CURRENT MISSION

to learn

ABOUT ME

I am erik. I work making costumes. I live with 2 other boys. We have a big space in Brooklyn. the top floor has all the bedrooms and living room. The downstairs is a studio that we all share. My other flat mates are painters and I work constructing costumes and sculptures. That is where you will be staying on the couch downstairs. I have lots of blankets and pillows and we usually make coffee in the mornings!

PHILOSOPHY

Dont we live our whole lives trying to figure this out?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have met some amazing people on couchsurfing

Interests

Anything to do with fiber, traveling obviously, art, fiction novels and autobiographies, reptiles, sculpture, learning from foreigners, love coffee so we can meet somewhere to get some

• reptiles
• arts
• coffee
• walking
• traveling
• hiking
• swimming
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

The secret life of plants, Running with Scissors (Augustin Burroughs), or anything by Augustin Burroughs 7 Steps to Midnight (Richard Matheson), The Sirens Of Titans (Kurt Vonnegut), The Contortionist's Handbook - (Craig Clevenger) The Fountainhead (A.R.) , Geek Love (Katherine Dunn), Stiff (Mary Roach), Silver (Erwin Olaf) A Million Tiny Pieces (James Frey) The End of Alice (AM Holmes) Naked (David Sedaris) Survivor (Chuck P) Haunted (chuck p) Perfume: The story of a murderer (suskind)

MOVIES- american history X, Nowhere, Total Recall, Planet of the Apes Run Lola Run, The saftey of Objects ...I <;3 glenn close, Mysterious skin, The cook the thief his wife and their lover,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The Fairy glens in the isle of skye in Scotland. It was like opening up a storybook, the most magical place I have ever seen. Took a 3 day trip up to there and hiked the mountains. Swimming in the sulfur hot springs in Greece, Every step I took in Burma, Walking the trails in Borneo, Hiking to get to an incredible waterfall in Kauai, Oh so many

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Peru, Scotland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom, United States

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