CURRENT MISSION

Move to Nashville. Write songs. Make a living. Bless others.

ABOUT ME

My primary goal is to love the people around me and treat them as my brothers and sisters. I haven't ever been very rich, but when I do have that money I want to use it to make others' lives better.

PHILOSOPHY

We should be feeling as well as thinking. Love can be an epistemology.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I love showing off the beauty of Utah Valley to people traveling through. And my approach to travel is learning to love what the locals do -- that's why I'd take CouchSurfing any day!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I love the idea of hosting and surfing, but not many people come through Provo so I haven't had much of a chance to host. I'm looking forward to my first surfing experiences on my upcoming trip to Brazil -- I can't wait to experience a few days like a real Manauara!

Interests

Good food, good music, good words put together in good ways. Film, sports, education, experience.

• arts
• beauty
• education
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• surfing
• sports
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Terrence Malick films; Citizen Kane; The General; La faute à Fidel!; La jetée; La passion de Jeanne d'Arc; Inception; The Sting; Hoosiers; documentaries; The Bourne Trilogy

Music: Patty Griffin + other folk music; Bruce Springsteen; country music; Baden Powell; Chico Buarque; Debussy; Jónsi; Fictionist; John Mellencamp

Books: Gilead; Robert Frost; Rumi; Harry Potter

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent two years living in the Amazon region of Brazil and two months living & researching in Dharamsala, India.

Teach, Learn, Share

Music. Languages. Cooking. The arts.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Canada, India, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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