Art defines and drives me! It has been my most central focus for as long as I've been aware of my self as a distinct entity. I approach most situations with excitement and am always looking for more ways to collaborate and learn from other people.

My first priority is to my various projects, serving as the director of the Bellingham Alternative Library and Neoglyphic Media, and also a collective member of the Lookout Arts Quarry. Much of my time is spent happily working on each of those projects.
www.altlib.org
www.neoglyphicmedia.com
www.lookoutarts.com

I hope to find more people to connect with here and learn from and share ideas with.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been couch surfing and hosting travelers for years before discovering this resource and love to keep the cycles in motion.

About ten years ago myself and some friends started an enormous cooperative house which has hosted hundreds of couchsurfers, no joke, as well as housing over 150 residents, animals, plants, and non-corporeal entities.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've couch surfed extensively independently of couchsurfing.org and also hosted many (easily over 100) couchsurfers in the various cooperative houses which I've been a part of.

Interests

As a genuinely and broadly interested person, its hard for me to say anything of my interests without feeling that I'm being too short.
Some vast concepts that I can and do explore deeply:
Art, Music, Books, Community, Politics (its complicated), Technology

• cats
• arts
• books
• running
• politics
• technology
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• sailing

Music, Movies, and Books

Most of all I love things my friends create! If you have a craft that you care about, I'd love to see what you're working on and are most excited about at the moment.

Music has been hugely informative of my character. I'm recently performing music again and am feeling inspired to play in just about any style. Some of my favorite composers:
Bill Frisell, John Lurie, Fred Frith, Wayne Horvitz, Captain Beefheart

I love reading comics and would be overjoyed to meet anyone who shared my interest. While most of my favorites are the things made by my friends, some of my favorite notable writer/artists are: Moebius, Chris Ware, Charles Burns, Dave Sim, Dash Shaw

SO MUCH MORE - we should talk :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

One of the most extreme adventures I've had while traveling came while hitch-hiking to the Northern California redwoods in November with my best friend. There are more stories from that trip than I could ever tell in one sitting.

As a child my family would spend weeks sailing throughout the San Juan Islands on our boat, which I grew up on.

Now, I mostly work on community arts projects, and have helped to develop some notable spaces in the town where I live :)

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to create or debate with just about anyone. I have a lot to share, but also a lot to learn, as my knowlege tends to be very specificly focused.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States