CURRENT MISSION

I plan on visiting the Scandinavian area (particularly Sweden) hopefully within the next decade (I'm 22 and my goal is to get there before I'm 30) to do firsthand research on ancient Norse culture for a Viking film I plan on writing eventually.

ABOUT ME

Massive film enthusiast (cinephile) and also big fan of music (particularly heavy metal). Just graduated from college, aspiring to be a writer/director eventually and break into the film industry...possibly do some acting and producing on the side.
If I get a career in doing what I love I may want to settle down by teaching film history eventually.

PHILOSOPHY

"What the age needs is not a genius - it has had geniuses enough, but a martyr, who in order to teach men to obey would himself be obedient unto death."
-Soren Kierkegaard

"To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim."
-Oscar Wilde

"Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better."
-Andre Gide

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."
-Philip K. Dick

"Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing."
-Hellen Keller

"Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth."
-Christopher McCandless

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would love to get in contact with people from other areas of the world who have similar interests and/or goals - I always love to meet people and network!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not much.

Interests

Film-making, screenwriting, religion and philosophy

• arts
• culture
• writing
• acting
• socializing
• music
• history
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Love all three!
Movies: Classics and art films are my favorites (i.e. Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Kurosawa...transcendental film-making and anything else of superior quality)
Music: Heavy Metal, specifically folk, symphonic/classical, and progressive-influenced - mostly from Scandinavia (my favorites are Sonata Arctica and Opeth)
Books: A lot of science-fiction/philosophically-related, favorite author being Philip K. Dick