Bio

My name is Sven, and as it works out in the grander scheme of synchronicity, that rhymes with Zen. I was born and spent the first half of my life in the firmly rooted stomping grounds of Germany, and since have been frolicking in the more sublime playing grounds of San Francisco. I march to the driving beat of the political, and sojourn in the boundless grace of the spiritual. I feel at home on earth, and at ease with the sky. Stick my hands in the soil and raise my glass to the soul. I’m interested in everything and yearn for nothing. Tread lightly but live large. Find magic in the mundane, and music in each membrane.

Book:
Dancing on the Brink of the World - A Star Waltz in the Keys of Canvas, Music & Myth (Jan 2009)

Music by Chemystry Set
2009 - Dancing on the Brink of the World
2006 - Cobblestone Below My Feet
2004 - Live at the Sweatlodge
2003 - The Last Real Experience
2001 - The Space Between
1998 - Life in the Underground

Skills and talents

Scribe of Higher Glyphic Range, Musicmaker & Songwriter, Designer, Evolutionary Astrologer, Promoter of Creative Currents

Interests

being inspired, embracing the dark side, inspiring, learning, listening, making music, playing, politicking, questioning, speaking truth to power, watching the stars, writing

What I'm Reading

Omnivore's Dilemma, Conversations With God, Farm City, Dreams from the Monster Factory, 2012: Return of the Quetzalcoatl, Sacred Contracts, The Power of Now

What I'm Listening To

Alice Coltrane, Ozomatli, LoJo, Manu Chao, Leonard Cohen, Ani Di Franco, John Lennon, Baaba Maal, Joni Mitchell, Radiohead, Michael Franti, Orchestra Baobab, and many more...

Movies I've Seen Recently

Up, Food Inc, The Lives of Others, Sicko, Milk

Websites I'm Into

Daily Acts, Playing for Change

Education

High school

Germany

College

Cal State Hayward

Graduate school

Life on Earth

Additional study

Steven Forrest Evolutionary Astrology Apprenticeship Program