CURRENT MISSION

Need to return to the land - hoping to plant some seeds.

ABOUT ME

I am 47 - and have spend the last 20 years more or less travelling - working on my own kind of 'organic sound art' - which has brought me to meet some amazing people - see some amazing places - and produced a lot of advenetures. Now I am planning to settle in - and germinate these experiences into writing, more visual art, new community - and potential family...

PHILOSOPHY

I have been a vipassana meditator for 10 years and have a foundation in Buddhism and live accordingly to Dharma - I have a growing intersting in Dzogchen and experiential spirtuality - which means to learn from experience and share with an honest and open heart.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have a long standing understanding of the importance of travel and learning from other people and other cultures - at the moment I am in transit but my intention is to always have a place to invite people that are on the road needing a place to stay.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have been travelling for the last 20 years and have often been 'couch surfing' - so I know and respect and believe that sharing one's space is the way to understanding and evolution.

Interests

My life-art experience means that I am constantly learning from people and places - I am fascinated by sublime experiences and look for this in art, life, food, environment and others. I have a long interested in experimental music, art, film and performance and therefore can share a lot about what I have encoutered along my long and winding road..

• arts
• writing
• performing arts
• environment
• dining
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• buddhist
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Film - Jodorowsky, Tarkowsky, and many other filmmakers who explore sublime dimensions of time and space. Music - I have a very wide interest in music/sound and have an enormous collection - lately I listen to a lot of roots music from Africa and Jamacia - but also a lot of Indian music - Music is very important to me. Books - lately reading a lot from Nisargadatta Maharaj, as well as Dzogchen texts - I read mostly non-fiction, and it is a part of my life-study.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In 1991 I saw a 5min total solar eclipse while standing in the Pacific Ocean near San Blas, Mexico - during the eclipse there was an electrical storm in the distant hills as well as a red glowing sunset-like horizon. I sublime moment in time and space that set the scene for many other amazing moments in nature to follow...

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have a vast interest in music/sound arts and often have many recordings of special things with me when I am moving around. I have travelled and lived around the world and have a cosmopolitan lifestyle with ease of conversation on many subjects. Currently I am studying a variety of forms of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Estonia, France, India, Slovenia, Switzerland, United States