Influences     So many important influences:  R. Buckminster Fuller, Arthur M. Young, William Butler Yeats, William Blake, Bob Dylan, just to name a few.  The blend of verse and song that originated from Great Britain has made a deep impression on my life and my work.  Also, I was born in The Bay Area during the height of the so-called Peace & Love generation.  Naturally much of that culture was absorbed and retained as well as a real appreciation of much of the art that emerged during the sixties and seventies both in America and The Isles.