CURRENT MISSION

To bring beauty through painting Nature in her red dress. Or Her overalls. It is my mission to spread joy and warmth.

ABOUT ME

I am a free spirit, looking to maybe brighten the current paradigm with the beauty I find in the wild through drawing it through me as a painter.
I'm silly, caring, philosophical and really into laughing.
I'm interested in many paths, and find my sort of "soul-homes" to be in India, Big Sur, Mendocino and Ireland.

PHILOSOPHY

I'll do the quote thing for now:

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." -Mahatma Gandhi
“The possibility of stepping into a higher plane is quite real for everyone. It requires no force or effort or sacrifice. It involves little more than changing our ideas about what is normal.”
-Deepak Chopra
And most importantly:
"The only thing I can't resist is temptation" --Oscar Wilde

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I think couch surfing is a revolutionary idea. It contributes to world peace in that it brings the macro together on the micro level, and people get the chance to show one another trust and caring.

Interests

I love animals (have owned horses for 13 years), absolutely love cooking, all kinds of music, singing, dancing, yoga, meditation, bouldering, running/hiking, looove making bread, want to learn to make cheese and brew beer (I appreciate fine beer and wine), organic gardening, sustainable living, philosophy, metaphysics, the healing arts (I am a wilderness EMT and an aspiring wild crafter of herbs), woodworking, learning new languages...I love being alive.

• animals
• horses
• arts
• singing
• beauty
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• cheese
• beer
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• gardening
• knitting
• painting
• drawing
• bouldering
• woodworking
• survival
• music
• hiking
• hunting
• surfing
• rock climbing
• anthropology
• history
• languages
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Aphex Twin, Alarm Will Sound, Squarepusher, Deru, Boards of Canada, Helios, Bitcrush, Arovane, Autechre, Amon Tobin, Birdy Nam Nam, Jaga Jazzist, Depth Charge Revolt, Cannibal Ox, Thievery Corporation, M. Ward, Corinne West, The Bowmans, Joanna Newsom, Do Make Say Think, Cat Power, Amanda West, CocoRosie, Animal Collective, Rufus Wainwright, Sasha, Billie Holiday, Four-tet, Ratatat, Bright Eyes, Sufjan Stevens, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Corinne West, Flight of the Conchords, Amy Winehouse, Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd, Muddy Waters, CCR, Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Aesop Rock, D'Angelo, all members of the Ravi Shankar family, Shakti/John McLaughlin, Bjork, Ancient Future, Michael Jackson, Mia Doi Todd, James Brown, Etta James, Mozart, The Beatles, The Devil Makes Three, The Squirrel Nut Zippers, Cake, Portishead, The Secret Chiefs, Dar Williams, Gorillaz, The Flaming Lips, Outkast, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, the Deftones...I could keep going. But there's gotta be room for surprises...

Movies:
Just a few: "Let the Right One In", "Pi", "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", "Requiem for a Dream", "Memento", "Fargo", "Unfinished Life" "A Good Year"...

Books:
The Hummingbird's Daughter, American Gods, The Time Traveler's Wife, Eat Pray Love, Stardust, Coraline, The Red Tent, The Life of Pi, James and the Giant Peach, Stargirl, Tuesdays with Morrie, Wise Child, Where the Red Fern Grows...
All Oscar Wilde and Jack London, Robert Bernard Shaw, e. e. cummings, Poe, Emily Dickinson, all Roald Dahl, Sivaya Subramuniaswami, Thich Nhat Hahn...I have a lot more to go.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've seen many a sky I can hardly believe.
And mountain.
I've spent some deep and memorable moments in the sublime chaos of India.
Spent a month a couple winters ago learning wilderness emergency medicine with the Tetons as my backyard--talk about having to pinch yourself to make sure it's real!
I've seen a birth, stayed up all through the night in the desert to watch the sun come up more than once, got pretty lost hiking in the Lost Coast and got to get myself out of it...

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to teach others about oil painting, cooking, natural horsemanship/animal "work", healing work with essential oils, herbal medicine, some emergency medicine and some sewing, embroidery and (very beginning) knitting.
Would love to learn macrame, weaving, mushroom identification/hunting skills, how to make cheese, auto mechanics, primitive survival skills, humane slaughtering, Photoshop, InDesign, and the history, anthropology and spiritual practices of as many Native American cultures as possible.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Bahamas, Cambodia, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, India, Malaysia, Martinique, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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