I'm currently a graduate student at the University of British Columbia studying neuroscience, and originally from Toronto. I am also an independent new media artist, musician, and avid reader (although my life is mostly occupied by graduate school in Vancouver).

If you're curious about my art, check here: https://yebutonu.tumblr.com/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Simply put, I have a substantial one-bedroom apartment with a double futon fold out bed in my living room. I live by myself, and am interested in meeting and temporarily hosting travelers - makes the place less barren when I'm not at work. I love hearing about peoples' travels, philosophies, political perspectives, even sometimes their aesthetics!

Interests

• arts
• politics
• music
• electronic music
• jazz
• computer science
• neuroscience
• philosophy
• psychology
• digital art
• funk
• cognitive science
• world history
• psychoanalysis
• progressive politics
• aesthetics
• free jazz
• radical politics
• political philosophy
• cognitive psychology
• new media art
• philosophy of science
• bebop
• 3d art

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors: malcolm x, evelyn fox keller, adrienne rich, audre lorde, merleau-ponty, thomas kuhn, oliver sacks, luria, vygotsky, bowlby, freud, marx, lenin, [some] haraway, douglas hofstadter, wittengenstein, mark solms, joseph ledoux, varela, gibran, rilke, goethe, delillo, duras, dostoevsky. . .

Directors: kieślowski, wertmüller, resnais, gasper noé, kubrick, lynch, linklater, coen brothers, godard, cronenberg, kaufman. . .

Shows: broad city (except season 3), transparent (not season 3), x-files, bob's burgers, farscape, the handmaid's tale, adventure time, nathan for you, eric andre, tim heidecker, eric wareheim, steve brule. . .

Musicians: parker, coltranes (both), mingus, monk, herbie hancock, montgomery, j dilla, madlib, flying lotus, burial, bonobo, nico jaar, dorothy ashby, grouper, fitzgerald, nina simone, james blake, freddie gibbs, don cherry, gil scott heron, darius milhaud, bach, coleman, sun ra, satie, boards of canada, aphex twin, squarepusher, young thug, pink floyd, teebs, amon tobin, ta-ha, necedah, tokimonsta, samiyam, onra. . .(jazz, beats, psychedelic, etc.)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived as a musician and artist in Toronto for 2 years :P (sorry, couldn't think of a specific something!)

Teach, Learn, Share

I guess to list:
- Neuroscience
- Random continental and analytical philosophy (I'm no "professional student" in this field, but I enjoy discussing and learning)
- Political theory and philosophy
- Digital art techniques
- Jazz, music theory and guitar
- Very strange stories about my times in Toronto
- Theories of sexuality

What I Can Share with Hosts

A whole bunch of things!

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Barbados, Israel, Jamaica, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada