I always crave more new journeys (inward and outward) and the energy of sharing them. Every moment bursts with potential for a new path so I don't get lost in rigid expectations or attachments to the way I think things "should be." I am more focused on how I live My Life and its direction more than specific events and timing along the way. I love, love Life, even with all of its perceived pain and confusion - This Moment is a amazing gift so I don't grind my gears freaked out about the past or future. Bloom where you are planted!

Spiritually-speaking, I could go on and on, but I can sum it up pretty tight with some quotes, "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience." A famous yogi said, "See The Divine in all, or see the Divine not at all." Full stop...

Yoga and meditation practices as well as Vedic, Buddhist, Tantric philosophies fire me up inside. That said, I embrace Fun and the human experience broadly (to say the least), balancing whatever spiritual ground I am cultivating with a healthy dose of responsible hedonism. My social (humanist, I suppose), political (Green), cultural (epicurean) and sexual (sex positive, noting that this does not exclude monogamy) values are very progressive - I am not for the shy or conservative.

I play various musical instruments, sing, have a home studio and have had my share of time on stages. My music is so much more than hobby - it colors My Life and harmonizes it with an ever-evolving soundtrack. I certainly don't always act my age, though my emotional core reflects my years. I am brimming with compassion and hope for the world and think we are still in the infancy of our human expression and potential. Though, I am sometimes a sappy romantic, I am often very irreverent, sarcastic and controversial. Much of my Worldview draws from my travels around the world and I will usually be planning a trip somewhere (so, get on The Bus). I love culture and counter-culture. Wealth should only be defined by the ability to be generous and I know that the rainbow is ALWAYS more important than the pot of gold.

Sure I want all the soulmate stuff – a fertile place to dream, a safe place to stumble, transcendent mind-blowing creatively inquisitive passion, growing old together, etc. - but, there’s so much discovery that must take place before that - a passionate soul…sarcastic, silly, quirky, cerebrally funny...a love affair with the vastness of life, untethered to convention or social dogma...laughter (and I will make you laugh) and humility all the time...a eager embrace of the absurd and offbeat...lust for travel and exploration...Black Rock City experience or aspirations are a plus (Burning Man continues to be a expansive part of my life for 7 years now, but I am not ruled by it)... some baggage is certainly OK with me - a little patina on the soul adds character and dimension - as long as you are prepared to co-evolve with me (but I cannot teach) ...of course, mostly, I am looking for someone with whom I have That Flow and who helps me feel authentic and free.

Cultivating, digging deeper, striving for gratitude all the time, yadda, yadda - oh, you meant more specifically? - hmmm...

...I am currently working on a rock opera about robots, love, humanity, divinity...

...I am wondering why someone hasn't randomly walked into my backyard and cleaned my BBQ grill - I am concerned that I may have to do it myself...UPDATE: I cleaned it my old damn self...

...continually storyboarding 3 or 4 films in my head that I want to make so that I can compose their scores...

...career wise: background as a corporate consultant for sales/marketing/business development in the high-tech (software) sector transforming into a non-profit founder focused on green technology, renewable energy, sustainable commerce and social justice...

...apparently, online dating...

I hope typing up clever things about myself...

Overusing the auspicious ellipsis (...)

Listening...

Not watching TV...

Finding interesting and unique things to do on a weekend night...

Not being your typical California yoga/meditation/flakey hippie boy (my roots are East Coast)...

Fixing things with duct tape and chewing gum....

Making personally expressive music...

Not conforming to labels...

Enjoying Life deeply...

...some silly (i.e. bad) joke I am making...maybe my freakishly large calves or shoulders...my hands...how warm my skin is (I am seriously exothermic - perfect for your cold feet)...

words...
The Power of Myth, The Power of Now, Guns Germs & Steel, The Tao of Physics, most anything by Stanilav Grof, Jack Kornfield, Pema Chodron, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, BKS Iyengar, Thich Nhat Hanh, Daniel Pinchbeck, Ken Wilber, Neil Gaiman, Paul Hawkin, Anory Lovins, Bill McDonough.... - and an obscure fav, The Autobiography of Bigfoot: In Me Own Words...as far as poetry and classics, with the exception of a few modern poets (have you read "Say Yes" by Andrea Gibson?!) mostly old school Rumi (duh), Gibran, Neruda, Whitman, Wordsworth, Voltaire, Yeats, Frost, Wilde, etc.

eyes...
Raising Arizona, (tempted to list Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind early but I would cry... oh geez, here I go...), 1 Giant Leap, 1 Giant Leap 2, Baraka, Harold & Maude, What the Bleep, Stay, Monty Python anything, Renegade (aka Blueberry), Youth Without Youth, 2001 Space Odyssey, The Matrix, V for Vendetta, Napoleon Dynamite, Waking Life, My Dinner With Andre, anything by Wes Anderson, Coen Brothers, Tim Burton - and more cult-ish ones by David Lynch, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jim Jarmusch, Tarsem Singh, etc. - plus most any scary or sci-fi movie...

ears...
Music, huh? Man, that's a tough one for a musician - rock (prog, classic, jam...), jazz, downtempo, ambient, psytrance, breaks, IDM, trip hop. world, old school hardcore, 60s soul, 70s sugar, 80s guyliner...and any good thumpin' booty shakin' EDM...my own music, Miles, Coltrane, Wes, lots of other jazz, Led Zep, lots of other classic rock, Shpongle, Solar Fields, Carbon Based Lifeforms, Entheogenic, Kaya Project, Aes Dana, lots of other Psyambient (bonus if you know what the hell that is), Zero 7, Thievery Corp, K&D, lots of other downtempo, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Pnuma Trio, Galactic, The New Mastersounds, Phil Lesh & Friends, lots of other jam - and a range of DJ/producers/collectives: Bassnectar, Space Cowboys, Opulent Temple, Green Gorilla Lounge, Stanton Warriors, FreqNasty....

mouth...
My favorite food is Crystal Hot Sauce - it goes on anything...(oh, and I like very dark chocolate)

friends
music
yoga mat
optimism
meditation
the venerable ellipsis (...weren't you paying attention...?)

spirituality, consciousness, how to improve the infrastructure of my Burning Man camp, the next chord progression, the next lyrics, ways to be more Compassionate, how to effectively usher flying bugs out of my home without harming them, whether I should go 100% vegetarian (I won't, though I maintain a very conscious diet), how to spend time not thinking about anything (focus on the breath!), fringe physics (my major was Quantum Physics), how to be more Green, organic vs. local, which home improvement project to ignore next, Stillness/Being Present, the passionate touch of someone special (how could I not include that - and don't we all?)...

in San Francisco (often my old neighborhood, the Mission) remembering how young I still am (and will always be)...OR...

...buried deep in my studio making music with a bottle (or two) of red as the night whispers quiet words of inspiration...OR...

...on a drive to Tahoe to shoosh down the mountains a bit (I shoosh with 2 sticks, by the way)....OR...

...(formerly) at the dearly departed Parkway Theater sitting on a stinky couch eating surprisingly good pizza watching some compelling or just plain silly movie...

What? We haven't even been on our first date yet...OK, OK, ummm... I like sci/fi & horror movies way too much (clearly exposing my geek streak)...or perhaps something a bit less geeky...ah, yes, I have 5 tattoos (6th one planned) - and look forward to meeting the person who finds them all...

...you like to laugh and explore, are super, super open-minded, are a progressive thinker/feeler/experiencer and won't take either of us too seriously...