I am starting to travel more for self-discovery, reading; writing, meeting people, exploring museums, art galleries, beaches, Buddhist temples, and national parks, taking photos, bringing my typewriter around; writing poems for donations, and meditating. I want to stay with locals who have similar interests to mine so they can help me discover the best art and scenic sites in their city and have genuine, good company and conversation. My goal is to write extensively about everywhere I visit, the people I meet and the things I do, and the revelations and observations that I will experience on this trip. I would love to meet people also interested in art, literature, adventure from around the world. Most of all, KINDNESS is my biggest value! I want to connect with people who are always kind and respectful, because that's how I am!

Music- Pink Floyd, Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, Patti Smith, Pearl Jam, Funkadelic, Carlos Santana, Lana del Rey, Beats Antique, Alice in Chains, Black Keys, Odesza, Pretty Lights, Rezz, Fleetwood Mac, Flying Lotus, Hippie Sabotage, Zeppelin, Doors, Hendrix, Miles Davis, Mother Love Bone, Neutral Milk Hotel, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, MGMT, Modest Mouse, Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Underground, Nina Simone, etc etc Movies- I don't watch alot of TV, but I love David Lynch Films, Stanley Kubric films, psychological thrillers, artsy/experimental films, and documentaries/life stories about artists; musicians Books- Beat Literature! Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Burrougs, etc; Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Robert Lowell; Transcendentalist poetry (James Wright, Mary Oliver); Spiritual literature (Bhagavad Gita, 4 agreements, Be Here Now); Ayn Rand, Oscar Wilde, Hemingway, Patti Smith; Existentialist philosophy- Nietszche, Sartre; baudelaire; rimbaud; philosophy books/nonfiction; art books; local poetry