CURRENT MISSION

Sharing our loft/studio/gallery space with creative people to make beautiful things and build productive, successful and socially conscious community.

ABOUT ME

Whitney and I are visual artists, she paints and sculpts and I fuse glass. We travel to exhibit work at art fairs and festivals, visit friends, relatives and new places, regular nomads. We don't drink, so not much of party animals but we love to eat. I love to cook and share Malaysian food. Often contemplative, somewhat shy and introverted, however very interested in other people and what they do. Whitney is the exact opposite, she's smart, articulate, expressive, very political with a liberal leaning and a community organizer.

To know more about what we do visit these sites-
https://www.facebook.com/EastSquareArtworks
https://www.facebook.com/LivingTheArtLife
http://www.whitneypeckman.com/
http://www.syedartglass.com/

PHILOSOPHY

My world is what I experience through my senses. When I experience the world through others, my world expands.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We host and surf.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All people we met through CouchSurfing were awesome, true ambassadors of mankind.

Interests

Other than making things with our hands and travel, I play the Shona mbira, practices Kali/JKD and Wing Chun, mtn biking, swims and snorkels, always on the lookout for the local swimming hole. Whitney writes and engages in community organizing. The last 2 years was focused on opening a charter school in an underserved community of East Spencer NC

• fish
• arts
• film making
• concerts
• festivals
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• camping
• swimming
• mountain biking
• wing chun
• kalimba
• mbira

Music, Movies, and Books

Music- eclectic in genre with heavy leaning on melancholy music, from Erik Satie to Patsy Cline to Iron and Wine
Movies- mostly indie flicks, foreign films, documentaries but these days it is the excellent work done on cable TV and streaming services that's getting the most of our attention, from Breaking Bad to Game of Thrones to Downton Abbey to Rectify to Shameless.
Books- Whitney is as voracious reader of literary fiction, I'm an occasional reader of non-fiction.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backpacking in India was an epic experience. One whole summer camping on Jackson Beach, Friday Harbor, WA while working in a fish cannery. Scuba diving in Cozumel.

Teach, Learn, Share

Our place is an arts and crafts factory, plenty of space to spread out. Stay and create. Visitors over the years have painted, sculpted, fused and slumped glass, carved gourds, made dolls, sewn, quilted, cooked, baked, made music, put on a concert/play/film shows. It also serves as a social and cultural incubator.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can cook spicy Malaysian food. I can share how to expand your smartphone potentials by using apps for traveling and day to day use.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, England, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

Countries I’ve Lived In

Malaysia, United States

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