Alan Root

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Arts
Occupation wordsmith/photographer
Location Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Introduction Let's develop the NON-STOP HABIT OF SMILING CONTINUOUSLY. It shifts everyone's gears to a more harmonious mind space heading in a better direction...
Interests art, communications, daring, design, ethics, exploring, faces, graphics, humor, media, nature, philosophy, photography, psychology, sculpture, travel, wit, wordsmithing
Favorite Movies 8 1/2, All About Eve, All Quiet on the Western Front, Citizen Kane, City Lights, Fantasia, King of Hearts, Lawrence of Arabia, Rashomon, Red Badge of Courage, Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Favorite Music Bernstein's Age of Anxiety, Sibelius' Violin Concerto, Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto, Gershwin's American in Paris, Rota's Soundtrack for Fellini's 8 1/2, Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte, Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1
Favorite Books Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, Art of Readable Writing, Works of Shakespeare, One Million, Poetry of Dylan Thomas

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