About
“The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.”
Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
I am a web designer, writer, filmmaker, actor and comedian who was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I got kicked out of clown school 15 years ago, just got my second degree black belt in Taekwondo, and am teaching myself to play the guitar. I speak English, French and Ukrainian, although my parents dispute the latter. I am divorced, but hardly ever think about that and once I even forgot that I was ever married. I am moving to Newfoundland in 4 days so that I can be an artist. I’ve wanted to be that ever since I was a little kid.
I have two cats, evil fluffy Lulu who bites, and her adorable son Miou Miou, AKA Monsieur Le Boeuf, or in English, Mr. Beef. Sometimes I think that I will grow into a batty old cat lady, but then I remember that I am actually a dog person.
I’m a thinker and a reader and an explorer and a wonderer and inquisitive as all fuck. I laugh big. I love history. I love knowing why things are the way they are, figuring out it ever got this way, and thinking about how we can undo it all. I like facts but love experience. I’d love nothing better than to travel the world and meet fascinating wise people, and to hear their stories and learn how to live better from them.
I have fallen in love with taoism and buddhism and Joseph Campbell and any myths that lead us to find ourselves - that help ourselves be ourselves despite all the opposition.
I just found this quote and think it is pretty groovy. I will always trust people, things and ideas that are open to scrutiny. I mean, it it’s true, it’s true and nothing can change the fact. Right? The truth doesn’t need protection.
As the Lord Buddha himself said, “Without melting, beating, weighing and polishing a yellow substance, one should not take it for gold. Likewise, without analysis one should not accept the dharma as valid.”