CURRENT MISSION

To discover what has always been there in order to expand the heart, the mind and the spirit

ABOUT ME

I enjoy many things. They are: Food (strange or not), Film, Art, the absurd, idiomatic expressions in foreign languages, foreign proverbs, fucked up gurus and their freaky followers (Jim Jones, Trump and so on and so forth), literature, applying copious amounts of lip balm, trash, the different, working with the occasional period of laziness, etc, etc. For any further information I recommend contacting my close friends and family. I can provide you with their telephone numbers and email addresses if you wish.

PHILOSOPHY

We are a manifestation of the divine and as such we have a responsibility to cultivate ourselves to the best of our ability. However, the universe operates on the principle of balance hence, there are many opposites; good/evil, rich/poor, happy/sad, etc. To understand one, we need the other. But this raises the question are things that are negative (i.e. that cause pain) divine? I don't like the polarized notion of heaven and hell and I see pain as a fundamental part of a growth cycle...my ideas are getting too crowded. Let me reflect and rewrite something more coherent in a bit (aka possibly never).

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am looking to connect with people who are open to hosting me for a couple of days. Hotel hopping and consumerism are not how I like to experience new places and people. I like to get a taste for the atmosphere, bask in the novelty of being in a new place and to meet new people

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed with a couple of people on this website and had fabulous times doing so. I find that couchsurfers are generally very open and a pleasure to be around. Whether it's a spontaneous roadtrip across the island of Sicily or being lulled to sleep by the gentle rock of a houseboat, each couchsurfing experience is unique and expands your world view.

Intereses

• arts
• literature
• dining
• cycling
• teaching
• languages

Música, películas y libros

Antonia's Line, Like Water for Chocolate, Harold and Maude, Amelie...............
PJ Harvey, Television, Wire, Gang of Four, Sam Cooke, Cat Power, Ali Farka Toure, Hamza El Din, Beethoven, Schubert, Robert Johnson.......
Letters to a Young Poet (Rilke in general), Found, Confederacy of Dunces, Zora Neale Hurston, Ooh La La Max in Love, The Big Orange Splot, Eastern Philosophy (esp Thomas Merton's writings on Zen)..........

Algo increíble que he hecho

American Desert (2 years), Berkeley/SF Bay Area (1.5 years), Italy (one year), India (2.5 months), Sicily (2 months), back to America and eventually washed up in Seattle where I've lived for the past 6 years.

I also managed to grow up and get better at the life gig, giving less fucks, etc.

Enseña, aprende, comparte

Need help with yer English? I was an English teacher. I also love to converse about anything and everything and I am not cheap.

Qué puedo ofrecer a los anfitriones

I am happy to cook, clean up after myself and leave your abode as I found it, converse with you, be silent with you, teach what I know (e.g., English, speech sounds, a few American Signs, etc.), sing and/or make music, and always try and bring a small token to properly say thank you.

Países que he visitado

Canada, France, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Spain

Países en los que he vivido

Italy, United States

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