{"id":825,"date":"2008-02-02T16:35:20","date_gmt":"2008-02-02T20:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/the-key-influences\/"},"modified":"2019-01-29T19:25:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T23:25:56","slug":"the-key-influences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/the-key-influences","title":{"rendered":"Key Influences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The underlying conditioning of contemporary culture is ongoing, of course, and the fundamental influence of home, loved ones, and parental values need not be listed nor measured. That being said, here is my attempt to enumerate the primary external influences in my life:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Thirty-Three<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 92%; line-height: 77%; margin-top: -6px; margin-bottom: 25px;\" align=\"left\"><em>(in alphabetical order, according to era)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Early Life<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Television, 1957\u20131972<br \/>\nCatechism of the Catholic Church<br \/>\nDixon and Seitz Relatives<br \/>\nDC Comics, 1960-1970<br \/>\nFamous Artists Course for Talented Young People<br \/>\nFriends at School<br \/>\nGreek and Roman Mythology<br \/>\nVagedes Brothers<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Transformational Years<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican Cinema, 1974\u20131989<br \/>\nConfucian Ideals and the I Ching (Book of Changes)<br \/>\nConsumer Advocacy of Gregory, Honorof, and Yiamouyiannis<br \/>\nCosmic Law Teachings of Mark and Elizabeth Prophet<br \/>\nConservative Ideals of Reagan, Ruff, and Kemp<br \/>\nGeneral Semantics of Alfred Korzybski<br \/>\nGerman Bauhaus and International Design<br \/>\nHeroic Lives of Tecumseh, Kenton, Washington, and Houston<br \/>\nNumerology of Pythagoras and Juno Jordan<br \/>\nObjectivist Philosophy of Ayn Rand<br \/>\nPushpin Studios and the Society of Illustrators<br \/>\nSex, Drugs, and Rock-N-Roll<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Mature Studies<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nAmerican and World Masters of Art and Literature<br \/>\nCharlton Heston and the Defense of Personal Liberty<br \/>\nCommitment to Humanity of Harris, Birney, and Booth<br \/>\nCreative Habits of Bewick, Tharp, and the Wyeths<br \/>\nEmerson and the Heirs of Transcendentalist Thought<br \/>\nEuropean Classical Music from Vivaldi to Sibelius<br \/>\nExercise Practices of Lupus, Maffetone, Pilates, and Pinckney<br \/>\nFinancial Strategies of Stein, Johnson, and Town<br \/>\nHealth Principles of Still, Chopra, Weil, Junger, and Longo<br \/>\nMartial Arts of Ueshiba, Tohei, Ayoob, and Cooper<br \/>\nNarrative Sensibilities of Berry, Watkins, and O\u2019Brian<br \/>\nSocietal Analysis of Wolfe, Webb, Goldberg, and Krauthammer<br \/>\nThe New Testament and Words of Christ<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 92%; line-height: 92%; margin-top: 18px; margin-bottom: 8px;\" align=\"left\"><em>a work in progress . . . <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The underlying conditioning of contemporary culture is ongoing, of course, and the fundamental influence of home, loved ones, and parental values need not be listed nor measured. That being said, here is my attempt to enumerate the primary external influences in my life: Top Thirty-Three (in alphabetical order, according to era) Early Life American Television, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2349,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/825\/revisions\/2349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}