ABOUT ME

an artist

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing to me, is all about friendship.
We all seek those people that inspire us, and I believe everyone is uniquely inspiring in their own way. And what better inspiration than sharing cultures and travel stories? Also I love deep questions, and skill-sharing. I like to meet with the seldom-seen side of any new place be it an abandoned building or a hideaway in an old growth forest...

Interests

My lifelong study is ecology.

I also have an interest in lists.

Permaculture, herbalism, eastern philosophy, nutrition, natural building, open-source ecology, appropriate technology, human-powered infrastructure, community-made media.

When I'm not sleeping, I'm probably collaborating on a ridiculous grand idea to perform and take on tour, running into the ocean naked, or biking into the horizon.

• writing
• performing arts
• cooking
• running
• traveling
• cycling
• communications
• ecology
• dance
• aerial acrobatics
• yoga and meditation

Music, Movies, and Books

There's few sounds I love more than listening to my friends making music. I've been in a few bands: a member of the Barage Band Orchestra in Baltimore, a circus band in the Bay Area, CA, and a klezmer band in Texas. I’m a drummer/vocalist/floutist. I play improv, psychedelic, punk, acoustic trance, improv jazz, freak/grunge folk, global fusion//folk, medicine, Gaian folk, and experimental.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Can’t pick just one. I have crossed the US with a traveling circus on a schoolbus, bike-toured with a pop-up shadow puppet show down the pacific coast of California, I've manipulated 30-foot paper mache puppets in Vermont, marched in marching bands at Honk fest in Boston, made documentaries, painted murals, installed permaculture food forests, and now plotting what’s next

Teach, Learn, Share

“Tell me, and I forget. Show me, and I remember. Involve me, and I understand.”
-Author unknown.

I can teach you about Japanese cooking, compassionate communication, tantra & zen, dance, and using your imagination.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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