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

Brian Young

Russell Stephenson

Matthew Barney

Alex Grey

Comedy / Non-Categorizable Genius

Reggie Watts

Andy Kaufman

Sasha Baron Cohen