CURRENT MISSION

creativity and gratitude, one day at a time - creatividade e gratidão, cada dia

ABOUT ME
Hello! I am a musician and illustrator living in California, originally from New York. I love to learn about new cultures, to spend time outside, to practice Aikido and meditate, and to cook real food from the market. I am delighted to be here in Brazil, drawing and learning music.

Oi! Eu sou uma mùsica e illustradora, moro na California e Nova Yorke. Eu adoro aprender sobre culturas novas, ficar fora, treinar Aikido e meditacão, e cozinhar comida saudavel. Eu tenho vontade de ficar aqui no Brasil, pintar e estudar música.

PHILOSOPHY: I spend alot of time thinking about
- how beautiful harmony is
- systems thinking in regard to climate change and food systems
- the role of our generation in making a sustainable, just world
- the place of music and visual arts in making change in the world more beautiful, irresistible, and delightful

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm delighted by the vision of couch surfing and my experiences with it in Peru: instead of paying for a lonely hotel room, we can choose community, shared meals, new conversations and ideas! Of course.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I had a wonderful experience couchsurfing in Peru, where I stayed with a French/Peruvian juggler and his grandmother. Shared everything from sweeping the floor to an inpromtu introduction to the Peruvian hospital system! This family fed me vegetable broth until I could walk again, into the peruvian mountains!

Interests

- music, songwriting, drawing and painting
- going outside - backpacking and hiking
- carrying an illustrated journal everywhere and sitting down for long spells to draw
- taking breaks from checking my email
- idioms in other languages

• arts
• singing
• dining
• cooking
• meditation
• gardening
• painting
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• backpacking
• surfing
• animation
• languages
• visual arts
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books by Rebecca Solnit
The Illustrated Life
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
World as Love, World as Self: Courage for Global Justice and Ecological Renewal
The Kite Runner
David Sedaris
The Daily Show
Caetano Veloso, Susana Baca, Joao Gilberto, Vanessa da Mata, Nina Simone

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- watching my fingers figure out on their own how to play a new passage of music, when my mind couldn't remember
- jokes in other languages

Teach, Learn, Share

I love teaching English and Spanish, guitar, singing, cooking and gardening

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love teaching English and Spanish, guitar, singing, cooking and gardening

Countries I’ve Visited

Ecuador, France, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Slovakia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States