I am interested in Music, Art , ( painting , theater, spoken word story telling, non violence, social activist , Peace. and Filmmaking and directing is of great interest to me ).

I have been working as a writer , visual artist and making short films as documentary work .

I love hearing peoples stories , and documenting them, when it is comfortable. I respect the privacy of others and I am very responsible and mindful person .

I have documented Tibetians in Exile, visited the Dalai Lama , I am not especially religious , but i am interested in Yoga , keeping fit, and Spiritual leadings , or interests.
Pls feel free to email me at : robertbaldridge@hotmail.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am traveling to work on a book, i am interested in staying with people in a way that is comfortable and an interesting exchange of ideas and experiences.
I have traveled alot near and far and I have an interest in making the word a smaller place without imposing on others , but listening to their stories. I will be in Europe Norway Prague , Paris , Italy. Vienna , and other places most of the summer and often see if I might find hospitality along the way . I am v ery flexable in my stay and respectful of others

Interests

• theater
• performing arts
• photography
• music festivals
• vegan
• animal care
• music
• classical music
• electronic music
• art
• filmmaking
• animal rights
• street arts

Music, Movies, and Books

all classical music , bergman director of film, woody allen, war and Peace , The Idiot by Dostoyevsky and other works by him , the Three Sisters, Chekov,
any films that are humorous or engaging , ,the documentary film festivals and sundance film festival by robert redford interests me , new filmmakers , and people interested in social change

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have had private audience with the Dalai Lama in his home
and helped Tibetians in exile by working on a book about that

What I Can Share with Hosts

Here are a few quotes. I love quotes , and I can share stories about traveling, I am interested in how people share their creativity and hope. How we can as a world find peace and happiness even in the most difficult times and challenges . And how we can share creativity in our daily lives thru humor .

“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

Anna Quindlen
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
― Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
― Lao Tzu

Anita Desai
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
― Anita Desai

Mark Twain
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Brazil, Cambodia, France, Honduras, Iceland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Norway, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Mexico, Poland, Viet Nam