CURRENT MISSION

experiences! visiting places, people, livin life! being open to learning and sharing, travel and language

ABOUT ME

I haven't traveled in awhile- lived in China for 3 years in the late 80's, loved it and the traveling I did then, but since I've been going to school and working. Finally broke away and left home (California) in April and am now traveling and looking to live in Europe for a few years. Am an artist by trade and lifestyle, love teaching as well. I love meeting people and experiencing different cultures, the energy and dynamism of living in cosmopolitan situations. I'm open minded, quirky, very independent, love people and life!

PHILOSOPHY

We humans are a community of brothers and sisters-and only here as individuals for a short time. My goal is to do no harm and give and receive as much positive energy as I can with my brothers and sisters and along the way, meet great people and have wonderful experiences, and of course grow through the stuff that's not so great and difficult. That's in a nutshell, but pretty much sums up how I feel.....

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Right now, as a surfer-when I settle someplace, I would like to host for the same reasons I'm surfing-connecting with others, learning , having new experiences.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none yet-I'm a CS virgin!

Interests

Art (especially drawing and painting), culture, language, hiking, kayaking,music, music, music,hanging out in cafes and pubs, travel , connecting with people, story telling, serendipity..... it goes on and on

• arts
• culture
• pub crawls
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• drawing
• music
• hiking
• kayaking
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:My Life as a Woman (Iran), American Beauty (US), Intermission (Ireland), Once were Warriors (New Zealand), Sideways(US), Divine Intervention (Palestine), Me,You,Them (Brazil), Our Twisted Hero (South Korea), The Grapes of Wrath (US), Green Eyes (US-Vietnam), Cinema Paradiso (Italy), Talk to Her (Spain), The Cyclist (Iran), Amandala! (South Africa),Beautiful Boxer (Thailand), so many I'm forgetting, I'll add later!
Music: Jazz, good country (Hank Williams, Johnny Cash....) Celtic, Rai, Manu Chao, Rachid Taha, Angelique Kidjo, Sheila Chandra, Sarah Bereilles, Yael Naim, Sade, Marvin Gaye, many more....
Books: Selena, Jobie, Grapes of Wrath, Chicago (Al Aswani), the Drifters, McTeague, The Genius, Maggie, Girl of the Streets, Martin Eden, Of Mice and Men, A Soldier of the Last War, Winters Tale, Fast Food Nation, mostly good novels, but sometimes really artfully written
non fiction-I love the human story.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting held up and robbed with my students by a trailside monkey bandit on Mt.Omei, Sichuan, China-only time I've been mugged in my life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love hearing and telling stories. My talent is painting and drawing and teaching, listening and talking. I love sharing experiences and having a good sit down with others, I like to be surprised and discover the unexpected. Passing on good energy, round and round.

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