CURRENT MISSION:

To appreciate all the blessings and curves that life brings my way. I am recently re-logging into this account after quite a long absence.

ABOUT ME:

Hi! My name is Aaron. Simply put, I'm an artist soaking up every second of life that I can. I recently moved back to Detroit after living in Xalapa, Mexico for 2 years, and Berlin, Germany for 8.

I work as a video artist, experimental photographer, and visual artist. Looking to meet new people and travel around the country spending as much time in nature.

PHILOSOPHY:

Embrace your rough edges and know its ok to be "weird" - also, to not discount how magical and mysterious life can be.

Other than that...

1. Dance! (whether at a party on the beach, or in line at the supermarket)

2. Take risks

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Im re-logging in after a number of years away. I love to meet new people, looking to connect with people all over the USA. I am not currently set up for couch surfers just yet, but its something I am aiming to finally make happen, cause I love the idea

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Its not really a couch story - but the way i traveled was similar in spirit:

In June of 2004, I packed my bag the morning I left for London. Spent a month backpacking in Europe. Went to Paris, Amsterdam, Katowice (Poland), Rome and then attended a six week 16mm film class in Florence, Italy. After that, I decided to take a train to Sicily....yeah, you heard me right - they put the train on a boat! Anyway - didnt have any money so i slept on the beach for 2 nights then found a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant. They fed me & let me sleep in the bar. I worked there for 2 weeks til i had enough money to take a boat to Naples. Made it to Rome where I had a flight waiting to take me back to London – then home. Everyone there was so very kind – they got a kick out of seeing an “Americano” come to Italy to find work.

兴趣

film, art, hiking and being in nature, riding my bike, reading, photography, family, writing, cinema, lofts, jazz, deep house, dancing all night, ancient history and literature, rainstorms, traveling, telling stories, debating and good conversation, stir-fry, meeting new people, electronic music fest, oceans, different points of view, did i say detroit? warm days, life in general

• arts
• culture
• writing
• literature
• performing arts
• photography
• festivals
• dancing
• partying
• clubbing
• boating
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• podcasts
• music
• electronic music
• jazz
• backpacking
• freelancing
• history
• beaches

音乐、电影和书籍

ELECTRONIC

Way too many to count...Moodymann; DOP; Kalabrese; the Das; Ricardo Villalobos; Roy Davis Jr; Joe Claussel; Roy Ayers; Derrick Carter; Fred Everything; Kerri Chandler; Terry Lee Brown

JAZZ
John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Django Rheinhardt, Max Roach; Dizzy Gillespie; Art Blakey; Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday

HIP HOP
JID; Reason; Mos Def; Talib Kweli; Dilla; Fugees; Lauryn Hill; NAS; Notorious BIG; Common; A Tribe Called Quest; Afrika Bambaataa; Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth; De La Soul; The Roots; MF Doom; Madlib, Jeru the Damaja; Smiff-N-Wessun

OTHER
Stevie Wonder; Gil-Scott Heron; Danny Brown; Depeche Mode; Marvin Gaye; Gap Band; Led Zeppelin; The Beatles; Nirvana; Van Morrison; James Brown; Lou Reed; Carole King; The Kinks; The Doors; James Taylor; Nick Drake; Hall & Oates; Michael Jackson; The Velvet Underground; Kool and the Gang;

15 MOVIES I REALLY LIKE (no particular order)
American Beauty, The Godfather I and II
Raging Bull, JFK, Shawshank Redemption, The Seventh Seal, Pulp Fiction, The Royal Tenenbaums, Manhattan, Breathless (1960), Adaptation, American History X, Goodfellas, Life is Beautiful, Big Lebowski

BOOKS:
Hunter S. Thompson, Electric Kool-Aide Acid Test, Nathaniel Hawthorn, Edgar Allen Poe, Kerouac's On the Road, Really the Blues, Donald Miller

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

saw a unicorn once

教，学，和分享

Spotify Playlist of great jams (mostly R&B, soul, and neu-r&b)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7z3mjtvjGxQuos3uS1c4QV?si=4792574df8974260

CHECK OUT MY WORK BELOW

http://www.koolik.art/

https://www.instagram.com/koolik.art/

https://www.youtube.com/c/Koolik-art

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Great stories and happy to help with the dishes :)

我游览过的国家

Belgium, Cambodia, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

我居住过的国家

Germany, Italy, Mexico, United States