Interests & Hobbies
Meaning of Life:
A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him. Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away at the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!
Zen Story: Tigers and a Strawberry
translated by Paul Reps (Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1958, pages 2223).
Favorite Books:
Sappho.
John Berryman.
Hesiod.
Larry Levis.
Rilke.
Baudelaire.
Lynn Emanual.
Thomas Mann.
Trakl.
Anne Carson.
Favorite Songs:
Glenn Gould Playing Bach. Moondog. Brian Eno. CAN. Os Mutantes. Fugazi. D.R. Hooker. Los Saicos.
Favorite Movies:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Salo.
Sedmikrsky. Cowboy Bebop. Next Gen.
Hobbies:
Gardening.
Reading.
Cooking.
Sunbathing.
Talents:
Oral Sex