...into art, poetry, psychology, mysticism, movies, self-expression, music, the "other," honesty, realization, the inexplicable, exploration, intimacy, compassion, communicating, learning... above as below... exposed to humility... non-materialistic, minimal, simple, complex, etc.

"Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. My multitudes are vast."

-Walt Whitman

Curating a gallery in the LES and involved/invested in the Slipper Room: The Palace Of Variety... Writing, editing, painting, cropping, giving thanks to whatever it is, (dis)connecting... inner/outer worlds, appreciating the people and art and objects and spaces of 'city'... walking, wondering, eating, waiting, sleeping, reading, listening to songs, changing...

not writing down what I'm really good at... but that sounds coy, so I'll have to say that, "I'm 'really good at' working on being conscious of (1) not to make assumptions, (2) not to take things personally, (3) and keeping my word (including refraining from gossip)... Which all greatly aid in the (4) presence of the moment." (from The Four Agreements)

could be that I never ask them what was the first thing they noticed about me. Would they really tell me? This question is more about projection within the object relationship, and how the subject wants to be perceived... and then there's the whole I/Thou concept of relationship that takes the 'it' out of it for something deeper... like that word I don't want to look up two people say bowing to each other. I know how to pronounce it, but not the proper spelling. I'll look it up. I'll look it up later.
Huh? What? Did you say I have something in my teeth? Oh, tea! Yes, tea would be lovely.

Namaste

BOOKS: non-fiction (Jung, Lacan, Symbolism, Kabbalah, alchemy, biographies, science, field guides, anatomy, art, Emerson, Heschel, etc.) POETRY (Bronk, Lax, Corman, and dozens and dozens of other minor and major poets.) MOVIES: foreign, independent, psychological thrillers, suspense, documentaries, Helen Mirren... Ingmar Bergman, Tarkovsky, Cassevetes, Polanski, etc. MUSIC: most all (John Cale, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Bowie, T Rex, Yoko Ono, Merideth Monk, Antony, Psychedelic Furs, Cracker, Boomtown Rats, English Beat, Jimmy Cliff, The Clash, Billy Bragg, T-Bone Burnett, Elvis (both of them), Joe Jackson, The Cure, The National, Nick Lowe, Violent Femmes, Jim Carroll, Kid Codi, Lupe Fiasco, Barry White, The Manhattens, Al Green, Etta James, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Jackson 5, Talking Heads, Chuck Berry, Stones, John Lennon, Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Nick Drake, The Roches, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Johnny Thunders, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Miles Davis, Cowboy Junkies, Johnny Cash, Sade, Tom Petty, Aztec 2 Step, Lemonheads, John Hiatt, Beck, Randy Newman, Jose Feleciano, Freddy Fender, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Tom Waits, Richie Havens, The Kills, Rickie Lee Jones, Prince, Steve Forbert, Faces, REM, and many other guilty and not-so-guilty pop treasures of pleasure... but not so much contemporary country, hard rap or hair rock... just started to listen to Brian Eno again, 'ANOTHER DAY ON EARTH'...grounding again; suits me new here suiting the place I came to... ARTISTS: Jean Cocteau (I'm related to him), Franz Kline, Rene Ricard, Warhol, Alfred Lesley (his abstracts), Andrew Wyeth, etc.. Food: pretty much anything one could think of, except, strangely, avocado.

1. water, bread, air, fire, gravity, acorns...
2. clean socks, orange paint, manual typewriter, red cardinals, string, The National...
3. numbers, scent, circles, metaphor, Bowie's 'Heroes' in German, voices of those I love...
4. Leonard Cohen, black Doc Martin boots, Joshua Abraham Heschel, tooth paste, trees, invisible tape
5. food, the concepts of Melanie Klein, dark matter, print, carnelian, knives
6. truth, the alphabet, sensuality, eyes, stone, love...

Timing... and the many possibilities on many levels, both here and there... now and then, and visa versa.

1. at an event
2. being fairly spontaneous
3. in, and quiet.

is that i'll admit anything to the right person, in the right light of the moment...

You're compassionate, open minded, emotionally healthy, edgy, seek wonder, left of center, and strive to be honest with yourself and others.