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R.I.P Mervyn John Davies. Gone, but never forgotten. "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien"
MUSIC, my organic vegetable garden, pears, perserverance, capybaras, watercress, roses, living in the here and now as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow, my truly magnificent niece fallon and nephew elijah, my extraordinary sister naomi, my beloved far flung and disparate family, my forever friends, gratitude, recovery of the spirit and senses, authenticity, exploring, leaving, returning, flickr, fotolog, weeping willows, peonies, magnolia, pohutukawa, dahlias, camelias, azaleas, hibiscus, kowhai, frangipani, clover, gardenias, toi-toi, crape myrtles, fig trees, pomegranates, tamarillos, mint, quince, great sailing ships, castaways, shipwrecks, shipwreck survivors and their stories, courage, faith, the moon, getting lost in starry night skies, bathing in the dark, mountains, exaltations, owls, honesty, starfish, seahorses, oceans, consciousness, undulating bass lines, amplitude modulation, reverberation, distortion, melody, meandering walks strapped to the headphones, humility, self is steam, birds, books, magic, the real thing, trawling graveyards in upstate new york in search of my ancestor Englebert Huff, stretching, gothic script, leather 'n' lace, road trips, my gold tambourine, hieroglyphics, the arcane, photography, mental health, mountains, black humour, surfing, polaroid, escapism, flax seed oil, volcanos, thermal springs, the public humanities and social sciences library, being able to breathe deeply, botanic gardens. sure, i'm somewhat antiquated and aesthetic by nature. however, that isn't the entire picture. isn't everyone comprised of many different colours and brushstrokes? i'm still a work in progress and i hope to be forever more
| | Movies | on high rotation: cluster & harmonia, gun club, pere ubu, polly harvey, beach house, vashti bunyan, dead meadow, 13th floor elevators, roky erickson, dEUS, the clean, CAN, swell maps, x-ray spex, the rain parade, autolux, bowie, young marble giants, the homosexuals, bruce 'nebraska' springsteen, moles, john cale, suicide, tim buckley, yma sumac, edith frost, smog, patti smith, arthur lee, rachels, big bill broonzy, look blue go purple, dusty springfield, marissa nadler, buzzcocks, sun city girls, low, woodbine, the saints, opal, silver apples, roxy music, robert wyatt, yo la tengo, stevie wonder, cardinal, the stooges, elliott smith, lee hazlewood, mercury rev, erik satie, whiting tennis, bert jansch, love, vetiver, karen dalton, grizzly bear, blue orchids, jackson c frank, the duke spirit, the wipers, black heart procession, galaxie 500, arvo pärt, mission of burma, the outsiders, the dream syndicate, bonnie prince billy, white magic, zbigniew preisner soundtracks
| | Television | when words fail me, i pick up the camera, and then i can hear again...
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costa rica, 2003
auckland zoo, 2007
