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First and foremost, trying not to take myself, or others, too seriously. Interests in general would be the arts. I like to collect--all sorts of objects--everything from pretty vintage water pitchers, crosses, all things chicken, photographic art, day-of-the-dead folk-art from Mexico, I've got a thing for artwork with the Virgin Mary , and I love the color red. Music (even though I haven't a musical talent in my bones!), literature, etc. Just keep me away from musical theatre and we're good! I adore animals both wild and the tame variety. Obviously yoga and meditation , modern dance (both to watch and in my youth to perform myself). I love being outside and still worship the sun and the sea--I feel at my best when doing such. Spending most of my time with the family and dear friends over good food and drink is my idea of a perfect day. I fancy myself an amateur photographer (many photos on this page are taken by moi), but it took some convincing for me to go digi. Saving the planet from Prez Bush and his cronies. Last but not least, figuring out how the dandelions keep popping up through the stones (I'm a ponderer!)..
Music:
My music tastes are really varied, but suffice it to say first is Joe Strummer, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, The Clash (yes, this is not a coincidence!), and then in no particular order, David Bowie (Aladdin Sane/Ziggy Stardust era) The Dandy Warhols, The Sleepy Jackson, Lou Reed, Al Green, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Imogen Heap, Zero 7, The Flamming Lips, Led Zepplin, Thievery Corporation, Miles Davis, The Waterboys , The English Beat, Lloyd Cole, Buena Vista Social Club, Girls In Hawaii, Patti Smith Steely Dan, Death Cab For Cutie, Peter Tosh, Victoria Willams, Nick Drake, Nina Simone, Ryan Adams, Moby, Toots & The Maytals, Iz--Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Jimmy Cliff, Dead Can Dance, Steve Earl, Blondie, The Ramones, Wilco, Gomez, The Goriallaz, New York Dolls, Billy Bragg, Patsy Cline, Bob Dylan, The Doors, Beck, Belle & Sebastian, The Beatles, Edith Piaf, Roxy Music, Ry Cooder, Jimmy Hendrix, Elvis Costello , Barry White (the walrus of love), Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks , Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Taj Mahal, John Cale, PiL, Spearhead, Punjabi Hit Squad, Iggy Pop, Tosca, Sonic Youth, Marvin Gaye, Bruce Coburn, Talking Heads, The Beta Band, Django Reinhardt , Bob Marley, Sex Pistols, Morrissey, REM, Neil Young, The Smiths, Morcheeba, John Butler Trio, Sly & The Family Stone, Groove Armada, Mazzy Star, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, George Clinton & Parliment Funkadelic , Krishna Das, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Koop, Al Green, old-stylee dub-roots reggae, and really good house and trance. Oh and me loves Gregorian Chants!
Movies:
Just getting started...all-time favorite movie is Splendor in the Grass (gah--Warren Beatty's first movie) One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Three Colors Trilogy: Blue/White/Red, March of the Penguins, Reservoir Dogs, The Brother From Another Planet, Napoleon Dynamite, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown , Frances, Good Night and Good Luck, Farenheit 911, Who Killed the Electric Car?, Do The Right Thing, The Cotton Club, Tampopo , Howl's Moving Castle, Bonnie & Clyde, Il Postino, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover , Breakfast At Tiffanys, Happiness, Terms of Endearment, Pirates of the Caribbean, Buena Vista Social Club (yes the movie!--directed by Wim Wenders) , more to come...
Television:
"The Sopranos,"
"Six Feet Under" (still miss it!),
"Miami Ink" (don't have a tat, doubt I ever will, love this show, "Grey's Anatomy" (I'm a sucker for this soppy primetime soap),"Myth Busters" (2 science nerds blow things up--fun to watch with the whole family),"What Not To Wear" (now this is my idea of reality television!),"Big Love," "Entourage,"
"Boston Legal" (William Shatner's most brilliant career role!),
and I love most home improvement shows--can't help myself!
Books:
Okay, I'm a book-nerd, so here goes! For fiction, probably my favorite book is The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinksi (also Blind Date and his book of short stories Steps) ; just about anything by Louise Erdrich (The Master Butcher's Singing Club, The Painted Drum, The Antelope Wife, The Beet Queen, Love Medicine, Prodigal Summer) and by Barbara Kingsolver (Animal Dreams, The Bean Trees, High Tide in Tucson, Homeland, Pigs in Heaven) ; Dona Flor and her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado; The Cosmological Eye by Henry Miller (read it on holiday just after a dear friend passed from AIDS and it just fit my mindset at the time to a tee); Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Skinny Legs & All by Tom Robbins (pretty much a fan of his all around!); The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (still a fantastic read); Dubliners by James Joyce, Daisy Miller by Henry James; Anais Nin's Little Birds (remember reading her books quite a lot when I was younger);
read Graceland by Chris Abani recently--remarkable first novel; Orlando, Mrs. Dalloway, Between the Acts, A Passionate Apprentice all by Virginia Wolfe; Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem; can't forget all the books by Gore Vidal, Anne Tyler & Kurt Vonnegut; Oh Pure & Radiant Heart by Lydia Millet; Confederacy of the Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Mona Simpson's Anywhere But Here; Accordian Crimes by E. Annie Proulx and her book of shorts Close Range; Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje is a family memoir so well written you can feel and smell all that is on the page. I could go on and on...My favorite poets include Maya Angelou (I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings is one of her books of fiction, but it reads like poetry to me); Herberto Padilla (his poem The Sleeping Beauty is simply perfect); Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam (I've begun to collect copies of this book as it has been printed for hundreds of years--many copies have incredible artwork) ; Charles Bukowski (hits you spang between the eyes everytime); Pablo Neruda--what more can I say--brilliant!;Elizabeth Barrett Browning--a classic as is Emily Dickinson.Everybody should read The Story of Ferdinand--it's a book for kidlings of all ages!
Heroes:
My daughter--her purity and wisdom are simple grace.
