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Overview

  • 6 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Chinese, English; learning German, Spanish
  • 41, Female
  • Member since 2010
  • artist/musician/teacher
  • PhD, Music composition, MA, Modern thought and literature...
  • From Redbank, New Jersey and San Jose, California, USA
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

slowness; guqin; things made of dough

ABOUT ME

I make music. I like small sounds and vegetables. In college, I was once a produce and soy manager for my co-op. I found Couchsurfing while living in Hangzhou studying the guqin and sound art at China Academy of Art, mashing them up with traffic and bug recordings.

PHILOSOPHY

breathe deep

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am interested in meeting people and facilitating budget-traveling. This whole community is really inspiring.

Interests

aikido, animals, robots, zombies, porridges, bicycles, taichi, yoga teacher

  • animals
  • arts
  • yoga
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • piano
  • teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Totoro, Good Morning, To Be and To Have, Edward Scissorhands

weather, water, animals and machines, Schubert, Satie, Feldman, mbira, marimba, guqin, bagpipes

W.S. Sebald, Amy Hempel, Euripides

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

ocean, flan

Teach, Learn, Share

piano, clarinet, recorder, bagpipes, guqin, taichi, yoga, basic Chinese, stories about cabbages, a basic fruit pie, porridges

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States

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