MUSIC, dance, reading, yoga, meditation, immersion in nature, connecting to the elements, fighting for our rights and liberties, soul revolutionary work, creating the change i wish to see in the world, expanding my heart, mind and soul....etc...etc...
Music
Erykah Badu, Zap Mama, Malamana, Aphrodesia, India Arie, Ile Aye, Olodum, Common, Dead Prez, Zioni, Yard Dogs Road Show, Rosin Coven, Rusted Root, Celia Cruz, La Lupe, M.I.A., Talib Kweli, Mos Def, The Fugees, LAuryn Hill, Fela Kuti, Angelique Kidjo, Strange Fruit Project, Pink Martini, etc., etc........
Movies
The Color Purple, What the Bleep Do We Know, The Weather Underground, Shortbus, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Baraka, i Heart Huckabees, Volver, ..........
Books
The Alchemist and anything by Paulo Coelho, Grist for the Mill, Rolling Thunder, Dharma Gaia, Deep Ecology, Wisdom of the Elders, The Lorax, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Hope for the Flowers, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, A People's History of the United States, Food Revolution, etc., etc.
Heroes
my mother, my father, public school teachers, non profit workers, mothers, passionate social justice and environmental actiuvits, bold and dynamic artists, Gandhi, Ram Dass, Mlk, Jr. , Angela Davis, The BPP, Julia Butterfly Hill, The Creator/Great Spirit
