CURRENT MISSION

Save money for travel

ABOUT ME

While I grew up in the middle of nowhere, I've become a city person. I've lived in 6 major U.S. cities and love living without a car. I ride a bike everywhere, read newspapers, talk politics, sit in parks, take photos and I couldn't live without music.
I remember a report card from Elementary school (when I got all A's) where the remarks were something to the effect of, "Amy's a great student but she daydreams way too much"...I still daydream, if I didn't I would have a different life and I wouldn't be who I am. Who knows, maybe all those years ago in elementary school I was just composing my first photographs in my head.

PHILOSOPHY

I have the special distinction of having more experience traveling to live in new places than I do traveling for fun. Now I'm in Detroit for good and I don't want to move again, ever. I'm looking forward to hopping on trains, buses and planes with a very small bag and seeing the world as a traveler, not a weary mover.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new here.
However, you can find me here:
http://twitter.com/#!/AmySenese
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amy-K-Senese-Photography/147527575305331
http://amysenese.com

Interests

I'm a graduate student at the Academy of Art (based in San Francisco), studying documentary photography and photojournalism. I'm back in Detroit to complete a thesis on food justice and community gardens in Detroit. I used to work for progressive non-profits and somehow still want to make a difference, but use a camera instead of a clipboard. I still consider myself an activist, although I find myself rooted in different issues since leaving the world of professional organizers.

• arts
• photography
• documentaries
• dining
• politics
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• parks
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite novel: The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Also A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn,
The Wind up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami
Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
Poetry by beat folks like Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti
also Carl Sandburg
Right now reading Farm City by Novella Carpenter

Music: Bob Dylan is my all time favorite. Other favorites are Jeff Buckley, The Avett Brothers, Johnny Cash, Tori Amos, Arcade Fire, Jolie Holland, Old Crow Medicine Show, David Bowie, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Patti Smith, Ani DiFranco, Outkast, Cat Stevens, Belle and Sebastian, Elliot Smith, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Neil Young, PJ Harvey---I love music of all kinds, and many times nothing but Motown music will put me in a better mood.

Films: Amelie, I'm Not There, Metropolis, Whale Rider, Harry Potter, Kikujiro, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Kill Bill, MILK, Bowling for Columbine, Dead Poets Society, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Hurricane, Smoke, Roger and Me

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in a little town sandwiched between rice fields and mountains in Japan.

Countries I’ve Visited

Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Spain, United States

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