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Overview

  • 3 references
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Spanish
  • 42, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • I'm an full time artist/writer/out of the box thinker/soc...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

I am living and going toschool in Vermont. I make art and memories. I am looking to have a good time and suck as much outta life as I can. I want to meet new and interesting characters who will keep me talking til dawn with their ideas and perspectives.

ABOUT ME

I am a poet, artist philosopher. I have to deal with things way beyond my maturity level constantly, I am a little eccentric but thats the way I like it. I shoot my mouth off too frequently and have a bit of a temper, but I am real easy to get along with and my mother raised me to be always polite.

PHILOSOPHY

One should lead a life full of Honor and Sacrifice

There are two kinds of sufferers in this world: those who suffer from a lack of life, and those who suffer from an overabundance of life. I've always found myself in the second category. When you come to think of it, almost all human behavior and activity is not essentially any different from animal behavior. The most advanced technologies and craftsmanship bring us, at best, up to the super-chimpanzee level. Actually, the gap between, say, Plato or Nietzsche and the average human is greater than the gap between that chimpanzee and the average human. The realm of the real spirit, the true artist, the saint, the philosopher, is rarely achieved. Why so few? Why is world history and evolution not stories of progress but rather this endless and futile addition of zeroes? No greater values have developed. Hell, the Greeks years ago were just as advanced as we are. So what are these barriers that keep people from reaching anywhere near their real potential? The answer to that can be found in another question, and that's this: Which is the most universal human characteristic, fear or laziness?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am a veteran couch surfer. Ive spent the last summer hitchhiking across the country surfing the whole way. I know what it like to not have a bed for a few weeks and the little support i can offer for a person moving on is how I give back in honor of all the people who let me crash.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's been all over the map. I've had some real awesome experiences, I've had some real bad ones, and some ones in between. most recently i stayed with a person who I didn't see the entire time I was there. Two days no conversation, kinda a let down, but boy was the bed comfortable!

Interests

I mostly like to set imaginations ablaze

  • animals
  • arts
  • surfing
  • history
  • philosophy
  • hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Indie/Emo crap. Witty pop culture references, movies by French and Chilean directors you have never heard of, anything scary.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I traveled to India, climbed tiger hill and saw the Himalayas.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a photographer by trade and a shirt maker by practice.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, India, Italy, Nepal, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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