A Canadian living in California... I believe in the power of community and building trust, which is why I am involved in couch surfing.

PHILOSOPHY

The beginning of your life begins at the end of your comfort zone

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To return to the human custom of housing travelers, building trust, bartering, community, and cultivating interdependence.

Interests

Social empowerment through the arts,
Education
Community
Reading
History
Music
Cycling
Skateboarding
Trekking
Travel

• arts
• education
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• surfing
• skateboarding
• teaching
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Pulp Fiction, Brave Heart, Dark Night Returns, Waking Life, Forrest Gump, Dazed and Confused, 40-Year-Old Virgin,

Music:
The Beatles, Dengue Fever, Fantastic Negrito, Jungle Fire, Breakestra, The Pharcyde, Johnny Cash, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, Janice Joplin, Bill Withers, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Aesop Rock

Books:
Oh, the Places you'll go!, When Legends Die, The Little Prince, Blink, The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Alphabet Vs the Goddess, Art and Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and light.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I trusted the leap of faith and quit a good job, emptied my retirement, sold my belongings to hit the road and explore the universal power of the arts in the cultivation of healthy societies: www.artispower.org

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
I teach seminars on how to employ the arts as an academic tool. I can also teach how to create mandalas, skateboard, and stay super organized on the road.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I enjoy helping out in any way that I can, whether it be cooking, cleaning, yard work, or tutoring.
I can also cook an amazing Brazilian Feijoada.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, South Korea, United States