CURRENT MISSION

Finding my "freedom for"

ABOUT ME

I'm constant waves of adaptive expression shaped by beautifully intricate connections.

I believe that people are poetry deserving to be read.

I run amongst wolves, outliers, dissidents, and otherworldly folk.

I spend my free time wandering into new places, people, books, and states of mind.

Trying to figure out the whole "most effective way to create change in the world" thing. Big dreamin' of one day starting an alternative education program based on ecoliteracy for children.

PHILOSOPHY

Live through experience - be curious & open more often than fearful & judgmental.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

In April I'm going to be traveling up the east coast all the way to Vermont. I'm hoping to find people to stay with.

Interests

I am fascinated by people -- what inspires them to act, the patterns they take on, the rationalizing of their lives. I also have an overwhelming love for nature, bodies of water in times of reflection & forests in times of adventure. I spend a lot of time late in the night drinking coffee while reading about politics, culture, spirituality, & travel. I'm into in all sorts of music - slowly, I've been learning guitar as well as harp.

Things I think about:
states beyond our perception - semiotics - concepts of genius & insanity - time - deep ecology - decentralized/alternative education - music & it's magical influence - how to stop humans from stripping the earth dead - why people are the way they uniquely are - intention & synchronicity - passion & compassion - metaphysics - passerbyers - interpersonal dynamics - language, translation, communication, etc.

• culture
• books
• poetry
• education
• coffee
• running
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• ecology
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Harold & Maude. Perfume. Waking Life. Shutter Island. Amélie. La Vie En Rose. Jackie Brown. Full Metal Jacket. Inglorious Bastards. Rushmore. The Royal Tenenbaums. The Darjeeling Limited. Blow. Reservoir Dogs. I Heart Huckabees. Spun. Man on the Moon.

Saul Williams. The National. Cat Power. Andrew Bird. Modest Mouse. Regina Spektor. Cocorosie Django Reinhardt. Bob Dylan. Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Tin Hat Trio. Sufjan Stevens. Against Me. Mischief Brew. Rosa. Bright Eyes. Violent Femmes. Ida Maria. The Decemberists. The Smiths. Defiance Ohio. Kimya Dawson. The Books. Beriut.

Anaïs Nin. Herman Hesse. Daniel Quinn. Khalil Gibran. Jonathan Safran Foer. Kurt Vonnegut. Joesph Campbell. Charles Bukowski. Jiddu Krishnamurti. Hunter S Thompson. George Orwell. Arthur Miller. Wade Davis. Carl Jung. Alan Watts. John Updike.

Countries I’ve Visited

Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States