Bio

I'm paralegal student and stay-at-home dad with a 6 year old and a 2 year old. I'm interested in working either in disability rights, the environment as well as possibly working in alternative dispute resolution.

I also label my "spiritual practice" as an earth-based Jewish path, looking to connect the tradition of my ancestors where I live and those beings I share it with. Besides Judaism and Modern Paganism I've also very interested in Taoism and Zen.

Skills and talents

I write poetry and prose, play guitar and drums, hike as part of my spiritual practice as well as meditation and some body / mind exercises My bachelor's degree is in Political Science focusing on environmental issues.

Interests

Animism, archetypal psychology, chi king, Commons, drumming, guitar playing, Judaism, kabbalah, maybe logic, Meditation, model agnosticism, Mysticism, neo-tribalism, paganism, Shamanism, the Earth

What I'm Reading

Pronoia: Is the Antidote for Paranoia by Robert Brezsney, Living Deeply by Schlitz, Vieten and Amorak, Jewish Meditation Practice for Everyday Life by Rabbi Jeff Roth

What I'm Listening To

Gershon Winkler, Mastadon, Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors, Tool, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, King's X, Secret Chiefs 3, Jon Hassell, Howling Rain, Suburned Hand of the Man, John Zorn, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Hornsby, Grateful Dead (until about 1973), Jeffrey D. Thomas

Movies I've Seen Recently

Mary and Max, Mortal Kombat (horrible!), random Netflix instant play stuff

Websites I'm Into

Walking Stick Foundation, Dangerious Minds, Tel Shemesh, Maybe Logic Academy, Deoxyribonucleic Hyperdimension

Education

High school

Beachwood High school

College

Ohio Dominican University and Columbus State Community College