CURRENT MISSION

To rewrite histories.

ABOUT ME

eclectic, metallic, earthy, filigreed, empathic, ecstatic, witchy and free.

PHILOSOPHY

from my rotting body
flowers shall grow
and i am in them
and that is eternity

also, "God is in the details."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Sharing skills and tiny bijoux artwork-gifts, hanging out in the early morning or later in the evening, sharing stories over coffee or some wine.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None whatsoever! Looking forward to beginning the journey.

(But I'm already feeling such abundance around & gratitude for the connections I am beginning to make!)

Interests

Painting, painters, manuscript illumination, medievalism, herbs, flower essences, scrying, healing, the Victorians, collections, gems, minerals, permaculture, coral, etching.

• wine
• coffee
• flowers
• reading
• painting

Music, Movies, and Books

Caethua, Michael Hurley, Neil Young, Bauhaus, Coil, Psychic TV, Shirley Collins, John Jacob Niles, Kate Bush, the Cocteau Twins, Espers, Arthur Russell, Dadamah

The Name of the Rose, the Virgin Spring, Jan Svankmajer's Alice, Holy Mountain, El Topo, Willow, A Fistful of Dynamite, For a Few Dollars More... Unfortunately I'm horribly impatient and rarely watch films.

Roger Caillois (esp. The Writing of Stones), John Ruskin, Evagrius Ponticus, Kaja Silverman, Gertrude of Helfta, Michael Camille, Georges Bataille, Montaigne, Neal Stephenson, Dune, Neuromancer, Rene Daumal, Lewis Carroll

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Picked blueberries at Hatcher's Pass.
Hitchhiked from Chickaloon, AK to Seattle, WA.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to hand-stitch, ferment vegetables, ride western, paint, etch, and read the tarot. Or I can just give you a killer tarot reading.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, Ireland, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States