CURRENT MISSION

live, love, laugh, create, write, be.

ABOUT ME

I'm a college student studying English and American literature. I love books, I love talking about them, reading them, and dreaming about writing them...
i love spending hours in bookstores, museums, art galleries, cafes, parks, gardens...
life feels complete when I'm traveling, writing, reading or framing the world through the lens of a camera. I love sharing life with others, getting to know other people and their motivations, beliefs, hopes, thoughts... talking over a cup of tea, a glass of wine, having a picnic or going for a rambling walk. I believe in generosity, authenticity, whimsy, creativity, spontaneity.
Tolstoy said that the purpose of literature, what he hoped would happen when someone read one of his books, was that they would laugh, cry and come to love life. I think the same could be said of traveling.

PHILOSOPHY

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Happy to meet up for coffee--might be able to host for a night or two on the weekends

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couchsurfed in London, France and Italy during my semester off from college and met some really incredible people!

兴趣

literature, travel, conversation, philosophy, Buddhism, existentialism, writing, photography, happiness, exploration, uncertainty, aesthetics, the joys of thinking and not thinking, sustainability, politics, being alive and open to the present moment

• arts
• writing
• books
• literature
• photography
• beauty
• dining
• cooking
• wine
• coffee
• picnic
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• sailing
• buddhist
• parks

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies: Waking Life, Pan's Labyrinth, The Lives of Others, Amelie, Motorcycle Diaries, The Piano, I Heart Huckabees, The Matrix, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State, Shakespeare in Love, Moulin Rouge, Paris Je T'aime.
Music: Jack Johnson, Cat Power, Corinne Bailey Rae, Sia, Zero 7, Coldplay, Feist, very open to different musical tastes! love to hear all kinds of music.
Books: far too many to list, but essentials would be--Mrs. Dalloway, The Bell Jar, Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, The Brothers Karamazov, Beloved, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Atonement, Disgrace, House of Mirth, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Great Expectations...

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary, the beauty in everyday life, i try to do this, and i think when we do, it's amazing.

i have been awed by so many places and sights. kyomizu temple in kyoto, bhaktapur in nepal...

教，学，和分享

I'm not sure what I can 'teach' but I love learning more about myself, the world, ideas, through conversation. I love to talk about literature, art, philosophy, travel, food! I'm working on my cooking skills, I'd like to be a good cook!

我游览过的国家

Austria, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Italy, Japan, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, United Kingdom

我居住过的国家

United States