CURRENT MISSION

The Rabbi is Busy.

ABOUT ME

This all feels a bit hard to summarize, but here goes!
Recently gave up a job as a designer/animator to go back to school for filmmaking. Now, I've just graduated and am coming out of a writing program in Lithuania, en route back home. Though I'm still working madly on my writing and film work, I'm traveling and trying to learn as many languages as possible in this short time, and hopefully meet a few great people along the way.

I'm also working on a series of slow-motion video portraits for a show in Chicago in August. If I meet you, I will probably ask, without expectation, to take one of you.

PHILOSOPHY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeS6aEc7FLY

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Though I haven't had the opportunity to officially host anyone yet, I've met amazing people through meetups in Berlin, New York, and Chicago, and hopefully elsewhere, soon. It's safe to say that anyone I meet, around the world, will always have a place to stay in Chicago, or New York, or whereever I may be at the moment.

Interests

Linguistics, Film, Photography, Slacklining, Bike-riding, Making Music, Exploring, Reading, Listening.

• writing
• design
• photography
• film making
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies
Playtime. Mon Oncle. Melancholia. Guy Maddin. The Mirror. Wings of Desire. Chris Marker. This is Not a Film. A Serious Man and a lot of the Coen Brothers. In The Loop. Primer.
The Future/other Miranda July stuff. Chungking Express and In The Mood for Love. Children of Men and 12 Monkeys. Almodovar. Exit Through the Gift Shop. Contact (7th Grade favorite). Twin Peaks. West Wing. Alexander Payne. Todd Solondz. Breaking Bad. Fanny and Alexander. Babel. Sedmikrásky. esotsm.

Music.
Wild Nothing. John Maus. Antony and the Johnsons. Sam Amidon. The Tallest Man on Earth. evenings. Gillian Welch. Joanna Newsom. The Books. Portishead. Faded Paper Figures. Real Estate. Amanda Palmer. Youth Lagoon.
Pärt, Ives, Tallis.

Books.
currently: Art history (see: student). And trying to get through some Carlos Fuentes short stories in Spanish (with dictionary in hand).
Paul Bowles's The Sheltering Sky was my favorite book for a long time and I try to read his stuff whenever I travel (appropriate, as they're mostly about Americans doing terrible things to each other while traveling).
Recently: The Unnamed (Josh Ferris). Godel, Escher, Bach. Oliver Sacks. Unaccustomed Earth. Michael Chabon is inhumanly incredible. Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
The New Yorkers that I don't actually have time to read but are probably amazing.

Sleep No More. (this is more of an NYC thing but still worth mentioning).

Dan Savage. Radiolab. TAL.

Powell's Books (Portland). The Strand. I don't know, are there any good bookstores in Chicago? You should message me if you know any.

Teach, Learn, Share

Would love to exchange stories, languages, musical collaborations (I will tune your piano–I'm serious. I have all the tools with me. Long story.), and much much more.
If your interested in my work, I have a limited site up at http://broken.codes

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, Finland, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, United States

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