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Rochester, New York, United States
@caitlin-yarsky
Member since 2014
I love learning about other cultures, traditions, language etc. I'm an illustrator (www.caitlinyarsky.com), musician, and a big sci-fi/fantasy nerd.
Interested in Anime
Interested in Art
Fluent in English
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Traveling and seeing the world and meeting new people is really inspiring, art and music-wise (and generally good for the soul I think) :)
Music, Movies, and Books
MUSIC: The Beatles, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Fleet Foxes, The Shins, Radiohead, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Queen, Neil Young, Yokko Kanno, the list goes on and on... MOVIES/TV: The Princess Bride, Labyrinth, the Dark Crystal, Nine Lives, Interstellar, the Matrix, Star Trek, True Detective, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 30Rock BOOKS: Shogun, The Count of Monte Cristo, Ender's Game, Dune, A Wrinkle in Time, the Giver, the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Flowers for Algernon, anything by Philip K. Dick or Neil Gaiman
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I worked as a painter and sculptor for Mardi Gras, worked at the Jim Henson Company, designed mobile games for Disney and Nickelodeon, played in a handful of bands (vocals and violin), and I currently draw comics for a living.
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach: Illustration (traditional and digital), violin, basic French and Japanese, animation Learn: Thai, guitar, dance and other performance arts, cooking, photography, driving a motorbike in Thailand...
What I Can Share With Hosts
I'd be happy to teach some English or art and music (well really just violin) related stuff. If you'd like I could also draw your portrait :)
My Interests
Art, music, languages, food, all things nerdy
