CURRENT MISSION

Create/Disseminate/Educate

ABOUT ME

Straight, white, male, able-bodied, born of first generation immigrants from Haifa (Israel), American, Israeli, writes poetry, performs poetry, teaches workshops in poetry, 5 feet 9 inches, dances (well), sings (in the shower), (over)uses parentheses frequently, sleeps an average of 7 hours a day, reads constantly, etc.

PHILOSOPHY

Leave the world a better place than when you found it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Until I get my own place, I'll be a surfer or coffee or drink guy.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I just couchsurfed once in chicago and it was great! Also, I've met couchsurfers abroad and they're wonderful people.

Interests

Philosophy, Poetry, Art, Music, Capoeria, Hip-Hop, Psychology, Photography (black and white film, digital, and holga if I have the equipment) Sociology, Economics, unusual natural phenomena (e.g. St. Elmo's Fire, Aurora Borealis, Black Holes), wikipedia, etc.

• arts
• writing
• books
• poetry
• performing arts
• photography
• dancing
• coffee
• drinking
• reading
• music
• piano
• backpacking
• martial arts
• economics
• psychology
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

100 Years of Solitude, Slaughterhouse 5, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and East of Eden for prose; Against Which, Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive, A Gringo Like Me, The World Doesn't End, Teeth, Spiking the Sucker Punch, Gully, and L-vis Lives for poetry. Fun Home, Maus, Diary of a Teenage Girl, and Rising Stars for graphic novels.

when it comes to music and movies, there's too many that are too good to narrow down.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I climbed up and down the grand canyon in 2 days.
I co-led a week-long backpacking trip.
I performed poetry in front of crowded theatres, small classrooms, bars, cafés, correctional facilities, you name it.
I substitute taught a highschool creative writing class with curriculum I developed on my own.
I published a book.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know poetry & its writing/reading/performance. I also know basic grammar for hebrew, spanish, and russian, and have a fairly solid background in psychology and film photography. I also have some wilderness skills, know a little bit of martial arts, and have a broad knowledge of hip-hop dance. Oh and I can play the piano.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Iceland, Japan, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, United States

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