"The world I live in is loathsome to me, but I feel at one with those who suffer in it. There are ambitions that are not mine, and I should not feel at ease if I had to make my way by relying on the paltry privileges granted to those who adapt themselves to this world. But it seems to me that there is another ambition that ought to belong to all writers: to bear witness and shout aloud, every time it is possible, insofar as our talent allows, for those who are enslaved as we are."
-Albert Camus, Combat, Dec, 1948

"The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions"
~Susan Sontag

"Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at."
~Thoreau, Walden, 1854

Searching for better ends, better means and better answers for all of those who feel they must bear witness and shout aloud as I do.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love seeing this beautiful city through other people's eyes, it makes it always fresh and exciting. I think you cannot really know people until you have lived with them. :) Everyone I have hosted and stayed with has been lovely!

Interests

philosophy, history, swimming, wabi sabi, shit disturbing, printmaking, violent weather, astronomy, gender theory, politically engaged art making, street art, spoken word, sushi, manifesto writing, duct tape, old book smell, trees, the ocean, languages, neoliberal smack downs, alternative technologies, horizontalidad, birds, religious and cultural traditions, intersectionality, antiques, environmentalism, labour movements, abandoned buildings, prairie skies, plants, british comedy, anarchism, unicorns

• birds
• arts
• writing
• books
• literature
• street art
• drinking
• gardening
• spoken word
• swimming
• astronomy
• teaching
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Erich Fromm, Emma Goldman, Aldous Huxley, Hannah Arendt, George Orwell, Susan Sontag, David Graeber, Albert Camus, Chandra Mohanty, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Silvia Federici, Arundhati Roy, Vandana Shiva, Margaret Atwood, Herman Hesse, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Louise Erdrich, Paulo Friere, Masanobu Fukuoka, Ursula K. LeGuin, Jane Jacobs, Franz Kafka, Naomi Kelin, Pyotr Kropotkin, Manfred Max-Neef, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Marjane Satrapi, Upton Sinclair, Henry David Thoreau, Kurt Vonnegut...etc. :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Gezi Park 2013, Bu daha baslangic mucadeleye devam! One of the most intense, inspiring experiences I have been a part of so far.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:

-Art/Printmaking, woohoo!
-Super happy to share gardening skills/advice/nimble weeding fingers
-Lets talk about books and we will be bff's forever!
-Recovering trained English teacher. Probably remember the training if you like grammar, debatably proficient in speaking if you like conversation.

Learn:

-all the things! I like people who care about something. If you care about something I want to hear about it. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Turkey