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Vona

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing — Oscar Wilde

About Me

Talking about me is like dancing about architecture ; Modigliani
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My Interests

backstroke, the Tree of Life, making music, painting, the present moment, heavy rocks, editing films, staring at clouds, climbing trees, quiet, love and light, life, music, listening, eating stuff that grows from the ground, ancient cities. I also enjoy bar fights, tong-len meditation, and memories of middle school phone conversations.

I'd like to meet:

Linda Cardellini, John Cassavetes, Degas, Basquiat, Alan Watts. And Amma...again.

Music:

David Bowie. The Mae Shi, Russian Vogue, Cansei de ser Sexy, Of Montreal, Chavela Vargas, The Blow, Lacoste, Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control and the Elephant 6 collective, BJM, ANAVAN, Raveonettes, Getto Boys, Animal Collective, My Morning Jacket, Mozart, Chopin, Shubert, Osiris on the accordian, Beethoven, Mike Patton, John Frusciante, Smog, Spaceman3, X, The Cramps, Public Enemy, Elliot Smith, Immortal Technique, Sage Francis, Sparklehorse, Tibetan monastary noise, music that uses instruments, large and small.

Movies:

Y Tu Mama Tambien, Fauteuils d'orchestre, Mister Lonely, Herzog's Lessons in Darkness, The John Cassavetes box set. Half Nelson, Tom Noonan's The Wife or What Happened Was. The Thin Red Line. Magnolia, Putney Swope, Pan's Labrynth, Last of the Mohicans, Dont Look Back, Masculine-Feminine, A Woman is a Woman, True Romance, Floating in a Tin Can, Science of Sleep, Scarecrow, Some other bullshit probably...

Television:

Curb, Sein, Peepshow, Nat Geo, Disc, Charlie Rose

Books:

Always Win: Mechanical Bullshit by Gullivan, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, The Selfish Gene, White Noise by Delillo, Less Then Zero and The Informers by Ellis, Alan Watts, and doodles on post-its by me.

Heroes:

the big dog from Neverending Story and my mom

My Blog

Blonde Redhead: "23" lyrics

2323 seconds, all things we love will die23 magic, if you can change your lifeYour tainted heart, my tainted love, repent nowHow many times ?As long as you live, how many times ?The world will go arou...
Posted by Vona on Sat, 19 May 2007 06:42:00 PST

Bold As Love - Hendrix

Anger he smiles, towering in shiny metallic purple armourQueen jealousy, envy waits behind himHer fiery green gown sneers at the grassy groundBlue are the life-giving waters taken for granted,They qui...
Posted by Vona on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:24:00 PST

John Cassavetes QUOTES

"I like to act in films, I like to shoot 'em, I like to direct 'em, I like to be around 'em. I like the feel of it and it's something I respect. It doesn't make any difference whether it's a crappy fi...
Posted by Vona on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:14:00 PST