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Overview

  • 3 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Portuguese
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2015
  • Visual Artist/Musician
  • Maryland Institute College of Art; Painting BFA
  • From USA
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About Me

I am visual artist & musician based in the Baltimore, MD area. At the moment I am traveling in the Amazon of Peru - doing field research with photography, video, and sound in relation to the ecology and culture of the Amazon. I speak both English y Espańol. Have an itch for traveling and connecting with new people/places. Im always down for a good conversation!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Its a great way of meeting people and establishing new connections. It also beats hotels, when you want to go on a real adventure....also why not?

Interests

life hacking, chess, psychology, nature, lucid dreaming, listening to vinyl records, making short films, sound alchemy, tattoos , food, visual art, cats, dogs, biology coffee, cowboy bebop, camping, spirituality, philosophy, poems, building stuff, hiking, musical instruments, swimming, going to shows, dragons, futbol, road trips, riding bikes, and outer space.

  • cats
  • dogs
  • arts
  • poetry
  • tattoos
  • dining
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • movies
  • chess
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • hiking
  • camping
  • swimming
  • biology
  • medicine
  • psychology
  • road trips

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : Flying Lotus, Kendrick Lamar, Shabazz Palaces, Mount Kimbie, Billy Holiday,Tito Puente, Thievery Corporation, Tinariwen, Manu Chao, Toto La Momposina, Earl Sweatshirt, Esperanza Spalding, Fela Kuti, Nina Simone, Lee Scratch Perry, MF Doom, Madlib, Bad Brains, Sun Ra, Frank Zappa, Junior Kimbrough, Portis Head, Miles Davis, Coltrane, The Fugees, Group Acido, Camarón de la Isla, Paco de Lucia, Patato y Totico...(cumbia, bachata, salsa, house, jazz, funk, classic rock..ect

Movies: Los Viajes del Viento, Amores Perros, Fantastic Planet, 12 Monkeys, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Star Wars, LOTR, Waking Life, Spirited Away, Enter The Dragon, Way of the Dragon, Drunken Master, Samsara, Sin Nombre, Science of Sleep, Madmax, How High, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Pans Labyrinth, Downtown 81, Taxi Driver, Half Baked, Gladiator...

Books : Revolutionary Suicide, Los Perro's Románticos, Last Evenings on Earth, Letters from Earth, House of Leaves, Rum Diary, On the Road, Owl, Fight Club, Lullaby, The teachings of Don Juan, One Hundred Years, Monster,Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, The Motorcycle Diaries, art books, The Waste Land and other Poems...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Co Founded an artist commune/collective in Fall 2013 by refurbishing/rebuilding a 10,000 sq ft warehouse space and turning it into a living space with the accommodation of 10 artist studios/ 1 gallery space/ 8 bed rooms

Teach, Learn, Share

life-arte-música- magia

What I Can Share with Hosts

Im willing to share/teach/gift visual art, music..I also can cook and clean!

Countries I’ve Visited

Chile, El Salvador, England, France, Peru, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

El Salvador, Spain, United States

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