CURRENT MISSION: Live lightly. Speak softly. Listen intently.

ABOUT ME: I worked in economics and managed a research lab. Now, I am following academic affections towards a PhD in sociology and business at MIT.

PHILOSOPHY
-The golden rule.
-Neophilia (has its limits...).
-The object of perception becomes clearer with the accumulation of perspectives on it.
-Eternal oscillation.
-Moderate moderation.
-Trust in truth.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Sharing, caring, learning, turning with the wheel to while the hours and savor the seconds.

Interests

Books, movies, rock climbing, snow sports, writing, walking, playing, music making, dancing, language, abstract thought, movement for movement's sake, arcana, common sense, jokes, busking (some day), juggling, unicylcing, dabbling, gadabouting.

• writing
• books
• poetry
• singing
• dancing
• cooking
• movies
• juggling
• music
• sports
• rock climbing
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I snorkle more than scuba dive in art and hobbies. I used to radio DJ a world music show. I like many movies, foreign films, humor.

Reading: Rebecca Solnit, Jon Mooallem, Jonathan Lethem, Robert Heinlein, J. M. Coetzee, Tove Jansson, Saul Bellow, Douglas Hofstadter, Matsuo Basho, Virginia Woolf, Ursula Le Guin, Robert Jordan, Janwillem van de Wetering, Haruki Murakami.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

At sunset, I leaped from a massive rock into a freezing fjord. I have learned a lot from the fear, exhilaration, and just-do-it'ness found in flying from on high to plunge into black waters.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Spanish language. How to climb rocks. How to cook a Finnish pancake.

Learn: Poems, how to sing in many languages, how to juggle.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Norway, Russian Federation, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Ecuador, Finland, United States

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