Bio

i always try to get at the origins of things to analyze them in their purest form. thus, my life thesis: what facilitated the origins of art, religion, music, language, and consciousness around 30,000 years ago?

the answer to this question is crucial for the understanding of true human nature, and i hope that it will help to guide humanity in the right direction in years to follow.

Interests

(human) evolution, (paleo)ethnobotany, Anthropology, biking, composing, ethics, free-thinking, Meditation, Metaphysics, Nature, performing music, Philosophy, reading, recording, Shamanism, social justice, spirituality

What I'm Reading

2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (D. Pinchbeck), Archaic Revival / Food of the Gods (T. McKenna), The God Delusion (R. Dawkins), The Hemp Manifesto (R. Robinson), The Moral Animal (R. Wright), Nature, Man & Woman (A. Watts), Shaman, Healer, Sage (A. Villoldo), Thus Spoke Zarathustra (F. Nietzsche)

What I'm Listening To

311, Akron/Family, Antony & the Johnsons, Devendra Banhart, Debussy, Dillinger Escape Plan, Fantômas, Hercules and the Love Affair, Mason Jennings, Joan as Police Woman, Justice, King Crimson, Mgmt, The Moody Blues, Mr. Bungle, MSTRKRFT, NIN, QOTSA, Sufjan Stevens, Tool, Violent Femmes, Frank Zappa

Movies I've Seen Recently

Altered States, Amelie, Big Fish, Brazil, Harold and Maude, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Ice Age I & II, Lost Highway, The Machinist, Mallrats, Mulholland Dr., Nightmare Before Christmas, The Royal Tenenbaums, Time Bandits, Waiting..., Waking Life, Wall-E

Websites I'm Into

The Deoxyribonucleic Hyperdimension, Disinformation

Education

High school

Moon Area High School '04

College

New York University '08 - Music Technology (minor in Anthropology)