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~shannon~'s Interests
General
those who were dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. ~Friedrich Nietzsche~"
adventuring, art beaches dancing, dreaming firetwirling hugs meditating philosphy, pretending to garden reading quantum mechanics string theories, salvia, sand tea, travel water and waves yoga and yogi's
Music
Architecture in Helsinki,
A Perfect Circle,
Bjork,
The Bird,
Boards of Canada,
Cream,
David Gray,
The Doors,
Gomez,
Incubus,
Infected Mushroom,
Jack Johnson,
Jeff Buckley,
Joni Mitchell,
José González,
Led Zepplin,
The Mars Volta,
Muse,
NIN,
Nirvana,
Pearl Jam,
Pink Floyd,
Portishead,
Prodigy,
Radiohead,
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
Shpongle,
Sigur Ros,
Sting,
Sun Control Species,
Taste of Tea,
Texas Faggot,
Tool,
VAST,
Wild Marmalade
Movies
Babel, Sunrise, Pan's Labyrinth, Spirited Away and Howls Moving Castle, Before Sunrise/Sunset, Brokeback Mountain, The Big Leboski, Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Amelie, Children of Men, Closer, Empire of the Sun, Kill Bill2, American Beauty, Lord of the Rings
Television
Books
Cloud land and Ghost writer, the poison-wood bible, the no. 1 ladies decective agency series, lord of the rings, a fine balance, great expectations, pride and prejudice, anything by isabelle allende, leon uris, umbero eco, stephen king, dean koontz, david mitchel, tolkein.
The Upanishads, anything by Rumi, Osho, Jung or Alan Watts.
Heroes
Ripley in Aliens.
People with imagination and curiosity.
Alan Watts- lovely philosphy www.alanwatts.com
Bill Hicks- for questioning perceptions and being bloody funny
"Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when she contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity."
-- Albert Einstein
Face the absurdity of the human condition, not to master the chaos, but to create within it.
Simone De Beauvoir
"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us 'Universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security."
-- Albert Einstein
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
~ Albert Einstein
I love to explore... strange ideas, strange people, strange places and strange music...
Who I'd like to meet:
anyone who sees things from a different perspective... Jung, Alex Grey, Picasso, Bill Hicks, Alan Watts, Ram Dass, Albert Hoffman, Stanilov Grof, Marc Chagall, Lao-tse, Maynard, Einstein and Benedict De Spinoza, William Blake.
hey shan, how have you been? i keep thinking about the tale of genji, and wondering when i'll see you next to lend it to you... to have a go at reading it, cos its just sitting there on my shelf waiting for someone to read it...
hey there, just randomly looked at your page and noticed you have great taste in books- the poisonwood bible and a fine balance are two of my favourites! If you haven't already, you should check out the god of small things, shantaram and bliss by peter carey. peas, al
hey chicken, how's yr brain going? heh sorry if it sounded like seb & i ganged up on you on sat, but just so happens our opinions were the same... anyhoo i still loves ya! look forward to seeing you on friday at jill's ^_^
Quit your job? wow that must have been a scary decision, I guess you are going overseas again then. Good for you I think it's the best choice, do it while you're young.
Eeeey hope all is well, and your travels were great. I was hoping to see more photos )o: Did you have an exciting new years eve? Im guessing you didnt go to Freakreation, I did BUH. Im going to Recomended Solutions party next, and then one Moran is puting on called Extra Secret Sounds. I think its in Sydney or somewhere near I hope you can come to that one.
"we drove somewhere in _______ the new articled clerks' car and its such a nice new clean little car, everything in its place! and then we got into mine and I had underwear on the back seat and a sleeping bag and rubbish and it was so dirty! lol!" the best line in 2008 for me so far.... goes to you..... I seriously laughed my ass off reading that Shan... good val u are.. lau xx
Helllooo - trust me I have thought of you plenty! I hope it is everything you needed and wanted..... breath in the air.. ok not in bangkok ;) - love you and wishing you continued wonder in your travels.... lau xxxxx
Shannon!! Where are you?? How are you?? Aila’s doing well…as am I. It took me a while to figure out how to get your car in reverse, but after a quick call to Dan, all was figured out. I’ve fallen in love with your house and I’m thinking of not giving it back :P Let me know how you are…I wanna see some photos!! xo
