CURRENT MISSION

It would be fair to say that my biggest creative project is myself these days, since that's where everything begins. At the source.

Part of that work has led me to Guangzhou, actually an Estate nearby, where I teach 3 year olds English to the best of my abilities and they teach me about patience, losing it and the tightrope between! Seriously, kids hold up the most startling mirrors if we're not afraid to look.

ABOUT ME

I like to approach life as a tourist; taking in even my home town as if I am new to it. It's also a great excuse for taking silly pictures of familiar places.

Seems that I've had good fortune when traveling across Canada and the small sojourns to the U.S. and I hope to continue this good fortune and pay it forward to those who need a place to hang their hats while traveling through my home turf (wherever that may be.)

PHILOSOPHY

I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. - Lewis Carroll [Alice in Wonderland]

When what you hear and what you see don't match, trust your eyes. - Dale Renton (I was going to type Benton for the thrill.)

Bread and Puppet's Cheap Art Manifesto -
Glover, VT, 1984:
To read it in full, follow this link: http://breadandpuppet.org/cheap-art

Peace is not the absence of war. It is the presence of justice and the absence of fear. -Dr. Ursula Franklin

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting forces me to reconnect with the city I'm in, take a look from an outsider's view again, which is always good and refreshing.
(I look forward to having the time and space for that again!)

Surfing allows me to be grateful for the gift of new potiential connections, observing how others live and being able to learn from an approach or direction I may not have chosen on my own.

I like to swap stories, collect perspectives, challenge my beliefs, wander with abandon into [un]charted experience, laugh, drink, cook with and for people, eat (not people), walk until the day is long.

I enjoy being a host, and providing a safe and comfortable space for traveling friends and like the idea that sometiem that's all it is and that other times it becomes more than that, and connections are possible.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have only used Couch Surfing once, in 2009 and it was in Quebec City, where the person who let me stay had a tiny - but tiny - dorm room at Université Laval and he made room on his floor between his single bed and his desk. It was one of the most generous acts I'd even heard of, as he hardly had room for himself. This is why Couch Surfing is a great site, it provides wonderful potential.

My friends have had couchsurfers in the past as well, and I've definitely shared some fun times meeting people that way.

Interests

I like cities; their pulse, how they move, where the people who live in/travel through them go/end up. I like backslashes because I like options. I like nuance and imagination and being playful.

I like theatre, dance, music, coffee, tea, sitting, biking, walking, creating, observing, listening, talking, writing, moving, breathing. Being silly.

Lately I like just being, not rushing or pushing. Having fun is still always an option.

Comedy. Drama. Change. Action. Communication. ART. Community. All of those together is Boss.

• arts
• writing
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• coffee
• baking
• vegan
• walking
• drinking
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• cycling
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

House of Cards, Keeping Up Appearances, GIRLS, The Office (British), Little Brittain, Last of the Summer Wine, Seinfeld, The Kids in the Hall, The Lucy Show.

Some Like it Hot, Rope, My Little Chickadee, Only Lovers Left Alive

The God of Small Things, The Dictionary/le dictionnaire, Flowers for Algernon, The Skriker, anything bell hooks, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Women Who Run With the Wolves, Undone

Ethiopique, Hozier, Chris Garneau, Lauryn Hill, Andrew Bird, Rachmaninoff, Lake Street Dive, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Buddy Guy, Bluegrass, indie/not indie, Manitoba Music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Moved to China to teach English to 3 year olds.

A while back I climbed Grouse Grind in North Vancouver et j'en ai aussi fait de l'hébertisme à Rawdon, Québec.

Teach, Learn, Share

Yes. Yes. Yes. Striving to be open and breathing.

For Rheal?

Let's see... I can teach some vegan baking techniques, perhaps. French, if you're keen. I would love to learn any language that any potential "you" might want to teach me. I can share my humour, my life experience and my food until the very last little mandarin orange. Maybe you can just have the whole thing, but there is something so satisfying about sharing until the very last little morsel.

I would love to share the driver's seat in any discussion where passion about theatre is present. It's been a part of my life since I was in the womb, and although my name is Greek, it's no plot, but raw dramatic fact!

What I Can Share with Hosts

All of the above!

Countries I’ve Visited

England, Philippines, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China

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