I’m inspired by these people and their work. They’re listed in no particular order, and for the most part they are teachers, artists, and storytellers.
Alan Ball
Alan Ross
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alice Munro
Alice Stewart
Alistair Cooke
Alonzo Lines
Audrey Hepburn
Barack Obama
Bill Murray
Bill Strickland
Bjork
Bob Geldof
Brian Eno
Cameron Sinclair
Camille Paglia
Cate Blanchett
Catherine Devlin
Catherine Keener
Charles and Ray Eames
Charles Lamb
Chicken John
Chris Corrigan
Christopher Alexander
Dave Olsen
David Attenborough
David Richo
Declan Kiberd
Delia Smith
Dervla Murphy
Douglas Rushkoff
E.B. White
Edward Abbey
Elizabeth David
Elizabeth Gilbert
Elvis Costello
Emmylou Harris
Fr. Hugh Fagan
Frances McDormand
Franz Lanting
Garrett Fitzgerald
General Romeo Dallaire
George Dyson
George F. Kennan
George Orwell
Gerrit Van Gelderen
Harold Lloyd
Henry David Thoreau
Hilary O’Farrelly
Howard Gardner
Howard Schultz
Jack Kornfield
James Joyce
Jane Jacobs
Jessica Mitford
Joan Didion
John Lennon
John Peel
Johnny Cash
Jonathan Ives
Jonathan Kozol
Jonathan Raban
Joseph Campbell
Keith Yamashita
Kirsty McColl
Kurt Andersen
L.M. Montgomery
Lee Thorn
Lillian Hellman
Lola Montez
Lou Reed
Madame de Stael
Marian Finucane
Marty Ashby
Max DuPree
Michel de Montaigne
Mihalyi Czikszentmihalyi
Natasha Banta
Nell McCafferty
Noel Browne
Norman Lear
Norman Lewis
Novice Phon
Nuala O’Faolain
Oprah
Pat Tobin
Patrick Collison
Paul Durcan
Paul Newman
Paul Smith
Peter Kramer
Pierre Omidyar
Ray Davies
Richard Avedon
Rick Vosper
Robert Altman
Robert Doisneau
Robert Hall
Robert Putnam
Roger Straus
Samantha Power
Scott Heiferman
Scott Simon
Sean Ahern
Sean O’Faolain
Serge Gainsbourg
Sofia Coppola
Steve Earle
Stewart Brand
Studs Terkel
Sunny Balzano
Tavis Smiley
Terrence Howard
Tim Vetter
Tina Fey
Tracy Kidder
Tucker Nichols
Twyla Tharp
Van Morrison
Villy Wang
William Shawn
Tuesday, January 15th 2008 at 8:23 am
i am aware of nearly forcing myself to vote hillary and ignore obama. what do you think?
Tuesday, January 15th 2008 at 4:44 pm
I don’t have a vote, but I’m done with the Clintons and the Bushes. No more Boomer dynasties, and the ugly culture wars they drag along with them.