CURRENT MISSION

Mindfulness and compassion

ABOUT ME

I am a writer/poet. I often travel to work on new writing and art projects.

I was born in northern Ireland but left because of The Troubles when I was 12 . Landed with my family in Las Vegas and eventually got a green card. 11 years ago I left the United States and turned in my green card and traveled in Asia and Europe teaching English. I currently live in Madrid,Spain.

I have eight books from small presses. My latest was written on trains going forwards and backwards around the U.K. It is called Rides.

Interested in lots of subjects from psychedelic therapy, art, alt country, noise and Indie music, and of course traveling.

I have a website related to my writing and art over here: www.marcusslease.blogspot.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I live with my girlfriend Ewa. A free wheeling super fantastic gal from Poland. We both love to meet new people and have traveling adventures off the beaten path.

Interests

Voluntary simplicity, Zen Buddhism, psychedelic therapy, photography, experimental electronic music, pop art, minimalism, Buddhist philosophy, surrealism (both hard and soft), Tibetan mysticism, B movies and A movies, noise music, Lydia Davis, Ron Padgett, Frank O'Hara, Lucia Berlin, Richard Brautigan, Guy Maddin, modern absurdism and much more

• arts
• writing
• books
• poetry
• photography
• movies
• traveling
• music
• electronic music
• buddhist
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Bonnie Prince Billy, Ornette Coleman, Jimmy Giuffre, Frank O'Hara, Ted Berrigan, Eileen Myles, Peaking Lights, Grimes, Ariel Pink, Tenniscoats, Chromatics, Gurlesque poetry and art, Pantha Du Prince, Mac DeMarco, Miranda July, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Richard Brautigan, Federico García Lorca (and much much more of course)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lucky and happy to be part of various art activist and poetry communities around the world.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Good ears and an expansive mind!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States