CURRENT MISSION

Writing

ABOUT ME

I am Australian but have not lived there full time since 1996. I spent 1996-2000 traveling Thailand, India, the UK, Morocco, Spain, France, Holland, Germany, Sweden and Australia. I usually stayed months in one place. I settled in Sweden in 2000. I lived in the north for 12 years and moved to Stockholm in 2012.

I am a creative, open minded person who enjoys learning.

PHILOSOPHY

Adventure Awareness Empathy and Skill

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am open to the idea of hosting but am often away from home or having my kids here. However, contact me and see what is possible.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I often stayed with locals while traveling. I was a Woofer (Willing Worker on Organic Farm) for about 10 years in the 90s.

Interests

Music, Philosophy, Art, Literature, Travel,

• arts
• culture
• writing
• literature
• cooking
• vegetarian
• yoga
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• communications
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite Movies - Chungking Express, La Haine, The Shaman, Bad Boy Bubby, The Cars that Ate Paris, The Corporation, Surplus, Lucky People Center International, Total Eclipse, The Proposition, Derakht-e Golabi (aka The Pear Tree), Fitzcarraldo, Salo, Rabbit Proof Fence, Spirited Away, Jezus is een Palestijn,Betty Blue 37°2 le matin, Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Cet obscur objet du désir, Monterey Pop.

Favorite Music - Ritual Songs of the Nomadic Taiga People, Traditional Music of Herat, Amon Duul I and II, Atman, Avarus, Bonnie Prince Billy, Brothers of the Occult Sisterhood, Captain Beefheart, Mushroom Ceremony Of the Mazatec Indians Of Mexico, Butthole Surfers, Bob Marley, Cat Power, Castings, Henry Flynt, Afrirampo, Sunburnt Hand of the Man, 13th Floor Elevators, Birchville Cat Motel, Charlie McMahon, Ganga Giri, Charalambides, Harry Partch, Charles Mingus, Cheb El Sebah, Children of the Bong, Destroy all Monsters, Fela Kuti, Fursaxa, Johnny Cash, Black Forest Black Sea, Nikhil Banerjee, Brightblack Morning Light, Gang of Four, Magic Carpathians Project, Will Guthrie, Higher Intelligence Agency, High Tone, Jackie-O-Motherfucker, Pelt, Ravi Shankar, Jack Rose, Six Organs of Admittance, Kemialliset Ystävat, Vilayat Khan, Loop Guru, Syd Barrett, Nurse with Wound, Popol Vuh, Boredoms, Acid Mothers Temple, Theolonius Monk, Ghost, Magical Power Mako, DJ Mutamassik, John Fahey, Sun City Girls, Angus MacLise, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Gnawa Diffusion, La Monte Young, Terry Riley, 6majik9, Mudhoney, Albert Ayler, Earth Reggae, Flower Travelling Band, Propaganda and Information Network (P.A.I.N.), Lubricated Goat, Lucky People Center, Taj Mahal Travellers, Tony Conrad, Can, Archimedes Badkar, Jefferson Aeroplane, Jennifer Gentle, Spacious Mind, Faust, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Einsturzen Neubauten, Throbbing Gristle, Nick Drake, Robbie Basho, Faust, Tanya Tagaq, Dead Meadow, and so much more...........

Favorite Books - The Dialogic Imagination, Capitalism and Schizophrenia Vols. 1 and 2, The Inspector of Tides, Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecsasty, How We Became Posthuman, Voyage into Solitude, Nadja, Parables of the Virtual, The Revolution of Everyday Life, The Book of Pleasures, Noise: the Political Economy of Music, The Society of the Spectacle, The Production of Space, Naked Lunch, T.A.Z, Coming Through Slaughter

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitchhiked 500 kms through the high Himalayas.

Teach, Learn, Share

I play several instruments (sitar, didgeridoo, guitar, harmonica, jaw harp, flute, dolak, djembe). I do sound art and make recordings. I have a PhD in Language Studies - English Literature with a specialization in digital media and narrative. I research new media, spatial modes, radical pedagogy, digital and indigenous culture/s and their stories. I have studied yoga and Indian music, religions and philosophy. I am a decent vegetarian cook.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Local knowledge from an expat perspective. A historic location in idilic surroundings (I actually live in a museum).

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Netherlands, Sweden