CURRENT MISSION To explore the world, to explore life, to learn, to grow, to create, to give, to share my experiences with others, to celebrate all the wonderful things in the world no matter how small or big, and celebrate the differences among people. ABOUT ME Spent most of my life frozen in the Minnesota tundra, eventually defrosted and moved to the east coast (New York City and Boston) and also spent a couple of wonderful years in Geneva and Amsterdam. Currently based in Berlin. Love the arts: dance, photography, film, music, and visual art. I am very simple to please: a nice coffee/tea with good company and conversation makes me quite happy. PHILOSOPHY I don’t have a specific philosophy, but continue to be open to the world and feel that I know so very little and have much to learn from others regardless of their age or background.
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Art
Interested in Basketball
Fluent in English
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING Occasionally I can host, but usually only on the weekends and holidays. COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE It is a great way to meet interesting people, share experiences, and get the insights of seeing a town/city.
Music, Movies, and Books
Cinema: Wong Kar Wai, Kristof Kieslowski, Eric Rohmer, Michael Winterbottom, Lars Von Trier, Kurosawa, Antonioni (Blow Up), Leos Carax, Truffaut (Jules and Jim), Godard (Contempt, Pierrot le fou), Beineix (Betty Blue), Dziga Vertov (Man with Camera), DV8 (Cost of Living) - dance film, Pontus Lidberg (The Rain) - dance film Music: mostly all types especially world/folk. Artists: Marlene Dumas, Pablo Ruiz-Picasso (the artist who used his mother's maiden name), Vanessa Beecroft, Jean Debuffet, Janine Antoni, Hilary Harkness, Shirin Neshat Photographers: Rineke Dijkstra, Sally Mann, Peter Beard, Richard Avedon Choreographers: James Thierree, Thomas Hauert, Trisha Brown, Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker, William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian Books: Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe Journey to the End of the Night - Louis-Ferdinand Celine Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Hunger - Knut Hamsun The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald Unbearable Lightness of Being - Kundera Acts of Worship - Yukio Mishima Investment Biker - Jim Rogers An Anthropologist on Mars - Oliver Sacks
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Seeing a little girl of about 4 or 5 years of age give all her cash in her money pouch to a homeless man with a sign that says 'homeless, hungry, HIV positive, please help' despite the objections of her father while they were visiting NYC. This action prompted her older sister to do the same. Skinny dipping after seeing a full moon-rise from the horizon just after the sunset while camping at a secluded beach in Kalamitsi, Greece.
Teach, Learn, Share
"See where your own energy wants to go, not where you think it should go. Do something because it feels right, not because it makes sense. Follow the spiritual impulse." Mary Hayes-Grieco "Stay Hungry Stay Foolish" Whole Earth Catalog
My Interests
Film, art, photography, dance (dance theater, dance film, contact improvisation, swing, salsa, argentine tango, folk, contra, cajun/zydeco), conversation, music, theater, hiking, discovering people, seeing the little flowers that bloom from the cracks in the sidewalks, picnics anywhere, walking and dancing in the rain, climbing trees, learning, catching a falling leaf, finding an unusual stone on the sand, the moment.
