Greetings to the wild ones, the men who are out there braving the edges and the prickly bits in order to get to the really good stuff, the authentic connection and powerful joy. Seeking a fellow pioneer of consciousness to rock the world in tandem. Be bold. Surprise me.

It would be great if you loved books and movies and were insatiably curious. I'd love to meet people, now mostly healthy, yet with a history of having a bit of an edge, particularly artists, writers, musicans: misfits who make the world more interesting, more rich. Tell me you've traveled everywhere and what you loved about each place. Tell me you've been in touch with your darkness, your self- loathing, your fear and how how you're stepping over and through them to the other side.

Dance like you enjoy your body and can feel the music in every atom. Pull me into your exciting and positive world and don't tell me you tried to do something you loved but you just couldn't make it happen.

Be the hero of your own life and you will be most welcome to witness the wildness, mystery and powerful beauty of mine.

I am Fiery, Passionate, and Alive

I'm writing sci-fi screenplays and dreaming up a better world. My work has been in the top 10% of the Nicholl Fellowship and the Austin Film Festival. Working at it, improving. I'm just crazy about making things up.

I currently send people to Antarctica and the Galapagos Islands for a living, a fantastic job, though I plan to make screenwriting my next profession. I'm also a costumer/parade artist and perform with a parade troupe at the Oregon Country Fair. I'm also a ritualist, an actress, an Isadora Duncan-inspired dancer, (and I can totally get down; I can salsa, and do the tango as well - dancing is my spiritual practice), an improv commedienne, and I professionally read and teach the Tarot.

And I have to say I'm living a rich life in my beloved Portland. My community is so wondrous, love-filled and happy/strange. How I love my town!

Plus I have to mention the big, giant, cosmic onion. I'm a spiritual peeler. What do you mean "create your own reality?" I wanna know.

I'm a great listener, a particularly good diplomat, a fine singer, a spirited percussionist, an excellent playmate (truly outstanding), a colorful writer, a fantastic dancer, an inspired costumer, a spunky actress/comedienne, and a wildly creative artist of life.

That I'm actually having a good time.

At this moment I'm thinking...

Book: The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell or Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being. How about that David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas or Ursula LeGuin, all of it. John Crowley, Little Big. Jim Harrison, Dalva. Jorge Amado. Kim Stanley Robinson: Mars Trilogy. Sherri Tepper, Starhawk. Tom Robbins is a god. I'm working on reading everything ever written by Neal Stephenson. I'm a reader.

Film: Almost Famous, Strictly Ballroom, Blade Runner, Donnie Darko, Children of Men, Pan's Labrynth, The Handmaid's Tale, Inglorious Basterds, Juno, Slumdog Millionaire, Dangerous Liasons, Amelie, Mississippi Masala, Henry & June, Master and Commander, Room with a View, Fanny & Alexander, Les Enfants du Paradis, Jules et Jim, La Dolce Vita or ... (I've loved so many) And, yes I thought Inception was a wonderful return to a day when films were based on ideas. That day is coming again.

Food: I recently completed a juice fast and have worked for three months with a nutritionist and I'm now proud to say my likes are leaning heavily toward whole foods, sprouted grains, green smoothies with a blender-full of kale, almond butter, pears, olives, vegetables - this evolution is surprising and exciting, like I finally deserve to eat food that's actually good for me. I still love my old favorites but they're more treats now than my regular thing. I still like restaurants and am searching for new healthy ones.

Music: Manu Chao or The Buena Vista Social Club, Michael Franti/Spearhead. I'm hooked right now on the DJ, Gaudi. Came a bit late to the Decembrists which I now love. Ray LeMontaigne. Cheb I Sabbah, Tori Amos, Regina Spector - this list is way too long to start.

Ask me ten minutes from now.

Trees, Love, Stories, Movies, Romance, Dreams, Music, Poetry, the Internet, Goofing, talking to myself, Dancing, Dressing up in Costumes, Sex... (Forget six things; I love all the world and its terrible beauty.)

...what's true for me and trying to sort it out from what's true for others or from what some would like me to believe.

Feeling groovy. Following my train of thought. Frolicking.

I continue to believe...
"The greatest thing you will ever learn is to be loved, and to give love in return."

You're exploding with energy!