CURRENT MISSION

To see, meet, and experience the people and places that define america; to document and observe these experiences as passionately and artfully as possible; and to then determine how, why, and if these experiences define what the american dream really is.

ABOUT ME

I am a wandering, pondering, alchoholic saint with a thirst for nirvana, enlightenment, peace, and cheap beer- a cosmic revolutionary, a documentarian of life, a warrior poet; and an artist who refuses to be stopped.
I have the humbling curiousity of a child, the stumbling confidence of a teenager, and a manic urge for life that only proves itself depressing in its own absentia.

SEE MY ART, SEE MY TRAVELS!

www.josephREEVES.blogspot.com

www.THELASTGREATamericanJOURNEY.blogspot.com

PHILOSOPHY

To live life to its fullest; and to create, love, experience, and contribute to culture with my art, writing, and personality.
If I could describe my goals in life with one word, it would be "happiness."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I do not yet participate in the offering much to the couchsurfing project as I do not have a couch or permanent residence. I promise I can and WILL give back to the couchsurfing community when I live in California next year, as I feel it is a new and innovative form of human interaction and experience.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hope to begin to cultivate a generous resume on Couchsurfers, P-p-p please give me a chance guys!

Interests

I do ALLLLLLLLLL kinds of art! (Sculpture, filmmaking, writing, performance art, installation, poetry, video installation, painting, drawing, photography, currating, producing, and most other mediums you can imagine along with some that you can't!)

I am very active as the author of my ART BLOG (following my current works), as well as my TRAVEL BLOG (detailing the accounts of my adventures, and building a platform for my novel in progress: "THE LAST GREAT american NOVEL.") See them here:

www.josephREEVES.blogspot.com

www.THELASTGREATamericanJOURNEY.blogspot.com

ALSO, Travel, adventure, experiencing, brewing, cooking, movie watching, reading, dancing... Theres not alot I don't like!

• arts
• culture
• writing
• books
• poetry
• performing arts
• photography
• film making
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• painting
• drawing

Music, Movies, and Books

ALMOST ALL MUSIC (rock, reggae, indy, new age, acid, funk, retro punk, blues, folk, soul, world, techno, hip hop, SOME pop)
MOVIES- (really dig independent, concept, experimental; also Wes Anderson, Quentin Terrentino, David Lynch, Richard Linklater; short films are great, classics, vintage horror, comedy all good- I like mostly everything!)
LOTS OF BOOKS- (Steinbeck, Kerouac, Bukowski, JD salinger, Hunter S. Thompson, Vonegut, Ginsberg, Dylan Thomas, Walt Whitman, T.S. Elliot, I LOVE ART/PHOTOGRAPHY books, Philosophy, acedemic based, critiques, blogs, HOW-TO's)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I did the dishes yesterday, and I am hoping to have my novel finished within a year- I've got alot more to do in my time here though!

Teach, Learn, Share

I am first and foremost an artist, and take my role seriously in informing everyone else in this world that they are an artist too- they just have a different medium. I am a great cook, a learning wine/beer brewer, and a connesseur of anything culture.

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States