MY THREADS
Jeans BLACK LEVI’S 511
T-shirt BLACK CALVIN KLEIN
Shoes BLACK MOHINDERS, BLACK SVEN CLOGS
Sunglasses RAY BAN WAYFARER
Watch VICTORINOX CHRONOGRAPH OFFICER
Underwear CALVIN KLEIN
MY BAG OF TRICKS
What’s your sign SCORPIO
Workout(s) RUNNING
Sport(s) BASKETBALL
Do you meditate YES, ZAZEN FOR 15 YEARS
Meditation teacher, venue or app PHIL JACKSON
Morning rituals GENMAICHA TEA, ZAZEN, 20TH CENTURY AVANT GARDE CLASSICAL RECORDS, RICE & BROTH, ELEMENTAL WIZDOM
Tea or tonic drink SPRING DRAGON TEA
Diet you follow FOOD FOR THE LIGHT BODY
Guilty pleasure JARS OF PEANUT BUTTER
Toothpaste DAVID’S IS THE BEST TOOTHPASTE
Soap JUNIPER RIDGE
Cologne A SCENT I MADE AT GRATEFUL DESERT IN JOSHUA TREE
Who cuts your hair LINDSAY
MY DIGS
Where do you live? LOS ANGELES
Artist ANSELM KIEFER, NOBUYOSHI ARAKI, CY TWOMBLY, MARK GONZALES, ISAMU NOGUCHI, AGNES MARTIN, DAIDO MORIYAMA
Piece of art in your home LARGE PHOTO PRINT BY NITSA CITRINE
Museum EGYPT WING AT THE MET NEW YORK
Pets PEGGIE AND ONION
Local restaurant GJELINA, BAROO, ELF, HAMA SUSHI
Best cup of coffee in your town I DON’T TAKE COFFEE
Pottery SHIGARAKIYAKE FROM TORTOISE GENERAL STORE. THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING POTTERY SINCE THE TWELFTH CENTURY IN THE SIX ANCIENT KILNS IN JAPAN.
Favorite piece of furniture 1970’S SET OF 6 40/4 BY DAVID ROWLAND
Minimalist or maximalist HYPER MINIMALIST
Hotel OJAI RANCH INN
Dream dinner party guests METTA WORLD PEACE
Most used kitchen gadget SIX INCH PETTY KNIFE JAPANESE
Favorite snack POPPED CORN
Favorite drink LILLET SPRITZ
Favorite bookstore STORIES IN ECHO PARK
What do you collect NONESUCH RECORDS AVANT GARDE SERIES
What’s always in your fridge FRESH THYME, HACHO MISO, LEMONS
Favorite cookbook THE NOMA GUIDE TO FERMENTATION, BAR TARTINE, MANRESA
LIGHT MY FIRE
Who or what inspires you OLIVIER MESSIAEN- COMPOSER, ORGANIST, AND ORNITHOLOGIST. HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WRITING THE SEVEN MODES OF LIMITED TRANSPOSITION.
Favorite discovery THE DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENT
Favorite quote “IT’S EASIER TO PUT ON A PAIR OF SLIPPERS THAN TO TRY AND CARPET THE WHOLE WORLD.” CHARLES BUKOWSKI
Fashion idol LOU REED THE LATER YEARS
Sports hero KOBE BRYANT THE LATER YEARS
Favorite color BLACK
Favorite place in the world BED
Favorite movies AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD. FITZCARRALDO. AND NOSFERATU. ALL MADE BY KLAUS KINSKI AND WERNER HERZOG.
Favorite albums TRIPTYCH, TRILOGIE DE LA MORT, TRANSAMOREM, AND OCCAM OCEAN 1 AND 2 BY ELAINE RADIGUE. ASCENSION BY JOHN COLTRANE. THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS BY MIDORI TAKADA.
Nightstand reading DEATH IN MIDSUMMER BY YUKIO MISHIMA, ZEN AND THE ART OF ARCHERY BY EUGEN HERRIGEL, THE VOICES OF TIME BY J.G. BALLARD, AND WITHOUT STOPPING BY PAUL BOWLES. ALL READ IN THE BATH.
Photography or coffee table book HOW TO WRAP FIVE EGGS BY HIDEYUKI OKA
Necessary indulgence STEAM ROOM
Who would you want to be for a day SALVADOR DALI
What’s your inner age 15
Song in your head at the moment END OF LINE BY THE TRAVELING WILBURYS
WIRED
Apps INSTAGRAM
Phone IPHONE
Blogs THE THINKING CAP
Go-to website ALWAYS HUNTING ON EBAY FOR MCM FURNITURE, BOOKS AND FIRST PRESS RECORDS.
Podcasts THE BS REPORT BY BILL SIMMONS
Laptop or desktop APPLE
Tablet APPLE
Favorite gadget BLACK AND GOLD SHARED SYSTEM BY MAKE NOISE
Favorite instagram PEGGIETHEPAPILLON
