CURRENT MISSION

to experience the beauty of the world as much as possible....

ABOUT ME

earnest, curious, eager to experience and please and help... discreet but happy, laid back and loving. Art and community is my way of life, I am hoping to do more to help conserve our deteriorating environment though.
I love others, healing, food, natural beauty, the magic all around us, awakenings, finding meaning, dreams, drawing portraits of people and capturing other things that I see. I play some guitar and would love to re-learn violin. Right now I work as an artist and potter in Baltimore, MD and I teach pottery to adults during the year and to children during the summer.

PHILOSOPHY

Try to enjoy life while respecting others around you and revering nature.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Travelled in the Northwest using couchsurfing and loved it! Still haven't hosted but would like to sometime. Right now I'm about to visit France for a while.

Interests

good meals, community, giving/helping as much as possible, exploring, sharing, traveling, art, drawing, painting, making portraits, pottery, listening to and making music, increasing my knowledge of the natural world, contemplating nature.....

• arts
• humanities
• beauty
• environment
• dining
• traveling
• pottery
• painting
• drawing
• magic
• music
• guitar
• violin
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Les fleurs du mal, Rimbaud, le petit prince, Tolkien

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

love at first sigh, labyrinths in my dreams, sunsets, pieces of fabric, forests, moss, beautiful hair, mountains, fires, snowy sculptural piles deep in the woods, moments in a song, glances and smiles, extreme moments of connection between people, Monet's waterlilies in Paris, Winslow Homer's amazing portrait "autumn", Sargent's "El Jaleo", and other jewels in many museums and in friend's sketchbooks or studios.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States