Writing, Music, martial arts, hiking / backpacking and camping, Alchemy, the relation of Quantum theory and archetypal psychology, altered states of consciousness, cooking, Shamanism, vision quests, mythological studies, collecting and letting go...
Music
Bob Dylan - John Coltrane - The Cure - Built to Spill - Pixies - Mogwai - Charles Mingus - Leonard Cohen - David Bowie - Morphine, Make, Wilco - Azure Ray - Tristeza - Cocteau Twins - This Bike is a Pipe Bomb - Bright Eyes - Beatles - Dead Bolt - Dead Can Dance - Miles Davis - God Speed! - 33.3 - Perishers - Lisa Gerrard - Portishead - Sigur Ros - Fugazi - Danzig - Sunny Day Real Estate - - Tool - Siouxsie Sioux - And The Banshees - Ugly Casanova - Iron & Wine - Portishead - Jeff Buckley - Concrete Blonde - Eagles - Cold Play - Iggy Pop - Cat Power - Velvet Underground - Son Volt - Sonic Youth - The Smiths- Dizzy Gillespie
Movies
Apocalypse Now, May, Wes Anderson films, North by Northwest, more to come
Television
Downstairs...
Books
On the Road, Dharma Bums, Cannery Row, Barry Gifford, Bret Easton Ellis, Jospeh Cambpell, Tolkein, Kurt Vonnegut, Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Tom Robbins, Joseph Campbell, Gary Snyder...
I am a Poet who moonlights as a psychotherapist.---
I have a 3rd Degree Black Belt In Yoshukai Karate. ---
I have studied Hung Gar Kung Fu and Tai Chi. ---
I prefer to write poetry though.---
Also a Shamanic Counselor, Certified Hypno-therapist, a Reiki practioner.
~~~---"Time to use head for something other than target."
- Mr. Myagi
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"I swear the earth shall surely be complete
to him or her who shall be complete.
The earth remains jagged or broken only
to him or her who remains jagged or broken."
Walt Whitman
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Who I'd like to meet: Jack Kerouac, Thelonius Monk, Jimmy Carter, Johnny Cash, Ghandi, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Picasso, Kurt Vonnegut, Fonzie
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Making the world safe for poetry.
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Hey Michael. I know who you are. It was a reference to the Enlightenment Intensive meditation where each partner endlessly directs the other to tell me who you are. Namaste. Baby Divine, huh?
She looks so tiny in you arms, What an excellent picture, you look so benevolent and stuff! How is Nichole feeling these days- I hope you are all doing well.
Okay do yourself a favor. Go see a movie Watch tv read for 3 hours straight let your arms dangle empty to your sides oh and George says you should read Low Side of the Road (about Tom Waits) Keep us updated. I can't wait to meet Isabella!!!
Great seeing you and Nichole in the Grove last week! She is a Goddess by the way- you my friend are a very lucky man!! Thanks for the Sorbet and great conversation!
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