CURRENT MISSION

find balance in life, grounded in purpose, keep learning, read more books, write more, dance more, laugh more...

ABOUT ME

gathering stories.
studying butoh.
reading books.
drinking tea.
studying tarot.
queer.
short.
confused.
full of thoughts.
questioning perspectives.
seeking patterns.
infj.
virgo sun.
hermit~ix.

kinda silly.
kinda quiet.

PHILOSOPHY

time is a spiral.
magic is real.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting folks. hoping for folks to host me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Interests

good food made with love, swimming, dancing, laughing, learning more about the world, bugs, dinosaurs, different cultures, ocean life, dreams, different realities, folk music, reading out loud, storyelling, folklore, myths, magic, healing, butoh, clowning, poetry, photography, drawing, tarot,

• books
• folklore
• contemporary art
• photography
• documentaries
• dancing
• magic
• folk music
• philosophy
• tea
• performance art
• storytelling
• bicycling
• noise
• experimental music
• tarot
• independent film
• butoh
• drag
• cookies
• clown
• ambient music
• experimental art
• outsider art
• authentic movement
• active listening

Music, Movies, and Books

books ~ the spell of the sensuous ~ the secret life of plants ~ the great cosmic mother ~ caliban and the witch ~ herman hesse ~ kurt vonnegut ~ philip k dick ~ barbara kingsolver ~ milan kundera ~ octavia bulter ~ haruki murakami ~ ursula k. leguin ~ the watchmen ~ sandman series ~

music ~ bjork ~ blonde redhead ~ kate bush ~ the talking heads ~ neil young ~ stevie wonder ~ the magnetic fields ~ mt. eerie ~ old blues music ~ pj harvey ~ the knife ~ fever ray ~ angel olsen ~ my bloody valentine ~ coco rosie ~ portishead ~ grouper ~ vashti bunyan ~ susumu yokota ~ midori takada ~ the devil makes three ~ crow quill night owls ~ gillian welch ~ low ~ mogwai ~ earth ~ experimental music ~ ambient ~ noise ~ polyrhythmic ~ world ~ folk ~ goth ~ gamelan ~ call n response

movies ~ blood tea and red string ~ true stories ~ inland empire ~ where are we? ~ the reflecting skin ~ holy mountain ~ rubber ~ steak ~ primer ~ the color of pomegranates, the search for emak bakia,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

danced in the rain and jumped in the puddles

Teach, Learn, Share

authentic movement ( two person improvisational somatic practice )
book n movie n music recommendations
suggestions for breakfast, sushi (veggie options too :) pizza, ice cream, pie, music venues n shows...

What I Can Share with Hosts

teach authentic movement, offer tips and tools for co-regulation, practice active listening, share music, movie and book recommendations, if time allows i can cook simple vegetarian meals and bake sweet treats. i know some good gf recipes too.

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, France, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States