CURRENT MISSION

to make a living as an artist

ABOUT ME

Hi I'm Francisco. I live in minneapolis and am currently embarking on that wonderful journey of being a working artist that can sustain themselves. It's a challenge and not always easy but I love it.

Other things about me I am vegan I love cooking and ethnic cuisines in particular. I am also into sharing ideas about renewable energy and green technology and urban gardening.

PHILOSOPHY

failure. I hate it but I value it. Life is nothing without failure, the lessons you learn from it and the strength you gain in persevering.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hopfully i'll be able to host soon. otherwise just trying to meet other couchsurfers

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Living in Prague with the Borises was amazing and I'll never forget that time in my life. Lots of Beer and strange experiences.

Interests

Poetry
language (I'm fluent in 2.5 languages and always want more)
Scultping and printmaking
Progamming for music and graphics
discussion technology
all kinds of music
Biking
starting to make my own music
Performing poetry and music when I can and am feeling brave.
organizing house shows and art parties

• arts
• poetry
• cooking
• beer
• vegan
• partying
• crafts
• gardening
• technology
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
John Dies at The End
The movies of Terrence Malick, Pablo Larrain, Park Chan-Wook.
Korean and Latin American Cinema

Music:
Dirty Projectors
Xenis Rubinos
Amepersan
Dan Deacon
Son Jarocho
Calle 13
Bomba Estereo
El Guincho
Animal Collective

Books:
Denise Levertov
A.R. Ammons
the book What technology wants
Ishamel Reed
Percival everett

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Organizing a group art show was an amazing thrill. Maybe it sounds small but creating an event and an experience that joins together artists is just so awesome and so much fun.

Traveling to Prague
Jumping the fence into lollapalooza
watching the dirty projectors live.
biking around Minneapolis

Teach, Learn, Share

Hmm I dunno. I am very much a jack of all trades and a master of none at the moment. I've dabbled in enough things that I'm sure I have useful information to share with it comes to the various crafts of art making.

I definitely want to learn more about programming computers for the purposes of art and desing. I'm a big fan of Processing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

Czech Republic, United States

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