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About me

Gender Male
Occupation artist, fledgling writer, deadbeat
Location Chicago, IL, United States
Introduction If I had to narrow it down the best few words to describe me would be - intelligent, complex, curious, sensitive, compassionate, introspective, Socratic, erudite (to an extent), quirky, intrepid, Epictetian, creative, individualistic, and expressive. I'm available if you need a smile, a hug, an ear, or a shoulder.
Interests art, culture, psychology, philosophy, society, martinis, gaming, Xbox 360, gay, lesbian, cities, current world events, journaling, politics, chocolate, sour razzles, pink lemonade gumballs....
Favorite Movies Henry & June, Living Out Loud, North By Northwest, Under The Tuscan Sun, Babette's Feast, Tampopo, My Neighbor Totoro, most anything by Hitchcock, some by Claude Chabrol, some Kurosawa...
Favorite Music Everything But The Girl, Dido, Marianne Faithfull, Paul van Dyk, Danny Howells, John Digweed, Nat King Cole, Shirley Bassey, Kekele...
Favorite Books 'Demian' by Hermann Hesse, 'Out of Africa' by Isak Dinesen, 'Delta Of Venus' by Anais Nin, 'A Movable Feast' by Earnest Hemingway, 'Six Questions Of Socrates' by Christopher Phillips, Bertrand Russell's 'In Praise Of Idleness', Voltaire's writings, 'Beyond Psychology' by Otto Rank, 'The End Of Faith' by Sam Harris, 'Infidel' by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 'God Is Not Great' and various essays by Christopher Hitchens, 'The Art Of Living' by Epictetus, 'Man And His Symbols' edited by Carl Jung, most anything by Dorothy Parker, Woody Allen, and Florence King...

If mud is dirt plus water, what is clay?

God's Playdoh?