Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Cultural Anthropology, Literature, Ancient literature, Song Lyrics, 19th Century Music Composers, 20th Century Music Composers
Influences: Someone asked me to write out a list of writers and thinkers that were influential to me.
こないだ影響受けた作家や本のリストを書いて見ないかと人に聞かれた。
Some of the people listed below may not agree with each other, if they had met, but what was important to me was that they had written something that was inspirational for me. The list is not in any particular order.
Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Cultural Anthropology: Yuval Noah Harari, Byung Chul Han, Friedrich Nietzsche, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Joseph Campbell, Arthur Schopenhauer, Alphonso Lingis, Michio Kaku, Lynn Margulis, Dorian Sagan, P.D. Ouspensky, Robert Anton Wilson, Edward T. Hall, Jared Diamond, Slavoj Zizek, John Gray, Matt Ridley, Marie-Louise Von Franz, Barbara Hannah, M. Esther Harding, Moshe Feldenkrais, Susan Rowland, Ian Buruma, Robert Graves, Novalis, Hiroko Yoshino (吉野 裕子), Antonin Artaud, Donald Richie, Colin Wilson, Julian Jaynes. Timothy Leary, Oliver Sachs, Francisco J Varela, Tyler Volk. George Carlin.
Literature: William Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, Rumi (translated by Coleman Barks), Aldous Huxley, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Andrew Lang, Jeannette Winterson, Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, Kurt Vonnegut, Kobe Abe （安倍公房）, Shuji Terayama （寺山修司）,Yukio Mishima （三島由紀夫）, H.P. Lovecraft, Barbara Vine, Nikos Kazantsakis, Marguerite Duras, J.G. Ballard, Sylvia Plath, Vaslav Nijinsky,
Ancient literature: Polynesian Mythology, European Troubadour Poetry, Carmina Burana, English traditional ballads, Tales of 1001 Nights （千夜一夜）、Zeami Motokiyo (世阿弥) Song Lyrics: Lou Reed, Joni Mitchell, Peter Hammill, Peter Gabriel, Ray Davies (The Kinks), Stephen Sondheim
19th Century Music Composers: Ricard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Hector Berlioz
20th Century Music Composers: Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Alban Berg, Toru Takemitsu （武満徹）, Stephen Sondheim
Rock music:
Prince, Peter Gabriel, Jon Anderson, Velvet Underground, Nico, Lou Reed, John Cale, Yes, Genesis, The Kinks, Peter Hammill, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Marillion, Iggy Pop, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, My Bloody Valentine, The Cure, The Doors, Kate Bush, David Bowie, Bjork, Nine Inch Nails, Steeleye Span, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Christina Aguilera. Radiohead. Fleetwood Mac (Danny Kirwin, Lindsay Buckingham).
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