- Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac (pronounced) (March 12 1922 - October 21 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. He is perhaps the best known of a group of writers and friends who came to be known as the Beat Generation, a term he himself created. Kerouac enjoyed some degree of popular appeal but little critical acclaim during his lifetime. Today, however, he is considered an important and influential author.
- Michael McClure
Michael McClure, an American poet, playwright, songwriter and novelist, was born in Marysville, Kansas on (October 20, 1932) before moving to San Francisco as a young man. He found fame as one of the five poets (including Allen Ginsberg) who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955 rendered in barely fictionalized terms in Jack Kerouac's "Dharma Bums".
- Dick Price
Dick Price co-founded Esalen Institute, opening the Big Sur grounds to course leaders and students in October 1962, including the course leader Alan Watts. Dick Price and Michael Murphy were introduced by Frederic Spiegelberg, a Stanford University professor of comparative religion and Indic studies they both had studied with previously, and they decided to make use of Murphy's family property on the Pacific coast in the Santa Lucia Mountains.
- John Laird
John Laird is a politician from California, currently representing the 27th district in the California State Assembly as a Democrat. Laird and Mark Leno were the first gay men to serve in the California legislature. Laird become one of the United States first openly gay mayors in 1983. Laird's 27th district stretches from Santa Cruz County down through the Monterey Bay and down the coast to the San Luis Obispo county line.
- Jaime de Angulo
Jaime de Angulo was born in Paris of Spanish parents. He came to America in 1905 to become a cowboy, and eventually arrived in San Francisco on the eve of the great 1906 earthquake. He lived a picaresque life including stints as a cowboy, medical doctor and psychologist. He is best known as a linguist, novelist and ethnomusicologist. He began his career at the University of California, Berkeley in the early 1920s, shortly after his marriage to L. S. (“Nancy”) Freeland.
- William Schutz
William C. Schutz (1925 - November 9, 2002) was a psychologist at the Esalen Institute (Big Sur, California) in the 1960s. He later became the president of BConWSA International. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA. In 1958 Schutz introduced a theory of interpersonal relations he called Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO).
- Jim Simkin
Jim Simkin was an early seminal figure in the history of Gestalt Therapy. Born James Saloman Simkin in Calgary, Canada in 1920, he died in Big Sur, California of leukemia in 1984. Simkin received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan, and practiced in New Jersey. He also was Chief Psychologist at a VA hospital. Like most psychotherapists of his generation he was trained analytically.
- Alice Eastwood
Alice Eastwood (1859 in Toronto, Canada - October 30 1953 in San Francisco, California) is considered an American botanist, since her life after age 14 was in the USA. From age twenty to thirty, she was a teacher in Denver, Colorado and taught herself botany. In 1890 she assumed a post in the herbarium at the California Academy of Sciences. Eastwood was given a position as joint Curator of the Academy with Katherine Brandegee in 1892.
- Linda Wolf
Linda Wolf, (born March 17, 1950) is an American-born Photographer and Writer. She is the author of "Speaking and Listening From the Heart" (dsistas Press, 2004); co-author of "Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women and Mentors on the Transition to Womanhood" (New Society Publishers, 1997); and "Global Uprising: Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st Century; Stories from a New Generation of Activists" (New Society Publishers, 2001).
- Dan Kiger
"I'm bein' ascriminized housing, it is!".
- Shandi Sinnamon
Shandi Sinnamon (1954 -) is an American singer, song writer. She was born to a Huguenot family as Shandra Sinnamon in Miami, Florida. After dropping out of high school, she left home for Big Sur, California. Her ambition was to become a singer and songwriter. After encountering a bicycle accident there, she went back to Florida for recuperation. After recovering, she studied music and drama at a community college.
- Zahara Schatz
Zahara Schatz, a.k.a. Zahara Shatz and Zaraha Sandow (Jerusalem, Palestine, 1916–Jerusalem, Israel, 1999), Israeli fine and decorative artist and daughter of Boris Schatz, who founded the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, as it is known today, in Jerusalem After studying at the École Nationale Supérieure des arts Décoratifs / National School of Decorative Arts in Paris, she rose to prominence in Israel and overseas.
- Meli
I'm a gorgeous little grain of sand amongst billions of others. Long ago, billions of years ago, giant creatures long disappeared leaped from planet to planet with ease, like we skip on rocks on a river.
- Filos
- Jones James
- Nick Piccone
- Jeremy Taylor
Libra. Libra. Libra. Scorpio. 6-Loyalist. Gun-Go-Do-Gun-Go-Gun-Go-Do-Go-Gun-Do. Double iced mocha (soy) shot of hazelnut (whipped cream on top). Stay human. West coast. Just keep swimming. If you believe it, then you should be it, and live it, or leave it be. Friends gather round now. If you see a problem, it's yours. There is NO ENEMY (anywhere). Flip a coin. One infinite loop, cause there is no beginning and there is no end.
- Tonya Creamer
Very busy, married, love my dog, family and friends, music, growing stuff, yahda yahda yahda.
- Burt Culver
Aquarius - crunchy outside with a soft center. I have been described as stoic which is a double edged sword. Steady energy prevails. Confused right now about career paths, but fortunate to be financially able to try out different things. I like to travel. I recently sailed for the first time and loved the feeling of freedom it provided. Just set a sail and go. I'm a Kapha-Pitta. I will try anything once and love variety.
- Heidi
http://oaklandgirl.blogspot.com/;.
- Zoe
i love eating, laughing, and chilling with my friends... just like you. i know what it feels like to be unloved.... so i love everyone! ...well maybe not everyone... but its a nice concept... hehe IM me... je suis Zoo0o0oe imluvinlife13o0.
- Anneliese Bourke
- Francheska
I enjoy dreaming and transforming dreams to reality. Somewhere between my mind and my hand remains a dream. Writing with narrow fingers Deliberate lines of poetry, The ink, which also stains my skin Creates this contrasting, somber shade of dark, Against the paper's clean, white whisper.
- Mark Tindle
watashi wa Daibutsu no AC6.
- Kim
Incendiary.
- Jeremy Taylor
Libra. Libra. Libra. Scorpio. 6-Loyalist. Gun-Go-Do-Gun-Go-Gun-Go-Do-Go-Gun-Do. Double iced mocha (soy) shot of hazelnut (whipped cream on top). Stay human. West coast. Just keep swimming. If you believe it, then you should be it, and live it, or leave it be. Friends gather round now. If you see a problem, it's yours. There is NO ENEMY (anywhere). Flip a coin. One infinite loop, cause there is no beginning and there is no end.
- Sarah
Simple, stunning and complicated. Quite the contradiction!
- Mark Fabionar
I am a recovering vegetarian who can cook the best chicken adobo you'll ever taste. I once swallowed a bee (it stung me in the throat) and soon afterwards tried to catch a wedding bouquet.
- Jenna
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- Leo
My social skills are slipping. Something in my life needs to change so here is my AIM screen name: Piren927.
- Craig von Foerster
Craig Von Foerster , Chef Dominique Da Cruz, Wine Director Quite simply, one of the best meals I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing! Craig Von Foerster , Chef
- Lynn
I was born on a cold day in February in the land of 10,000 lakes in the heart of Minneapolis, MN. I have a mom and dad and stepmom and stepdad, all of whom I adore! My two brothers and three sisters - well I love them and miss them alot these days for you see I am 2,000 miles away from all of them. Yes it was my choice to go so far but everyone has to grab a hold of their dreams and never let go.
- Anneliese
How can one descibe oneself in a paragraph? Hm, let's see. Nature is my love, I'm teaching myself outdoor survival skills, my goal is to be able to live out in the woods and be self-sufficient.
- Jo Anna Mae
Closed For Renovation.
- Angela
I'd say I am sensual, firey, mysterious, mindful (except for when I'm not) and Honest. I love relating to people, learning how people live, thrive, love, and make decisions. I also devour my alone time. I love investigating being human. I think I can safely say I'd do anything once. I absolutely love being in relationship. I crave spontaneity, laughing till I ache, and sexy interactions. I am a HOPELESS romantic.
- Cordell
On a clear night you may find me taking in life looking out over the ocean where it seems like I can see forever, thanking life for the beauty I can hardly believe Iâm a part of. Iâm currently working and studying at Esalen in beautiful Big Sur California, originally from Wisconsin, studying massage and spirituality so I can hopefully find a new dream to aspire to.
- Lisa
I like pie.
- Micah
Well hmmm...I used to be a junkie, so ill just say, FUCK TWEEKERS! also, to any cop checking my page out, fuck you! A sober mind isnt always so bad. Besides who wants to live there life not trusting anyone. Meth is destroying so much of Americas youth today its so sad. Its the worst drug out there I think. Thats just my beleifs anyway. Ill stop preaching heh. Peace and Love. I LOVE SKATEBOARDING! Praise Jah!
- Shaun Biglin
This is me trying to figure out why I do what I do. I haven't quite figured it out yet, but here it goes. Traveling can wear on your mind, body and soul; in turn it makes them stronger and more in tune with each other. It almost seems like magic when you put yourself at the mercy of the lost souls we call America.
- Murphy
I'm modest, but I'm a pure breed boxer. I like to go running on the beach, rubbing my head into the carpet after I eat, and best of all spending quality time with mom and dad (my uncles and aunts are cool, too).