ABOUT ME

Me? I'm an american living in France. Living in Marseille painting, sculpting and writing; travelling quite a bit..enjoying the sea and people. Recently, I have been cooking A LOT and riding my bike all around. It's blissful!

PHILOSOPHY

I believe in collectivity, as in, people make your world and they make your world better. But, noone has to believe collective thinking. Be individual.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've pretty addicted to travelling and (although we can't see it) I have been a couchsurfer, connection-seeking traveler for YEARS and have ALWAYS had incredible experiences.
Through all of my travel experiences through Europe, Americas and Islands, the richest and most emotional experiences that I lived were shared with others.
I can't imagine NOT meeting new people through travel and sharing time with new people.
I also don't believe that it is necessary to spend an enormous amount of money while travelling, travel is a way of life so I try to find ways to make it practical for myself and others.

Interests

Art (contemporary as well as modern, Italian Renaissance, Dutch painting, Swedish weavings, Brazilian Tropicalia...eek let's talk.), cooking, thinking about cooking, abandoned buildings, Modernist architecture, window displays, scientific illustration/graphics, old school books and encyclopedias, bike riding, really long walks, everyday walks, wandering, the sea, spelling errors, reading, history of migrations, fashion from the 1970's, crafts from the 1970's, language, unfinished sentences...
The study of human behavior: how we learn, how we understand, how we feel, what we believe and why...

• arts
• writing
• books
• theater
• architecture
• fashion
• illustrations
• cooking
• recipes
• yoga
• crafts
• gardening
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• cycling
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Pj Harvey, Fleetwood Mac, Mac Demarco, Tame Impala, ELO,

Sans Soleil by Chris Marker, perhaps my fave movie
Midnight Cowboy

1984, almost anything by Gertrude Stein, The Garden of Eden by Hemingway,
Ethnographies by Kathleen Stewart..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelled across the ocean by cargo ship... I have a story to tell!!
(Tied with getting married in France after only living here for 3 months.. :::)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach/share English, certain art/theater techniques, healthy cooking, American recipes (not fastfood , ehem),
Love to share travel advice, philosophical thoughts and natural health tips

Would love to learn more and more about history, film, politics, Italian and Asian cooking , gardening .. What do you want to share?

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking, yoga, art making!,

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, France, Panama, United States