CURRENT MISSION

Visionary and Purveyor of Truth and Beauty

ABOUT ME

I LOVE ACHIEVING THE IMPOSSIBLE! INTERNATIONAL ARTIST, ANGEL CHEN, INC.

Art is my hero and occasionally music saves my life. I love books and own at least 1000 good ones.
VENICE, CALIFORNIA
Birthday June 9th
Last school UCLA
Based in Venice Beach, California, currently on tour in Europe and Asia. London, Dublin, Venezia, Basel, Kassel, Berlin, Paris, Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing...You cannot get lost on a straight road. 'The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones 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 roman candles...' - Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969)
Interested in:
Enlightenment, transcendence, the beautiful and the sublime, existing beyond the ordinary range of perception, contemporary art, fashion, intellectual repartee, elegance, sophistication, wit, charm, taste, luxury, uptown, downtown, never midtown. Walking through fire, fearlessness, embracing the unknown, unshakable faith, miracle-makers, the world is my oyster. I do not watch television.

PHILOSOPHY

OUT IS THE NEW IN - I'M ON AN ART PILGRIMAGE CHASING THE DRAGON. VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA, LONDON, DUBLIN, VENICE, ITALY, BASEL, KASSEL, BERLIN, PARIS, TOKYO, SHANGHAI, HONG KONG, BEIJING.
YOU CANNOT GET LOST ON A STRAIGHT ROAD.
"MY ROLE AS AN ARTIST IS TO GIVE AND RECEIVE PLEASURE." CARL ANDRE "THE WHOLE OF THE WORLD + ARTWORK = THE WHOLE OF THE WORLD." MARTIN CREED

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been a guest and Iäm looking forward to being a host. I have traveled to: Italy, Paris, Germany, Amsterdam, Switzerland, Austria, London, Dublin, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama...

Interests

ART: General Enlightenment, transcendence, the beautiful and the sublime, existing beyond the ordinary range of perception, contemporary art, fashion, intellectual repartee, elegance, sophistication, wit, charm, taste, luxury, uptown, downtown, never midtown. Walking through fire, fearlessness, embracing the unknown, unshakable faith, miracle-makers, the world is my oyster, I believe in magic. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Yoko Ono, Robert Irwin, Larry Bell, Robert Smithson, Nancy Holt, Yayoi Kusama, Joan Mitchell, Per Kirkeby, Cy Twombly, Andrea Zittel, Jack Pierson. Roland Barthes, Friedrich Nietzsche, Immanuel Kant, Krishnamurti, Osho. Modernism. Postmodernism too.

Music: David Bowie, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore, X, Blondie, Prince, Free Design, Moby, Air, Cocteau Twins, The Eagles of Death Metal, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Los Super Elegantes, Madonna, The Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, Billie Holiday, James Brown; The Bird and The Bee.

Movies: Dreams, by Akira Kurosawa. Shortcuts by Robert Altman. The one I'm living.

• arts
• books
• design
• fashion
• contemporary art
• beauty
• walking
• movies
• magic
• music
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Be Here Now. The Art of Light and Space. The Writings of Robert Smithson. Total Freedom. The Philsosophy of Andy Warhol. Eat, Love, Pray. Dreams by Akira Kurosawa. Artists: Yoko Ono, Yayoi Kusama, Andy Warhol, Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, Olafur Eliasson, Tadao Ando

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Phosphorescence of the midsummer night's waters off the coast of Thailand, a giant sea turtle laying her eggs in Northern Costa Rica, love at first sight.

Teach, Learn, Share

Art, of course.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Art, Design, Interior Design, Philosophy, World View

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