CURRENT MISSION

I am an artist interested in meeting other people. I wil lbe living in Paris this fall.

ABOUT ME

I am an artist and a student. I am interested in social interaction and making paintings. I love reading. I have a pretty awesome family. Got a cool girl to hang out with, Jennifer is pretty awesome. :) I enjoy playing soccer, and swimming. I like philosophy and politics. I am a very peaceful person who loves and misses the beach.
I am easily approachable and like conversation.

PHILOSOPHY

I love life and try to live it to the fullest. I realize i am an over thinker and am sometimes am hindered by my over thinking. I make mistakes, and i try to be humble about them. I am a big lover of people and like to show kindness. I want a full life overflowing with joy.

“For when there is a question as to whether a man is good, one does not ask what he believes, or what he hopes, but what he loves?" Augustine

“Art is a matter strictly of experience, not of principles, and what counts first and last is quality; all other things are secondary." Clement Greenberg

'He who loves men loves their gladness, too'

“Painters,... do not share the masses' obsession with the subject: to them, the subject is only a pretext to paint, whereas for the masses only the subject exists. ”

— Emile Zola, 1867

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I want to open my place up and also meet new people when i am in Europe this fall. Make some new friends and expose myself to different cultures.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have crashed on many a friends couch in my life, and i hope to add more friends

Interests

Art and friendship

• arts
• politics
• reading
• painting
• soccer
• swimming
• art history
• history
• beaches
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I like classical music, jazz, the black keys, radio head, cut copy, justice, kings of leon.
As for books, I really enjoy the classics, I have read Brothers Karamazov twice in the last two years. I also read some theology.
movies, i do love them, but i dont watch them more than once. I have seen only a few movies more than three times, they include: The New World, The Constant Gardener, Lawrence of Arabia, To Catch a Thief, The Bourne Trilogy, Casablanca, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and Rear Window. Yes I have a thing for grace kelly and Carry grant. Also Like Jimmy Stuart. I like seeing blockbusters in the theaters and forgetting about them later. One blockbuster that I have a hard time forgetting is The Dark Knight. Not sure I want to watch it again, but it left an indelible impression on me

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Florance Italy, Charleston, South Carolina, the Blue ridge Mountains and their many waterfalls. sunset at Yosemite on the Fourth of July. New york city people watching. Forest Park, St. Louis. New Orleans.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach art history and painting.

Countries I’ve Visited

Hungary, Italy, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States