opera, r&B, jazz, love it all. Want to be a back-up blues singer in next life

Good literary fiction. Mysteries. Art Biographies. Meditation/spirituality.

old B&W classics (e.g., The Thin Man, Dinner at Eight, Greene's The Third Man). Also new classics esp character-driven dramas and quirky stuff (i.e.Best in Show, Night Shift)

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Fulltime artist & knitting designer/teacher. Art is a major part of my spiritual journey-- it takes everything I have and the rewards are incredible. Recently I quit the day job as a software project leader to follow my bliss and live as an artist. I'm also a former English and French teacher, and love to teach knitting and w/c classes. A Gemini (god help us), seeker of truth and the perfect diet.

Music, love, literature, funny stuff, treasured family & friends and the privilege of being an artist.
Art influences: JMW Turner, the Fauves, Winslow Homer, Nolde, Susan Rothenberg, Louise Bourgeois, John Singer Sargent, and Andrew Wyeth

Negativity and violence in any form. Bad coffee. Those inner (critical) voices that we have to rise above.

ART making, art books, art chat, other artists, art history -- you get the picture. ....Other passions: time w/ family/dear friends, the natural landscape, books, 12-step work, travel, scuba diving in Mexico, daydreaming, knitting and design, teaching, spiritual path-ing, writing, laughing, playing bridge, and living in the moment as best I can