CURRENT MISSION

find oneness everywhere

ABOUT ME

I am a collection of molecules, whims, thoughts, and energies that create the ever-morphing constellation of myself. My ideas are celestial, but my life is grounded, practical and calm.
I swim in the arts--singing, dancing, acting, puppet opera, teaching kids theatre--but also in the tarot, astrology, and transpersonal psychology. A good conversation and a good meal with some time out in the sun or in the woods sounds like a perfect day to me.

My spirit is peaceful and optimistic, sometimes shy but often expansive. I love to listen to peoples' stories and to talk about dreams. I have the heart of a child after all these years, and I still believe in magic.

PHILOSOPHY

Live gently on this earth with full force of presence and gratitude. Feeling with a full-spectrum. ishi-go, ishi-e: one lifetime, one chance.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am hoping to use the couch-surfing network to help me with my project, "Song Catching in the Motherlands." (see my kickstarter page, coming soon!). I will be going to Europe with the Spielpalast Cabaret, but on my journey I hope to interview people from all over and ask them to teach me a traditional song in their language. Couch surfing is a wonderful gift to the world--recovering the lost art of hospitality.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have never gone surfing on a couch. twice with a surfboard though.

Interests

world peace
tarot
astrology
singing Bach
dancing
poetry
good films
healing
kundalini yoga
good teas
transpersonal psychology
alternative theatre
teaching
puppet opera
gardening/farming and then cooking!
communing with nature/hiking
BEING.

• arts
• books
• poetry
• singing
• acting
• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• gardening
• movies
• reading
• magic
• opera
• hiking
• surfing
• swimming
• languages
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

directors: Tarkovsky, Von Trier, Lang, Howard Hawks, Clair Denis, Polanski, Catherine Breillat, Goddard, Pasolini, Fellini, Lubitsch, Bergman, Kubrick, Agnes Varda, Terrence Malick...

music:
all Early Music, esp. Bach, Monteverdi, Handel...
mostly all Jazz, esp. Billie Holiday, Bill Evans...
and then also:
Anne Briggs
Sibylle Baier
The Incredible String Band
Cowboy Junkies...

I tend to opt for sound over meaning in music.
I love music as long as it resonates with something inside me. I also enjoy crazy techno sometimes!

books/authors: Huxley, Robertson Davies, Hesse, Nietzche, Kant, Dovstoyesky, Emily Dickinson, Emerson, Thoreau, Olga Broumas, Anais Nin, Mageurite Duras, Voltaire, Sartre, Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, Beckett, Jung, Rilke, Rumi, Goethe, Clarissa Pinkola-Estes, Hafiz,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This moment and the last and the next...breathing in the world and knowing I exist! Everything else is a part of that "amazing thing done/seen."

Teach, Learn, Share

I share my wide library of self, including anything and everything I've learned from 10 years of college, and all the deep work in between the books and papers. I love helping others interpret their dreams. I will gladly give you a tarot or astrology reading in exchange for hospitality! Or I can sing you a song!
I would love to learn your songs--traditional or personal. Also bee-keeping, spinning wool, and languages.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States