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Arcata, California, United States
@CLCLARK
Member since 2012
CURRENT MISSION To Listen, To Help, To Create, To Grow. ABOUT ME Conversations, books, academia, and saying yes to new experiences are my modes of education. I strive to be patient and understanding, and to embrace people different than myself. I prefer being outdoors. I try to leave every place better than I found it, specifically messy kitchens. PHILOSOPHY Every year shall be better than the last. Explore, question, devote yourself.
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Art
Fluent in English
Learning Spanish
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I have hosted, I have surfed. I am exploring Europe for the first time and hoping to find many gracious hosts there. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I have spent time with couchsurfers in California, Honduras, Greece, and in Guatemala. I like to take my guests on adventures, and I love when my hosts take the time to show me something they love about their home land.
Music, Movies, and Books
Currently I am reading the autobiography of Emma Goldman, and Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond Genres: American Folk & Western, Classical Indian, Afrobeat, Desert Blues, and at the moment I'm enjoying a live cello rehearsal. Films: Harold & Maude, Pelo Malo, Amelie
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Riding in the back of a pick up truck with a new friend, around seven in the morning past the Lago Yojoa in Honduras, leaning on our backpacks and sharing a morning session with the wind gods. Watching the fog come down the mountains while the workers in the sugarcane fields began their day. The wind around us made our funny hair stand up every which way. We smiled together because we were doing exactly what we wanted to be doing with our lives.
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach: How to draw How to eviscerate a chicken How to cook a thing or two How to play a few card games Learn: Your History/World History Dance styles Languages Share: Food, conversation, card games, sports, and ideas.
What I Can Share With Hosts
I can give haircuts (for short-haired folks) I can clean a house I can fix up a yard or garden I can make a quality sign
My Interests
In the most general sense, my interests are food, people, and art. I am most comfortable when surrounded by nature. Or in a kitchen, with something to do. I have put in a few years in my local, organic farm community and it has greatly shaped my lifestyle. I have always been an artist, and encourage creativity wherever I can. I am immensely interested in the human race, and enjoy learning about societies, cultures, and the histories of individuals.