Literature
- Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
- Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugene Hegel
- Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
- Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
- An Awakened Life by Christopher Titmuss
- Nothing In This Book Is True, But It’s Exactly How Things Are by Bob Frissell
- The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
- Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Art
- Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? by Paul Gauguin
- The Ravine by Vincent Van Gogh
- Valley of the Creuse by Claude Monet
- El Jaleo by John Singer Sargent
Composers
Tool
Deftones
Tony Williams
Chopin
Dave Grohl
Regina Spektor
Miles Davis
Schubet
Bjork
Beethoven
Glenn Kotche
Phillip Glass