CURRENT MISSION

travel. experience. grooving. painting. falling in love. falling into inspiration. waking life.

ABOUT ME

I am a painter and artist of sorts. I sometimes do freelance illustration. I am in a transition period living somewhere between Oakland and Los Angeles. I am taking some time off school and will be settling in LA come October first, which is where I grew up.

PHILOSOPHY

being here now- although it can be quite difficult at times.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

travel. host when i can. finding adventures.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

have met many wonderful people through couch surfing and can't wait to meet more.

Interests

painting, writing, reading, tapas, olives, grooving, laughing, swimming, hot springs, cats, vegetables, melons, photography, art shows, shoe-gaze, dream pop, garage rock, yummy drinks, yummy food, all the encompasses the planet Venus, astrology, queer theory, feminism, hiking, swimming.

• cats
• birds
• arts
• writing
• poetry
• photography
• illustrations
• dancing
• womens rights
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• hiking
• surfing
• swimming
• freelancing

Music, Movies, and Books

film:juliette of the spirits, mullholand drive, the holy mountain, valerie and her week of wonders, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, melancholia, mister lonely, some like it hot, fierce grace.

Books: Anything by Anais Nin (delta of venus, henry and june, house of incest, little birds, etc...) jitterbug perfume by tom robbins, be here now by ram das, 1984 by george orwell,the doors of perception and heavan and hell by aldous huxley.

music: the cure, kate bush, siouxie and and banshees, cocteau twins, ariel pink, grimes, desire, crystal castles, nina simone, alice coltrane, the sundays, prince, colleen, bat for lashes, the beach boys, ssion, the smiths, austra, sade, marvin gaye, the shirelles, beach house, devendra banhart, cocorosie, frankie avalon (....the list goes on....)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

traveled cross country from Los Angeles to New York. Painting in the forest. Worked on an organic farm in Upstate New York.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can paint with you, cook with you, and share my recipes, dance with you, walk with you, look for fire flies, bird watch, butterfly watch, poetry games, writing games, diva photoshoot.