Life, love, music, film, poetry, expression, creation, emotions, languages, people, travel, humor, food, nature, sleep, astronomy, history, philosophy, God. I look for the beauty in all of it, even in the darkest corners.
Interesting people, new friends to meet with on travels, people to work with on performance/creative projects.
Music which has great feeling or intelligent composition (or better yet -- with both!) is my nirvana. Great loves include Beethoven, Chopin, Bach, Vivaldi, Verdi, Satie, Ravel, Indian music, Arabic music, the Beatles, Cat Stevens, mariachi, Serrat, Silvio, Diego Cigala, D'Gary, Shakti, Pablo Milanes, Oum Kulthum, Fairouz, George Harrison, and many others. I'm also interested in other art forms combined with music.
Moonstruck, Young Frankenstein, The Royal Tennenbaums, This is Spinal Tap!, Amelie, Waiting for Guffman, Henry and June, Johnny Stecchino, Mimi Metallurgico, Casablanca, Cinema Paradiso, Unfaithfully Yours (with Dudley Moore), El Matador, films by Pasolini, Night on Earth, the Lord of the Rings, the Name of the Rose, the Mission, lots more I can't think of now...
Don't watch much TV, but when I do, it's cooking shows, historical and wildlife documentaries, poker tournaments, Seinfeld, VH1 Behind the Music, comedy, news
The Prophet, The Little Prince, The Story of Pi, Tolstoy, The Story of the Eye, poems of Tagore, Neruda, Ask the Dust, Dario Fo, Pirandello, Leonardo Sciascia
Mother Theresa, Yusuf Islam, Beethoven, George Harrison, George Martin, Khalil Gibran, my family, Mel Blanc, Peter Sellars, Oscar Wilde, Jesus, Mohammed, Krishna, Rumi, and anyone who lives according to their heart.