telcastaway

Hello, my name is Tel* and I live and work at a Buddhist Institute nestled in the redwoods of northern California. My little cabin may be rustic (a wood rat leaves presents on my doorstep, no indoor plumbing or heating besides a fire stove, and no heating appliances, just a propane stove), but I love it dearly. Everyday I am so grateful to work where I do, my coworkers are like my family and I get to hike and walk on beautiful trails and see beautiful scenes daily, eat nutritious vegetarian meals, and find time during the week for practices like meditation and prostrations. Being out in nature, going for walks, and eating good food are essential to me!

I have a jazz and folk radio show at my town's local non-commercial radio station. I love music, and try to listen to a new album everyday. In my hobby, I have listened to about 1500 releases in full. All genres, all kinds of music. In particular, I am drawn towards avant-garde jazz and folk, third stream, minimalism, and MPB right now. I have some links to my favorite music in that section.

I love watching movies, particularly older ones and the more experimental and arthouse, the better. Some directors that are close to my heart include Nobuhiko Obayashi, Mike Leigh, and Jacques Rivette. I have some links to my favorite movies in that section as well.

I love to read, and I want to do more of it this year. I have listed some of my favorites and my Goodreads in the affiliated section.

Other hobbies I enjoy are writing and art. Particularly journaling and writing poetry, but I would love to write more long-form soon. I love to work with charcoal, my favorite medium. I also enjoy working with oil, and film/analog photography. I also have been collage journaling since I was in high school (so for about a decade now) which I thoroughly enjoy.

I am looking forward to being a part of this community and getting to write more. I love meeting and interacting with strangers and hope that this will be a wonderful opportunity for me to do this!

*Some people call me by my first name Maya, I don't mind either but prefer Tel.

Here is my "Big Top" 🎪 list: https://rateyourmusic.com/collection/ond111ne/stag/big+top/ These releases mean a lot to me for various reasons. However, it is always fluctuating since I am constantly listening to new things. Here is my general profile where I log music, where I log everything as five stars because I hate rating art: https://rateyourmusic.com/~ond111ne

Here are some of my favorite films: https://boxd.it/PFyum$ruesn6IJLt7ULQ08 To see more of what kinds of movies I watch and like, here is my film logging profile: https://boxd.it/5l3tj

My absolute favorite book is Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector. She is a Brazilian genius, and I love any and all of her writing. I also love Borges and Julio Cortazar from that country.

I love to read the classics, non-fiction about history, politics, class, race, and gender, philosophy, science fiction/dystopian, Arthurian-esque fantasy, and much more, as long as the writing appeals. "The word is the fruit of the word."

My childhood favorite is May Bird and the Ever After series, and Love, Stargirl (the sequel, not the first one).

Here is my Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/134812619

I love to collage journal, I love to sew, and I love the art I mentioned above. I love going up to strangers to ask if I could take their portraits when it comes to analog/film photography. With oil I also like to do people studies, while with charcoal I tend to do more landscapes.

My favorite color is red, my favorite animal horse and mythical animal manticores, I love old puppets and accordians and bookshelves... Here is my Pinterest to get a sense of what I like: https://pin.it/2Qr7Iga03

I love different aesthetics: the best way to describe them would be:

🎪 Night Circus - anything circus themed, particularly vintage circus trinkets, stationary, cards, notes, stickers, and memorabilia. Sentimental circus is a brand I love too. https://www.etsy.com/people/jilkua6e9hooa24q/favorites/night-circus?collection_key=MTY5NDAyOTAwfDkyMTM0NDE4NA

🌞 Year of the Earth Rabbit - dark cottagecore, vintage bohemian/folk, paired with those deep reds and greens and golden sunlight ... https://www.etsy.com/people/jilkua6e9hooa24q/favorites/year-of-the-earth-rabbit?collection_key=MTY5OTM4NzY1fDkyMTM0NDE4NA

🌀 Water fae - the nixie life is one washed with the smell of the sea and the sheen of special shell treasures... https://www.etsy.com/people/jilkua6e9hooa24q/favorites/water-fae?collection_key=MTY5OTM4NzMxfDkyMTM0NDE4NA