Influences
This page sets out some of the long-term influences on my outlook, though not in any particular order. Rabelais comes first because he is, of course, the master of the list.
| Rabelais | Chuang Tzu | Byron, esp Don Juan |
| Jane Grigson | Fats Waller | Jerez de la Frontera |
| Ry Cooder | Wine (not red) | Mozart |
| Stowe | The Pyrenees | George Orwell (Essays & 'Homage') |
| Montaigne | The Dharma Bums | Franck's Symphonic Variations |
| Beer | Claude Lorraine | The Penguin Book of Chinese Poetry |
| Malcolm Lowry | Aldeburgh | Mexico / Oaxaca |
| Ultramarine blue | Motorbikes | Palinurus / The Unquiet Grave |
| Lao Tzu | Paul Klee | The smell of oil paint |
| Caruso | Spain | Leica cameras |
| Cad Red Deep | Li Po and Tu Fu | Zen Buddhism |
| Kyoto | Rev Gary Davies | Wytham Woods |
| Louis Macneice | Buster Keaton | The azan |
| National Geographic covers | Sherry | Steel string acoustic guitars |
| 'Tombstone' (Kurt Russell version) | 'Dog Soldiers' | 'Some like it hot' |
| Wine (mostly red) | Cassis (the place) | Ernst Haas |
| Syria | Ravel Piano Conc. in G (2nd movement) | Gary Snyder |
| Sung dynasty landscape painting | The Romans |
and to my wife and daughters, if you are feeling left out, you are so obviously
on the list and at the top that there was no need specifically to include you.
Last modified: 6 Jan 2005 10:53