CURRENT MISSION

To experience the world with as much gusto and compassion as I can muster.

ABOUT ME

I am a much more introverted person than I wish I were, but love to meet new people, play music (guitar, mandolin, piano, etc.), and discuss philosophy, religion, etc (I've tended to define myself by intellectualism before, though I'm trying to gravitate away from that a bit). I am very difficult to surprise, and like to think of myself as compassionate and accommodating.

PHILOSOPHY

The closest thing to an absolute philosophy I ascribe to is that of non-violence. Rooting out and subverting coercion in all of its forms, especially as directed toward the self.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I plan to be traveling quite a bit soon, and absolutely love the idea of couchsurfing about the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I and some of my friends once hosted a young Estonian gentleman for a couple of days, and it was quite positive.

Interests

Cooking, hiking, playing music, learning and using new languages, providing a compassionate ear and, perhaps, voice for people who are hurting, adventures, discussing spirituality and its implications, unsettling assumptions and finding beauty in unlikely places.

• beauty
• cooking
• walking
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• hiking
• anthropology
• history
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

The Shawshank Redemption, Gilmore Girls, Chuck, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Être et avoir, the Triplets of Belleville
The Dodos, the National, Ben Howard, the Avett Brothers, Noah Gundersen, the Head and the Heart, Tyler Lyle
Rob Bell, Alan Watts, Yann Martel, Barbara Kingsolver, Cormac McCarthy, Michelle de Montaigne, Wendell Berry

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Walking through a fresh snowfall in the woods under the moon, waking up to sun peaking over the horizon on Thanksgiving morning

Teach, Learn, Share

Guitar musicianship, knowledge of many random and (at least, I believe) interesting topics to share, such as religious history, linguistics, and cultural anthropology