CURRENT MISSION

To know Spain.

ABOUT ME

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I trust my instincts and I follow my spider sense.

PHILOSOPHY

Las historias, la realidad, el amor y las espinacas nacen de aquellas cosas que no pueden existir en el ahora inmediato, alegrémonos de las imposibilidades, las mentiras, las invenciones y las locuras del presente porque son el combustible que nos hacen navegar de vuelta del infinito.

When the child was a child it walked with its arms swinging. It wanted the stream to be a river, the river a torrent, and this puddle to be the sea.

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.

Interests

finding ways to make due with less, seeing art: all types, I'll appreciate the aesthetics of just about everything, reading poetry, learning about biology and the natural world, hiking/trekking, finding philosophies I identify with, identifying every waking instant with a song lyric, learning new things

• arts
• poetry
• reading
• hiking
• biology

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors: Annie Dillard, William Stafford, Barbara Kingsolver, Antonio Machado, Juan Ramon, Salinas, Pablo Neruda, Luis Cernuda

Music: Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Thelonius Monk, Tori Amos, The Buena Vista Social Club, Rilo Kiley, Fiona Apple, Buck 65, Atmosphere, A Tribe Called Quest, Jimi Hendrix, Nellie McKay, State Radio, RHCP, SOAD, The Mars Volta, Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto, Tom Waits, Less Than Jake, Ella Fitzgerald, The National, George Winston, Leo Kottke, The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Radiohead, Paul Simon, The Black Keys, Phish, Wolf Parade, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Wilco, Broken Social Scene, Beck, The Arctic Monkeys, The Kooks, TV on the Radio, Elvis, The Chieftains, Tom Waits, The Supremes, Kim Richey, Lucinda Williams, Tracy Nelson, Bob Marley, The Temptations, Ry Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Maná, Astor Piazzolla, Pitingo, José Mercé, Paco de Lucía....but obviously none of these even come close to opera and symphonic music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Fez! Chefchaouen! Marrakech! Ceuta! Rabat! Meknes!

And I climbed Mt. Washington. I have a sticker that announces it to whoever sees my water bottle, victory!

Countries I’ve Visited

Ecuador, France, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States