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Overview

  • 18 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, Japanese, Spanish
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • No occupation listed
  • I'm into Anthropology and Physics, apparently
  • From Brisbane, Australia
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To be real.

PHILOSOPHY

Jugar, escuchar, amar, pensar, sentir, PARTICIPAR :-).

" Do you know a cure for me?

Why yes, he said, I know a cure for everything..
Salt water.

Salt water? I asked him.

Yes, he said, in one form or another:

Sweat, tears or the salt sea. "

(Karen Blixen / Isak Dinesen)

Interests

- hiking
- cycling around suburbia
- taiko!! (japanese drumming)

thinking about:
- people’s sense of place
- alternative education / deschooling
- cultural transmission and social change
- all. sorts. of. politics.

  • education
  • vegan
  • politics
  • knitting
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Brisbane folk & Brisbane ladypunk
neo-soul and old R&B
Aussie hiphop
country!! (okay.. bluegrass/roots)
horrible early 90s pop/prog rock
gospel
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Some books / writers I think are great are: The Giver, The Subtle Knife (etc), Everything is Illuminated, John Banville's The Sea, Look Me In The Eye, Michael Leunig, Kurt Hahn, Ursula LeGuinn, Walt Whitman, Fernando Pessoa, Anais Nin, Minnie Bruce Pratt.

Teach, Learn, Share

I could teach: knitting, knotting, a little vegan kitchen action.
I'd like to learn: how not to kill plants. how to fix my bike with more confidence. しのぶえ!!, why you live the way you live, how to get to your favourite place outside.
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Me podría enseñar: tejido, nudos, cocina vegana.
Me gustaría aprender: cómo no matar a las plantas. ¿por qué vive usted la forma en que usted vive. cómo llegar a su lugar favorito para ir fuera.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada

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