CURRENT MISSION

make transcendent art

ABOUT ME

I live in Paris and make stained glass poetry. Take a look if you'd like :
http://alisonkoehler.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/AlisonGraceKoehler/ or
https://www.instagram.com/alisongracekoehler/

What can't be seen I hope to share face to face

PHILOSOPHY

let's create and glisten through what appears broken

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

As both surfer and host, depending on projects and capacity to provide a place for others to stay.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Have surfed and hosted, since 2009. Many wonderful experiences, most notably a move to Baltimore which began with a magnificent host who helped me discover the secrets of a great city.

Interests

Ruins, both ancient and modern. Walking around cities, walking around far away from cities. Paintings with a quiet, intimate splendor.

Music, Movies, and Books

A few from each categroy...
Music: Cat Power, Fever Ray, Mogwai, Erik Satie
Movies:'Dancer in the Dark' Lars Von Trier, 'Festen' Thomas Vinterberg, 'Au Hazard Balthazar' Robert Bresson 'Sans Toit, Ni Loi' Agnes Varda
Books: 'The Hour of the Star' and 'Agua Viva' by Clarice Lispector, 'To the Lighthouse' Virginia Wolf, 'Letters to a Young Poet' Rainer Maria Rilke

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I made live, improvised stained glass compositions that accompanied choral music inside a church in France. The glass work was filmed and projected onto a screen behind the performers, visible to the audience inside the pews. The start of a future as broken sacred glass VJ.

Teach, Learn, Share

If we have enough time I can show you how to make a stained glass window.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, hugs, gemlike shards of broken glass, a watercolor of your city

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, France, Scotland, United States

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