Influential Art

I have always tried to strike a balance between creating and consuming. Here is a list of impactful works to which I was exposed.

First and foremost, my friends have influenced me. I am inspired by creative friends who actively seek out expression. Nate, Lily, Alyssa, Frank, Adam, Nico, Carlos, Fern, Megan, Daren, Mayer, Sandra, Spencer, Carolyn, Dasha, Rachel, Steven, Chase, Parker, Otter. Many more, including my sisters and parents.

Books

(most recent at the top)

Wabi Sabi - Beth Kempton

Nonviolent Communication - Marshall Rosenberg

Your Inner Fish - Neil Shubin

The Abundance of Less - Andy Couturier

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig

Radiant Rest - Tracee Stanley-Newell

Conscious Dreaming - Robert Moss

Tao Te Ching - Laozi

Bhagavad Gita - Maharishi Veda Vyasa

Walking on the Wind - Michael Tlanusta Garrett The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin

Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer

Tropic of Cancer - Henry Miller

Diary of Anais Nin - Anais Nin

Behave - Robert Sapolsky

39 Clues - Various Writers

The Boy Who Couldn't Die / The Beasties / The Boxes / Singularity - William Sleator

Fiction Film

The Dark Crystal

James and the Giant Peach

Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest

Edward Scissorhands

Clerks

Star Trek (old and new, but starting with the newer 2009 movie)

2001: A Space Odyssey

Eyes Wide Shut

Avatar

Swiss Army Man

Documentary / Experimental Film

Gasland - Josh Fox

How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change - Josh Fox

Reassemblage - Trinh Minh-Ha

Hypernormalisation - Adam Curtis

CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD - Adam Curtis

Sharkwater - Rob Stewart

Music

Tash Sultana - "Flow State", "Terra Firma"

Rising Appalachia - "The Lost Mystique of Being in the Know","Filthy Dirty South", "Wider Circles"

Nahko and the Medicine for the People - Dark as Knight

Bob Marley and the Wailers

Bob Dylan - "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan"

As Cities Burn - "Hell or High Water"

Green Day - "Dookie", "American Idiot", "21st Century Breakdown"

Asher Roth - "Asleep in the Bread Aisle"

Joey Bada$$ - "1999"

Mac Miller - "The Divine Feminine", "Watching Movies with the Sound Off", "Swimming", "Circles"

Chance the Rapper - "10 Day", "Acid Rap", "Coloring Book"

Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - "Surf"

Television Series

Twilight of the Gods

Arcane

Love Death Robots

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Mr. Robot

Mushishi

Mushishi: The Next Chapter

Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Scooby Doo

Courage the Cowardly Dog

Big Mouth

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Planet Earth

Podcast

Blowback

Kerning Cultures

Master Wildlife Filmmaking

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Painting and Sculpture

My father's abstract acrylics and photo prints

Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya

Dale Chihuly

Melting Watch, Nude in the Desert Landscape - Salvador Dali

Balinese Barong

Plays and Musicals

In the Heights

Avenue Q

Rent

Lion King

Phantom of the Opera

Video Games

Crash Bandicoot PS1

Tak and the Power of JuJu PS2

Crazy Taxi PS2

War of the Monsters PS2

Samurai Warriors 1 and 2 PS2

Sly Cooper PS2

Bully PS2

Smackdown Vs Raw PS2

Lego Star Wars PS2

Spiderman PS2

Borderlands 3 Xbox360

Skate 2 and 3 Xbox360

Call of Duty: Black Ops Xbox360

Far Cry 3 and 4 Xbox360

Mass Effect 3 Xbox360

Assassin's Creed 2 Xbox360

Minecraft Xbox360

Skyrim Xbox360

Dishonored Xbox360

De Blob Wii

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor PC

Ori and the Blind Forest PC

Civilization V PC