1. Music, from Gregorian chant to Philip Glass
2. The smell of oil-based etching ink and paint
3. Patterns, especially stripes
4. Time spent in Bali in 2005
5. Yoga and Patanjali’s Eight-Fold Path
6. The graphite gray fog that settles on our hill as the sun shines on the town below us
7. Teaching and learning from my students
8. Growing my own food and cooking
9. Understanding that true freedom comes from discipline
10. The love and support of family and friends