**IMPORTANT** I am NOT hosting for Mountain Film, Bluegrass, Ride Fest, Blues and Brews or Telluride Film Fest.

CURRENT MISSION

See as much as I can. Teach. Learn. Live. Be happy.

ABOUT ME

I love everything outdoors, no matter what. I enjoy traveling, exploring new cultures. I'm quite adventurous and spontaneous. I try to be as direct as I can when speaking to people, if I don't want to do it, I won't.

PHILOSOPHY

"...there is no shame in starting a journey, failing and returning to complete it later. ...I could never journey backward, correct my mistakes, down shift, and try the same journey a second time."
The Raven's Gift, Jon Turk

Excerpt from Hermann Hesse's "Small Town"
All of us wanderers are made like this. A good part of our wandering and homelessness is love, eroticism. The romanticism of wandering, at least half of it, is nothing else but a kind of eagerness for adventure. But the other half is another eagerness -- an unconscious drive to transfigure and dissolve the erotic. We wanderers are very cunning -- we develop those feelings which are impossible to fulfill; and the love which actually should belong to a woman, we lightly scatter among small towns and mountains, lakes and valleys, children by the side of the road, beggars on the bridge, cows in the pasture, birds and butterflies. We separate love from its object, love alone is enough for us, in the same way that, in wandering, we don't look for a goal, we only look for the happiness of wandering, only the wandering.

How to be an Artist:
Stay loose. Learn to watch snails. Plant impossible gardens. Invite someone dangerous to tea. Make little signs that say "Yes!" and post them all over your house. Make friends with freedom and uncertainty. Look forward to dreams. Cry during movies. Swing as high as you can on a swingset by moonlight. Cultivate moods. Refuse to "be responsible." Do it for love. Take lots of naps. Give money away. Do it now. The money will follow. Believe in magic. Laugh a lot. Celebrate every gorgeous moment. Take moonbaths. Have wild imaginings. Transformative dreams. And perfect calm. Draw on the walls. Read everyday. Imagine yourself magic. Giggle with children. Listen to old people. Open up. Dive in. Be free. Bless yourself. Drive away fear. Play with everything. Entertain your inner child. You are innocent. Build a fort with blanket. Get wet. Hug trees. Write love letters.
SARK.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate when and where I can, as much as I can. I'll offer up a couch to people not even on the website. It is a great experience that everyone should have: staying with a stranger and letting a stranger stay with you.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Still no complaints yet!

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
― Douglas Adams, "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul"

Interests

Starting with and in no particular order, but not limited to: vegabonding, evolution, drawing, electric violins, fine pointed pens, pineapples, painting, fish, birds, water, sunshine, rain, clouds, darkness, fire, lightening, fiddles, big rocks, small rocks, photography, wandering, wondering, traveling, climbing, jumping, diving, star gazing, track and field, gala apples, long jump, being silly, spontaneity, ramdomosity, making up words, being myself, freedom, green eggs, walking on my hands, dark clouds, mysteries, books, the smell of paper, the smell of crayons.

Music, Movies, and Books

There are just too many to write down, especially since I've just become a librarian at my public library.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching the amazing people where I live always smiling and being helpful no matter the weather, the time of day or their mood. I love my community.

Teach, Learn, Share

This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often. If you don’t like something, change it. If you don’t like your job, quit. If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV. If you are looking for the love of your life, stop; they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love. Stop over analyzing, life is simple. All emotions are beautiful. When you eat, appreciate every last bite. Open your mind, arms, and heart to new things and people, we are united in our differences. Ask the next person you see what their passion is, and share your inspiring dream with them. Travel often; getting lost will help you find yourself. Some opportunities only come once, seize them. Life is about the people you meet, and the things you create with them so go out and start creating. Life is short. Live your dreams, and wear your passion.
Holstee's Manifesto.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Each person is my superior at at least one aspect of life. I'm sure we can teach each other a great many things that we might not expect.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Chile, France, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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