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Overview

  • 30 references 22 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish; learning German
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Musician
  • Music, Language, Cascadian Ecology
  • From Lakewood, WA USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Sowing seeds of revolution through music

ABOUT ME

I've been a traveler for a long time. These days I am traveling through the American South in a mobile tiny-home (micro-dwelling) touring with my musical project Second Coming. It is a culmination of what I have learned in my life shared through music.

I studied sociology in college, languages while traveling, ecology in the Olympic National rainforest, permaculture and natural building with teachers in the pacific NW, how to slaughter, butcher and cure animals from various farmers and from personal experience raising and selling pigs. I am a self taught gourmet chef and wine aficionado...If any of that sounds interesting the stories that lie underneath are some of my favorites to share.

My mom tells me to go slow and be grateful for what I have, I'm learning a lot about that right now. I'm a loving, giving, easy going person with a good sense of humor and thickish skin. Ask me anything ~

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf and host.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It began as a suggestion, and I now consider it a part of me. Never before have I met such open minded and open hearted people, this is something I truly believe in!

Interests

Passions: MusiC, food, wine, GAIA!!! (Plant, Bird, Critter and Bug brothers and sisters), the moon, festivals and dancing, natural building, farming, hunting, cooking, cooking...cooking.

I am fascinated by the swirled unfolding of life, Terrence McKenna's philosophical roller coaster rides, Krishnamurti's wisdom, the cellular symphony of our bodies...quantum physics, qi-gong, yoga, chinese medicine, tea, coffee, entheogens, altered states of consciousness, hiking, eye contact, contact improv...this could be a very long list..

  • animals
  • singing
  • folklore
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • dining
  • cooking
  • wine
  • coffee
  • yoga
  • traveling
  • music
  • electronic music
  • guitar
  • piano
  • hiking
  • hunting
  • ecology
  • languages
  • medicine
  • physics
  • sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

I'll just list one in each category, there are zillions more -
Movie: Trainspotting
Music: Lido
Book: The Master and Margarita

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Preforming live electronic music for tons of friends.

Un bon Gigondas avec du foies gras d'oie, chevre et un baguette tradition...les racines de la vie!

Visiting the Hoh rainforest.

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach:
Vocal improv singing
Guitar
Piano
Pacific Northwest Native plant Identification
How to butcher/cure an entier pig

I would like to learn:
qi-gong

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music, meals, conversation, building

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, El Salvador, France, Palestine, United States

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