CURRENT MISSION

To see the world with my own eyes and to grow with every step

ABOUT ME

A freelance writer of fiction, music criticism, journalism, and memoir who caught the travel bug bad. Hungry for unique experiences, open people, and a more complete understanding of the world, I try to add to my own story while weaving it into those of all the wonderful people I meet around the world.

PHILOSOPHY

Live life to the fullest with an open heart and an open mind

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The people make the journey what it is.

Interests

learning anything and everything about everything and anything

• writing
• poetry
• singing
• acting
• concerts
• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• hiking
• history
• nature
• film
• indigenous rights
• psychedelics
• ethnobotany
• indigenous cultures

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Flying Lotus, The Mercury Program, Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Why?, Earl Sweatshirt, Jehst, MF DOOM, Tim Maia, Mouse on the Keys, Toe, AGNARKEA, Bill Evans, Aesop Rock, Teebs, Spiro, BADBADNOTGOOD, Maps & Atlases, Radiohead, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Atmosphere, The Mars Volta, Tera Melos, El Ten Eleven, Ghosts and Vodka, Minus the Bear.........the list goes on and on and on. If you get me started talking about music, I may never stop.

Some favorite movies: The Handmaiden, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Old Boy, Enter the Void, The Illusionist, Memento, The Favorite, Antichrist, Howl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke

The book One River by Wade Davis changed the way I look at the world.
Other than that one, it’s easier to list favorite writers, than books. Those would be:
William Gibson, Sally Rooney, Neal Stephenson, W.G. Sebald, Annie Baker, Peter Matthiessen, Nick Harkaway, David Foster Wallace, George Saunders, Wade Davis, Chuck Klosterman, Terry Prachett, Tom, Robbins, Chuck Palahniuk

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Becoming lifelong friends with people I met at Machu Pichu
Getting repeatedly lost in Prague's old town
Living in the Amazon for a month
Traveling through Europe only ever staying with friends I met on other adventures
Living in Buenos Aires
Hitchhiking through Patagonia

Teach, Learn, Share

I know lots about music, travel, books, and hopefully can share a nuanced perspective of the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, England, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United States