zephyr elise
My blogs
| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | photographer/filmmaker/indigenous language revitalization |
| Location | Huchin (Oakland), California, United States |
| Introduction | mid-30's year old that seeks to live a life less ordinary, reclaiming my ancestors culture/songs/languages while laughing, dancing, story-telling, and picture taking along the way. future life goals include recovering from the 5 herniated disks in my back; film making; humanitarian photography projects; learning at least 12 languages fluently; assisting in some way in occupied Turtle island, Palestine, Darfur, Thailand, and India; not being just another statistic; never fully conforming to anyone else's system other than my own... and maybe not even then ^_^ |
| Interests | radical indigenous womynism, indigenous sovereignty, idle no more, permaculture, sustainable community, anti-imperialism, anarchism, glbtq rights, animal rights, environmental sustainability, fine art photography, humanitarian/crisis photography, conflict resolution, peace activism, civil disobedience, ending the Palestinian occupation, aid for darfur, global AIDS epidemic, health care issues, anti-globalization, local arts and artist, local business, sustainable cultures, indigenous cultures, alternative medicine, rethinking outdated systems, steam punk fashions, passionate living, living foods, etc etc etc |
| Favorite movies | capitalism: a love story, what the bleep do we know, unveiled, a jihad for love, fourth world war, mirror mask, much ado about nothing, all over me, the incredibly true adventures of two girls in love {ok, i am a sucker for f.l.b.l. indie flicks, even if the sound is off and the acting is static :)}, |
| Favorite music | is there ever enough time and place for the list upon list of groovy music?! current listen to's include: anoushka shankar, telefon tel aviv, kaki king, sigur ros, loreena mckennitt, esma redzepova, fanfare ciocarlia, sabreena da witch, invincible, son of nun, dam, soundtracks to random movies and broadway shows, |
| Favorite books | This bridge called my back, storyteller, the sacred circle, ecotopia emerging, the tao of pooh, siddhartha, dharma bums, naked lunch, howl, alice in wonderland, anything by jacqueline carey, a people's history of the united states, baghdad burning, the hidden message of water, |