CURRENT MISSION

to make the world a better place. to teach everybody how to draw. To make eveybody laugh. To make a miniature version of this world with 6.5 billion clay figurines in it...(or just make six oversize figures for the local arts council?)

ABOUT ME

I am a father of three wonderful young men with fantastic talents. I am also husband to a fantastic writer, social activist, and creative cook. In my time away from these wonderful people, I work as a psychotherapist with children and adults to help them solve their life problems. Every now and then I get a chance to paint or make some other form of art. I'd like to become a gardener one day and grow potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplants. For now, I have a web site you can visit: www.ArtAndPlayTherapy.com.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is like a dream. If you are having a bad one, roll over and have another one.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host people from time to time, sometimes not really officially through CS but random strangers who seem to need a place for the night. But that had started long before the CS website was started. I like to meet interesting new people, exchange stories, and eat good food.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Paris in January 2009! How wonderful! In the past, I have invited hitchhikers, wanedering musicians, and the like, to come over for a glass of wine, good food, chat, and a bed if they need it. I have been invited like that myself too at times.

Interests

art, knowing people, children, helping, cooking, gardening, writing, dusting and vacuuming.

• arts
• writing
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• gardening
• painting
• drawing

Music, Movies, and Books

music: classical, jazz, avantgarde,
movies: lots; Truman Show, Lives of Others, Amadeus, ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When she was 9 my sister looked in a mirror and saw in the reflection of her eye a movie about the robber who had stolen some jewelery from us. It is true!

Last week I talked to a boy who was 10 months old and we perfectly understood each other.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to learn, practice and teach the art of knowing what is to be learned, practiced, and taught in the moment.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Denmark, Germany, Morocco, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Finland, Iran