELICATESSAN is the most wonderful love story ever made, list goes on and on
Twin Peaks
Books, books, books. Too many books. Biographies, Classics, Dickens, Jane Austen, Bronte sisters, Oscar Wilde, Edith Wharton, Hemmingway, Hesse, the French Laundry, the Enchanted April, D.H. Lawrence, Simone de Beauvoir, Cookbooks;(Alice Waters, Nancy Silverton, etc), whatever looks good at the library, honestly I have become obssessive with such a large array of books that I wouldn't really know where to start, (some of you know how that feels). I also have subscriptions to Vogue, Everyday Food, National Geographic, and for some reason I get Anthropologie catalogs several times a week.
Style Icons:Coco Chanel, Gloria Swanson, Josephine Baker, Claudette Colbert, Gail Patrick, Dolores Del Rio, Ginger Rodgers, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Lou Lou Falaise, Prince, Kim Gordon, Rachel Feinstein, Miuccia Prada, Anjelica Huston/
The true heroes in my life are my parents, my husband, my three legged cat, Gil Wadsworth, Gandhi, and any person promoting peace, tolerance, and love through effective non violent protest.
This is a photgraph of a Montgomery, AL lunch counter sit-in during the civil rights protests