CURRENT MISSION

live!

ABOUT ME

Born in Bogota, Colombia; went to school in the USA, worked in post-conflict research and art in Bogotá for a while, am now in New York freelancing while I apply for grad school.

I studied anthropology and studio art. I'm happiest when I chill with friends, run, bike, paint, play frisbee, and hear your thoughts on the world. Also while watching great films :) Win my heart over by discussing Pedro Almodovar, Frida Kahlo or a good book. I have been deeply moved by the kindness of people on here, and am excited to experience more in the future.

PHILOSOPHY

“the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.” - Kerouac

"It is better to travel well than to arrive." - Buddha

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Surfed around Brazil and Europe, happy to host now

Interests

Painting murals. Going to shows and movies; the beach and exploring planet earth.

Rebellion as an act and concept. Marx, Chomsky, Mistral, Foucault.

• arts
• books
• coffee
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• cycling
• surfing
• anthropology
• cartography
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Thelma and Louise, Casablanca, Pan's Labyrinth.

Slaughterhouse Five, Casa de los Espiritus, Crime and Punishment.
Kerouac, Isabel Allende, Cortazar, Carlos Fuentes, Junot Diaz, Toni Morrison.

Shakira, Alt j, Andrew Bird, the XX, Bob Marley, Sublime, Tallest Man on Earth, The Kooks, Beatles, white stripes

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ridden on an Elephant in Thailand, and learned how to tell it to go left and right. They're smarter than we think!

Teach, Learn, Share

I recently learned a new word that got me jazzed. It's

sonder n: "the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk."