I am a free spirit with a clown heart ❤️🤡
My passion is people. I love meeting new people and getting immersed into new interesting cultures.

I use photography as my gateway to connect with the world around me. Inspired by my great grandfather, Dennis Stock, who was a famous photographer; I started photography at 12 years old and never stopped!

Photography will always be a passion of mine. More recently In the last 2 years, I’ve gotten very into clowning & clown related activities - clowntivities! I love balloon twisting, dressing up, & meeting other fellow clowns & cirque people.

Currently I’m learning how to juggle. Dabble with fire flow using fire fans & fire bubbles. I love the world of absurd & take play like it’s my job.
showing up as yourself even when it feels scary.

My main focus now is to travel and photograph diverse cultures and indigenous communities around the world. Papua New Guinea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Mongolia are some of the places I would like to go next!

I have been traveling throughout the world documenting Humanity and sharing very wonderful experiences with others around the world. I don't make many plans, I travel with the wind.

You can see some of my work at :
www.haleybrinkerhoff.me
@haley_brinkerhoff

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To have an authentic experience of the places I visit. I don't want to be a tourist when I travel, I want to experience and understand the culture and what it is to be living as a local. Don’t take me to the touristy places, take me to your grandmas house! I love experiencing the off beaten path or better yet, the path never traveled. I’m on couch surfing to meet incredible interesting people! :)

Interests

Along with photography, I love going to festivals, doing cosplay, watching anime, playing with new flow toys, going to concerts & EDM. I crave the WUB WUBS! (heavy bass music that makes you act like you’re having an exorcism 😆🤪)

All clown / circus related things : bubbles, balloons, dressing up, pieing people 🥧🤭, stilt walkers, juggling, flow arts

I love wine & enjoy martinis, picnics, sunsets, & amazing food!

Any artistic project I can be working on that allows me to express myself is an environment I thrive!

I have such a love for elderly people; the wisdom, the jokes, and my favorite is their wrinkles!

• arts
• fashion
• photography
• documentaries
• cooking
• wine
• picnic
• vegetarian
• anime
• juggling
• painting
• live music
• hiking
• backpacking
• nature
• film photography
• cosplay
• museums
• sewing
• meeting new people
• humans
• burlesque
• humanity
• indigenous people
• cosplaying
• sunflowers
• crafting
• fire spinning
• clown
• street photography
• clowning
• food lover
• indigenous cultures
• balloon twisting
• ballooning

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite books : The Tao te Ching, A New Earth, Power of Now, Freedom by Osho, The Magic, The Prophet

Music : Most everything besides country

Movies : Love, The Black Swan, The Notebook, Mr.Nobody

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveled to Bosnia at 16 years old to photograph the people of Bosnia.

Teach, Learn, Share

The world is a reflection of ourselves, every human is a mirror. I believe we all teach and learn from everyone around us.

I love connecting to others and hearing about their lives and points of view. Having mind expanding conversations while sharing a bottle of wine is one of the best ways to spend an evening. 🌻🐣🍷

What I Can Share with Hosts

Whether you identify as a clown or are perhaps clown - curious, I can share my clowning around activities & we can clown around together! Love teaching people balloon twisting too. Besides that I can share my smile, thoughts, & laughter with you. I love to converse and experience an adventure! No matter where I am, in my home town or across the world, I think you should always continue to discover the things around you.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin (French part), Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States