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Overview

  • 2 references 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2006
  • Painter, Tattoo artist/designer, Musician, Writer
  • 2 1/2 years in college for Biology and Graphic Design
  • From Morganton, NC / Victoria, VA / Austin, TX
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To understand the world in all its majesty.

ABOUT ME

I have traveled around the country a bit, hitchhicked from Taos NM to Sacremento CA, Lived in and loved Austin, TX - Mattoon and Charleston, IL,- Victoria VA, - Colorado Springs, CO, - Raleigh, NC - Lava Hot Springs, ID, - Dalton, GA...I love nature, culture, good conversation, art, those unusually striking moment of crisp air and clarity. Crisp mountain air, fireflies in foggy VA mornings, Austin parties, attitudes, and festivities. Published one journalistic article, Tattooed for 8 yars, Play guitar and write music...Crazy artist but an often optimistic one :)

PHILOSOPHY

Entropy, Constant Motion, Passive Resistance, That the universe and all things in it are perfect. That on an infinite plane all points are central, That all of time and space can be described as a muli-dimensional still-life, That life is rich.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have slept on many couches and floors from Denver to Austin to Virginia, Illinois, and Mexico. Loved it all.

Interests

Everything! But currently I'm obsessed with improving my art. I'm constantly frustrating myself with news reports. Other than that, I love reading, travel, art, natural science, etc...

  • arts
  • culture
  • books
  • partying
  • news
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

MOVIES: American Beauty, Lord of War, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Six Degrees of Seperation, Inherit the Wind, The butterfly Effect, Fantastic Planet, The Dark Crystal, The Island, Catch Me if You Can, The Green Mile, The Terminal, and many more...

BOOKS: Carl Sagan "Demon Haunted World", Carl Sagan "Dragons of Eden", Robert Fulghum "All I Really Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten", Anne Rice "Interview With a Vampire", "Black Holes and Baby Universes", etc...

MUSIC: Ween, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Sarah McLachlan, Chris Cornell, K.T. Tunstal, Ella Fitzgerald, Robert Johnson, Marroon 5, Anything traditional: Celtic, Appalachian, Andean, etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Too many to list.

Teach, Learn, Share

Please keep aware that the world you live in is yours and yours alone, interrelated with all others but completely independent. As novel an idea as it is and as noble a gesture, noone will ever truelly walk in another's shoes. Take care with judgements and assumptions.

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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