CURRENT MISSION

Do it and do it well

ABOUT ME

Lover of places, city planner. Contemporary art, equitable development, the blues, American mythology, poetry, aesthetics, politics, and the intersection thereof. Harmonica player. Heart of a Yankee, soul of a Southerner.

www.culturalurbanism.org
www.twitter.com/michaeltmartin

PHILOSOPHY

"Thou art that", The Way of the Pilgrim, and Leaves of Grass.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a good talker and a better listener.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's been great! Have met some really loving and warm people in numerous places.

Interests

The world, at large. The hustle-bustle, people doing people things, metropolises, the flaneur, revolutionary politics, pragmatism, urban cycling, subcultures, social movements, the simultaneous cohesion and atomization of global culture, abstract sculpture, industrial design, Mark Twain, the South, driving, drinking coffee, Ted Berrigan, freneticism, baseball.

• arts
• culture
• poetry
• design
• contemporary art
• cooking
• coffee
• drinking
• politics
• blues
• cycling
• baseball

Music, Movies, and Books

A small sample:

12 Angry Men, O' Brother Where Art Thou, City of God, Royal Tenenbaums

Jeff Tweedy, Michael Hurley, Califone, Caribou, Sister O.M. Terrell, Professor Longhair, The Clash, Patti Smith, The Modern Lovers.

The Savage Detectives, The Perennial Philosophy, The Road to Somewhere, Maggie Cassidy, Nine Stories, Reflections.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Most recently: sat along the Mississippi River and quietly watched dense fog roll up the river and encapsulate New Orleans in an ethereal blanket.

Teach, Learn, Share

I like to talk about cities, art, and the state-of-the-world. I am not a good cook but I love to clean.

I just want to hear everyone's stories.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States

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