(The following have influenced me and my work more than even I’m aware. These folks make my world more beautiful and I hope you’ll look into them, if you haven’t done so already.)
Authors:
Edward Abbey
Ambrose Bierce
F.W. Dixon
Jim Harrison
Norton Juster
Jack Kerouac
Naomi Klein
Harper Lee
Jack London
Cormac McCarthy
Edgar Allan Poe
J.D. Salinger
Dr. Seuss
John Steinbeck
Hunter S. Thompson
Henry David Thoreau
J.R.R. Tolkien
Mark Twain
Musicians:
The Band
The Beatles
Dave Brubeck
The Cars
Patsy Cline
John Coltrane
Elvis Costello
Miles Davis
Bob Dylan
Earth, Wind and Fire
Electric Light Orchestra
Marvin Gaye
Billie Holiday
Chrissie Hynde
The Kinks
Thelonious Monk
Van Morrison
Randy Newman
The Rolling Stones
Paul Simon
Neil Young
Visual Artists:
Ansel Adams
Chas Addams
John James Audubon
Jean Michel Basquiat
Edward Gorey
Annie Leibovitz
Alphonse Mucha
Georgia O’Keeffe
Pablo Picasso
Mark Rothko
Ralph Steadman
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Bill Watterson
Andrew Wyeth
