CURRENT MISSION

To become more aware of the divinity in each moment and realize my life is a perpetual learning experience.

ABOUT ME

I love going straight to the core, whether it be with conversation or dance. I truly believe that "NOW is the only thing that's real", and ultimately everything we do or say is a means of connecting or disconnecting us to/from one another and presence. With this in mind (and heart), I feel it's important to make every interaction meaningful? Carpe Diem!

PHILOSOPHY

All we truly possess are our experiences, and as artists, we use these experiences to shape our perceptions and create masterpieces with our lives.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

For the past 14 years, I have had the opportunity to be a guest of many beautiful people throughout the world. In that time, I've learned more and more about how it is an honor to be invited into someone's home and become even a small part of their living experience.

Interests

Music (especially live!), dancing, meditating, nature, traveling, photography, film, food, art, hiking, biking, rollerblading, reading, writing, culture, philosophy, mythology, spirituality, learning, and meeting new people.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• photography
• dancing
• dining
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• divinity
• lakes
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Power of Now, A New Earth, Emptiness Dancing, The End of Our World, Siddhartha, The Alchemist, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Botany of Desire, Death of Vishnu, Passionate Presence, The Art of Happiness, Care of the Soul, Anatomy of the Spirit, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Carlos Castaneda books, Spell of the Sensuous, People's History of the United States, God of Small Things, Tao Te Ching, Hero With a Thousand Faces, Le Petit Prince, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Walden, My Name is Asher Lev; Movies: Baraka, Touch the Sound, Born into Brothels, Rivers and Tides, Waking Life, 1 Giant Leap; Music and dance are my passions! I love music from all genres, and if I were to create a list, it would be overwhelmingly large. Favorite genres include : World, Ambient, Indie, Jazz, Classic Rock, Post-Rock, Jam Band, Blues, Bluegrass, Folk, Funk, Old School R&B, Reggae, Underground Hip-Hop, Classical, and all the amazing sound sculptures found in my immediate surroundings, e.g. wind, birds, the traffic on freeways that resonate like waterfalls, and trains that sound like a Tibetan horn and Balinese percussion. I especially enjoy attending live shows (that includes the sounds of life)!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

So many! I'll choose 6: 1) Participated in a 10 day Vipassana meditation in Onalaska, WA 2) Witnessed the Sufi Dervish dances with the divine in Turkey, Syria, Egypt, and Palestine, and listened to the beautiful words of Rumi spoken in Persian by a Turkish woman at Rumi's tomb in Konya. 3) Viewed the Pyramids of Egypt and Petra of Jordan during the full moon. 4) Enjoyed the echoes of Bulgarian voices sung by a mother and her two daughters in the highest mountains of Bulgaria. 5) Travelled across Africa via all 3 of its great lakes, the last (Lake Victoria) of which was a hitch. 6) Witnessed and photo-documented a male circumcision ceremony, an intense rites of passage, in Uganda. In addition, I try to witness as many sunsets and sunrises in each of the places I visit or live, everyone being magical!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, United States

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