I am a recent graduate living and working in Amsterdam. I love making things, listening to music, and being in nature. I am especially interested in architecture, mycelium, soft electronics, fashion, music-making, history, literature, and the unsung beauty of mundanity.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm looking for someome to crash with while traveling, and would also love to host people in Amsterdam to make new friends from around the world.

Interests

• poetry
• architecture
• design
• photography
• acting
• hiking
• martial arts
• art
• films
• nature
• sustainability
• theatre
• museums
• farming
• contemporary dance
• yodeling
• accordians

Music, Movies, and Books

Films:
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Tokyo Noise
House (1977)
Suspiria (2018)
Only Lovers Left Alive
Paprika
Belladonna of Sadness
Ida
What We Do in the Shadows
Fallen Angels
The Love Witch
Synecdoche, New York
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Okja
God Help The Girl
The Red Turtle

Music (albums)
Blonde - Frank Ocean
Saâda Bonaire - Saâda Bonaire
MELTING MOMENT - POiSON GiRL FRiEND
Play with Lies - Cult Club

Books
Severance - Ling Ma
Orlando - Virigina Woolf
Debt - David Graeber
Bullshit Jobs - David Graeber
Frankissstein - Jeanette Winterson
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Jules Verne
Leisure: The Basis of Culture -Josef Pieper
Poor Things - Alasdair Gray
Collected Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges

Currently Reading:
The Master and the Margerita - Mikhail Bulgakov

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being a (short-term) exchange student in China!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach beginning piano, drawing/painting lessons, beginning tae kwon do, writing haikus, and some pottery and embroidery.

I want to learn more about gardening/sustainable farming and learn new languages (especially French and Dutch).
I love taking photos so in exchange for my stay I can always take some nice portraits of you, your pets, or your home!

What I Can Share with Hosts

my passion for art and photography, ghost stories or...a puppet show

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, England, France, Germany, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Peru, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States