CURRENT MISSION

Expression!

ABOUT ME

I am an artist. I work in an artisan cheese shop and also in a flower shop. I street perform as a living statue. I grew up on a farm with 80 horses.

https://instagram.com/avesavesaves/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think this website is amazing. It's full of new folks with unique lives that are willing to share their spaces. And that makes me giddy!

This website has connected me to some really awesome people.

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING:

I love hosting and surfing. Often times I work too much to host, but I've simplified my schedule a bit at the moment so I at least work a lot less evenings. I love Kansas City and want to explore it with my guests.

Interests

Art! Of all kinds.
Adventures! Of all kinds.
Plants! Of all kinds.

• horses
• arts
• performing arts
• cooking
• wine
• cheese
• clubbing
• shopping
• juggling
• drawing
• guitar
• violin
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: There Will Be Blood, Amelie, The Life Aquatic, Venus in Furs, The Brothers Bloom, Frances Ha, Drive, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Trainspotting, Delicatessen, Harold and Maude, Anything by Miyazaki. I just watched the movie La La Land and really loved it. Over The Garden Wall.

Music: Andrew Bird, Radiohead, Frank Ocean, Janelle Monae, Jungle, LCD Soundsystem, Tune-Yards, Bjork, Sufjan Stevens, Mountain Man, Fiona Apple, Beirut, My Brightest Diamond, Dirty Projectors, Alabama Shakes, BadBadNotGood, Punch Brothers, Lianne La Havas, Leon Bridges, Sylvan Esso, Joanna Newsom.

Books: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Everything is Illuminated, Song of Solomon, Catch-22, Kafka on the Shore, plays by Edward Albee, all things David Sedaris.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent my last birthday in the Arctic Circle looking at puffins.

Teach, Learn, Share

~I will draw your portrait! And if you want to draw or paint with me - I have plenty of art supplies and am happy to share because making art with someone is very motivating.
~Every Monday night I make a big soup for me and my friends. It's so much fun.
~I'm an alright juggler. Maybe I can teach you to be an alright juggler, too? KC Juggling Club meets very Wednesday night and meet just a few blocks from my home.
~I own a violin and ukulele. I can't play anything, but I'd love for you to teach me something simple or serenade me.
~I am always ready to learn more things about cooking. At this point I'm very good at making stew and soups! My friends and I like to make Mondays soup night!
~We have a pole in the apartment, and my roommate likes to teach people to dance! It's a workout - get ready.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Soup, an average feeling futon, a tour of our awesome art museum, a drawn portrait, cat hair (sorry), shower, blankets,

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Chile, Germany, Iceland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States