Influences..?

I normally do not share my influences as an artist because I am embarrassed by them or they don't make any sense. I might as well get into it because I don't want to drag this out. My influences are not as much visual art as they are things that have happened to me, feelings I am more in touch with whether it be negative or positive, political theory and music. My two favorite visual artists would have to be Junji Ito and Stanley Mouse. They are both visual absurdists with very different cultural influences as they were from opposite sides of the Earth. Stanley Mouse is the American born artist who did all of the Grateful Dead's artwork (let that speak for itself) and Junji Ito is a Japanese-born Horror Manga artist best known for his book Uzumaki. Both artists have an uncomfortable element to them as they play with physical appearance and unsettling ideas. My at-heart top musical influences are very primitive. I would say that Nirvana and Black Sabbath will always be my two favorite bands because their sounds have had an influence on my art since middle school. I don't listen to them as much as I listen to music I like less for reasons unknown. I believe that one of the most influential ideas in my life has been Dialectical Materialism. It has changed the way I look at the world as the two sides of socialism and liberalism can be applied to any situation. This is because one creates unity while the other creates struggle. In the end, I really don't know what my influences are because they're all subconscious so let's end this here.