CURRENT MISSION

love and presence

ABOUT ME

im interested in the health of the planet and its creatures, evolving feminisms, and storytelling.

PHILOSOPHY

"Anything is one of a million paths. Therefore you must always keep in mind that a path is only a path; if you feel you should not follow it, you must not stay with it under any conditions. To have such clarity you must lead a disciplined life. Only then will you know that any path is only a path and there is no affront, to oneself or to others, in dropping it if that is what your heart tells you to do. But your decision to keep on the path or to leave it must be free of fear or ambition. I warn you. Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary.
This question is one that only a very old man asks. Does this path have a heart? All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long long paths, but I am not anywhere. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i've couch surfed around the U.S. a bit, i'd like to host at some point in the future

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

i love connecting, cooking together, sharing stories, dancing, going out, staying in, and helping you with the dishes

Interests

being, bicycling, anthropology, sociology, NVC, somatics, making art, meeting new people, taking photographs of people and other things, traveling with a purpose, lucid dreaming, exploring, social ecology, writing, intentional communities, camping, rainbows

• arts
• writing
• dancing
• cooking
• traveling
• camping
• anthropology
• ecology
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

authors: audre lorde, tom robbins, sylvia plath, john irving, gabriel garcia marquez, isabel allende, walt whitman, vandana shiva, alan watts

live music! i've been listening to a lot of melissa ferrick lately.

i'd rather go for a bike ride than watch a movie

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

lived moments completely in the present.

Teach, Learn, Share

"no one is free while others are oppressed"

What I Can Share with Hosts

time, poems, hugs, good conversation, stories, food, laughter, friendship

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, France, Greece, Laos, Nepal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Mexico, United States