Doc Burns

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"Beat Anachronist Edwardian Futurist"

Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Speaks: English
Joined Jul 13, 1999

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Hometown	Vancouver, BC, Canada
Homepage	http://www.Keltia-eWork.com
Birthday	July 17
Languages	English
About Me	My Vocations & Avocations: I am a Writer, Pain Counsellor & Consultant, Musician and Stringed & Electronic Instrument Designer/Builder, Photographer, Designer, Custom Pipe Tobacco Blender & Reviewer, Etc. Some of my formal education includes an MA in Abnormal Psych; MFA - Creative Writing; PhD - Psycho-Linguistics, and working on a PhD in Forensic Psychology. That's some of what I do and have done. Only good friends are qualified to describe me.
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Activist Aspirations	Enthusiastic
Political Leaning	Very Liberal
Religions	Wiccan Buddhist Anachronist
Eating Habits	What I want when I'm hungry
Wild Fact About Me	I'm really quite shy.
My Philosophy	My respect is automatic but can be lost. Stop learning, and start brain death / stop caring and start soul death. Teaching is an individual's responsibility.
What Gives Me Hope	The optimistic cynicism of small children.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by	Limit all levels of political campaigning to two weeks. (Yes, weeks, not years)
What/who changed my life and why	I've had a great many inspirations, but some are: getting to know and having long talks with Joseph Campbell; my best friend taking up guitar when we were 10, as did I. JP Donleavy, Jack Kerouac, Richard Brautigan, A. Conan Doyle, Ray Bradbury, etc, about writing and experiencing life as a writer, Antonioni's movie, "Blow Up" and a diverse multitude of other films and books; getting to know many writers, poets, quantum/particle physicists, cosmologists, etc. etc. Cancer changed my life quite radically, 1981. After eight years of almost annual major orthopedic surgeries, I've lived with chronic pain since.
What Bugs Me	Intolerance and self-imposed ignarance, The man who does not read books has, no advantage over the man that cannot, read them
Passions	include Learning and Teaching, Writing, Listening/Creating Music, (Bass, Guitars, Keys, Perc, MIDI, Engineering, Production plus Instrument Design, Construction), Book, Pipe, Antique, Omni Collections, Electronics, Particle Physics, Cosmology, Fly
Inspirations	Children, enthusiasm, Virtuousity, Directed Curiosity, Unbounded Creativity, Intelligent conversation
What Scares Me	The Short Sightedness of Politicians, Bureaucrats, Teachers, etc. Worldwide
Favorites
Role Models	H.H., The Dalai Lama, (Kundun), Joseph Campbell, Hawking, many many more
Quotation	Vita non est vivere, sed valere. Dum vivimus vivamus. --Life is not to live, but to live well. Let us live while we live. 'The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction needs to make sense." --Tom Clancy "One candle lighting another loses nothing yet doubles the light." ---H. Doc Burns
Interests	Due to, disability, retired from, but still, involved with:, Global Travelling, Climbing - Rock, Ice, Alpine and, High Altitude, Deep Sea Sailing, Sea Kayaking, Back Country &amp, amp, amp, Wilderness, Backpacking, Trekking, etc
Books	Too Many to List
Music	Alternative, Chicago Blues, Blues, Jazz-Be Bop, West Coast, Fusion, Big Band, 'Classic' Rock, Rock and some Pop, "Classical", ie., Traditional, Baroque, Chamber music Classical, Romantic, Avante Garde, Moderne, Twelve Tone
Movies	Too Many to List
TV Shows	If one looks hard, there is Good Stuff
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Favorite Places
Can't Live Without	Learning, Books
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