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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
arts culture and improving this world
ABOUT ME
Artist/Artisan with a desire to live closer to nature becoming more whole and natural slowly.
Looking for an alternative lifestyle an Artist or intentional community to sustainable perma- culture Artist painter,mixed media, social entrepreneur, artist, emerging doc maker,my main area is arts,culture humanities,lifestyle health, balance with a goal to live a more sustainable lifestyle,model and speaker on healthy body diversity.I am into arts & culture and architecture and natural health and exploring new areas of culture.
PHILOSOPHY
Be cool and calm,Keep an open mind.
Respect people and their beliefs and keep an open mind to this world and reality.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
I am more into project oriented more into healthy relations the social aspect .
I will offer to help out cook and clean or potluck what have you and I am a reliable,safe and warm open friendly personality and respectful guest.I enjoy making new friends the experience of meeting new people and interacting with them on a friendly basis and staying in touch. Introducing people and networking.I enjoy site seeing the outdoors and friendly,easy going and fun warm personality.I am casual classy and a neat person although relaxed. I am willing to be helpful,and respectful of the people whom seeing and experiencing different people and cultures and cuisine.My background is also hanging out at coffee houses and open mics with other and coming artist and musicians.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
some and far journeys not as far as many getting there and enjoying company.. experiences are with friends .I also tidy and do any household chores , it is far away provide me a car within a reasonable distance. I'll even do your shopping.Nashville USA,Chicago,Colorado,Atlanta GA. many places.My experiences always positive .I am looking forward to getting to know my CS people as new friends and experience the connection.My most recent visit to the UAE earlier in 2010 has had a huge impact on my life culturally and artistically and being a Woman and visiting the only Mosque in the world where a Woman is permitted was very amazing.What a journey and made some very special friends and felt watched over.Travel also makes it more appreciate your own country.
Interests
travel when i have an extended budget to travel, site seeing, really fun things on the affordable cheap interesting people events visiting people and discovering how they live and the places around them that are not too planned anything cultural I enjoy love open mics at coffee houses,Art Galleries,Poetry readings,Concerts.documentary films and occasional features. I also enjoy hiking, and of course site seeing.I love the country outdoors and nature,long walks.I also like retreating in quiet peaceful settings as gardens.On occasion I like to look at Architecture and I am also interested in sustainability and perma culture.I swim,hike nature walks and visit the gym on occasion.
- arts
- culture
- humanities
- poetry
- architecture
- documentaries
- concerts
- cooking
- coffee
- potluck
- modeling
- shopping
- movies
- traveling
- outdoor activities
- hiking
- swimming
- communications
- entrepreneurship
Music, Movies, and Books
I prefer comedies and books that improve your life and biographies,Chicken Soup for The Soul, Success Jack Canfield, Coaching books
books on finances,self improvement,books on travel
films I have seen many documentaries and comedies.
Tom Green Hollywood Causes Cancer,
Music the list is way to long I am into modern folk,alternative some jazz,contemporary and a bit of rock,on occasion I catch a symphony classical
Many docs my fave is Exit The Giftshop
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
I have seen a good part of Europe and stayed for extended stays Prague,Spain,Italy,France,Ireland and traveled a good part of the USA.Galleries,Some Shopping,the country side,outdoors.experienced different emergence into local culture including learning a bit of language.I am also from Canada and experienced different parts of my own country which is different in every province.
Teach, Learn, Share
To respect other people's space and have fun while in it.Be clean,respectful and courteous follow common sense there is something you don't know ask.Sharing on some things that are negotiable.Sometimes it is connecting people that you feel are sharing the same values as you and introducing friends that fit the same ideas and goals.