Influences
A list of artists (and bands, and some individual works) that have deeply influenced me.
A list which is far from complete, and probably never will be, though I will add more names as I find time. I also plan to add links to their respective homes/archives on the web.
And then there are of course hundreds (thousands?) more creative geniuses whose work also has a home in my heart. The ones listed here here have had a lasting impact strong enough for me to want to revisit their works for years, exploring what one might call their Souls expression. Most were especially vivid for me during a specific period in my life, to later slowly fade, yet the imprint on my being will always remain and forever add something ineffable to my own artistic expressions. I am deeply grateful to all.
Music
Robbie Basho
The Police
Eurythmics
Roky Erickson
Nina Simone
Rachelle Ferrell
Justin Vernon
Kate Bush
Björk
Jason Molina
Vashti Bunyan
Chloë Goodchild
TOOL
Constance Demby
Laraaji
Hiromi
Wolfgang Voigt
Rod Modell
Brock Van Wey
Aphex Twin
Squarepusher
Goldie
Photek
Ulf Lohmann
Kevin Kendle
Coyote Oldman
Stars of the Lid
Shuttle358
ASC
Joni Mitchell
Bill Evans (the pianist)
Film
Her (by Spike Jonze)
Contact (with Jodie Foster)
David Lynch
Hayao Miyazaki
Paul Thomas Anderson
Litterature
Italo Calvino
Tove Jansson
Hafiz
Kahlil Gibran
Carlos Castaneda
Helen Schucman
Jane Roberts
Michael Ende
J.R.R. Tolkien
Painting / Sculpture / Visual art
Comedy / Non-Categorizable Genius
Reggie Watts
Andy Kaufman
Sasha Baron Cohen