CURRENT MISSION

"The main thing is to feel emotion, to hope, to love,to quiver, to live." Robert Henri

ABOUT ME

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PHILOSOPHY

Our life is measured with an hourglass. Live! Because when it runs out you cannot just flip it over.
(a quote a friend sent me once - I kind of love it)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host people at my home. I cook for them and take them around town. I encourage my friends to join CS and they usually love the experience.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted quite a few surfers. All have been great experiences. I had the most incredible time with ones who hosted me in Europe.

Interests

films (foreign and independent ones are my favorite)
reading
swimming - canoeing - hiking - Love spending days in nature away from the noisy city from time to time.
making art: Honestly nothing excites me more then developing Black and White Photos. It's magical every time. I have done ceramics, printing and performance.
long walks at night with the dog
gardening
cooking - eating
spending time with friends
theater
bike riding

• dogs
• arts
• theater
• performing arts
• dancing
• salsa dancing
• tango
• cooking
• vegetarian
• flying
• gardening
• movies
• reading
• pottery
• cycling
• hiking
• canoeing
• rock climbing
• swimming

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Piano -
Talk to Her - Little Miss Sunshine
Whale Rider
Y Tu Mama Tambien - Volver - Vicky Christina and Barcelona
6 feet under - all five seasons LOVE IT

Music (usually changes monthly)
Nina Simone - I think I listened to "feeling good" 30 times the first time I heard it
cat power
rupa and the april fishes
over the rhine
johnny cash
SIA --- Yann Tiersen
Bjork -- weezer
my friend's band - Las Guitarras De Eapana and Stealth Like a Canoe

Books:

The House of Laughter and Forgetting
Water For Elephants
Ministry of Pain
Museum of Unconditional Surrender FAVORITE
Peoples History of US - ZINN
The Reader
Night
Peace Meals - Candy Wrapped Kalashnikovs and other War Stories
Perfume
Regarding the Suffering of Others - Sontag

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spend two weeks in a art studio, in the middle of a forest, with a group of artist. I worked everyday for twelve hours, at my most productive.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have been told by many of my friends that I'm a pretty good cook. I love cooking for people actually. Let me stay with you and dinner is on me. I hope you don't mind vegetarian. :)

I want to learn:
rock climbing
salsa dancing
spanish
tango
how to fly a helicopter :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, France, Germany, Puerto Rico, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland, United States