CURRENT MISSION

artist in residence... creating new images of a new world in new time.

ABOUT ME

not as mature as my age which has been a blessing and a curse, but hey it makes me mid 30s now... been traveling since 91. In my travels I have always seen how close i can get to being a local, doing couch surfing before it was so named. I'm out going, creative, artistic, damn good with a camera, relaxed, and very low maintenance (and gay).

PHILOSOPHY

Keep reducing expectations and self obsession and it will all get better

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Funny it's taken me so long to join, though i already have a net work of friends who's spare beds i use in Hong Kong, Shanghai, NYC, Tokyo Bangkok, Manila just to name the first that come to mind. I'm a little time rich atm so i'm looking forward to helping with people networking around my home town of Melbourne

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

NYC 92 stayed with a guy i met at a bar for a week, showed me his neighbourhood, then put me in contact with a friend in Tokyo whom i surfed with there. I was taken to bars in Tokyo i would never have found by my self!

Shanghai 3 weeks ago, surfed with Derrick and Paul whom i'd intro'd 7 year back (and still going strong) they would tell me when they were free and other times i entertained myself... bliss...

Interests

local visual arts with particular reference to photography. History. People.

• arts
• design
• graphic design
• photography
• traveling
• surfing
• history
• visual arts

Music, Movies, and Books

you can learn all you need to know about life (apart from women) from Apocalypse Now, said a wise surf wear company founder and i'm inclined to agree! Books.. well all i've read for the last 5 years has been related to my masters... or photo books! music, Tokyo Skapara, REM, U2, Radiohead, Taken By Cars, Eraserheads, WPA, The Killers, K D Lang,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

watched the sun rise over the mittens in Monument valley, AZ,91
realise i was on the bridge that the Elona Gay aimed for on the anniversary of the A bomb drop on Hiroshima, 92
cruise down the Li river and make photos without any tourist boats in them
Meet Arnold Newman in his apt in NYC
being at Angkor Wat in the morning with only 6 others (3 in my group) 00
yesterday i met Hosoe Eikō

Teach, Learn, Share

i taught at TAFE level, graphic design and photography. I've got quite a back ground in the later.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Singapore

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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