CURRENT MISSION

Sobremesa

ABOUT ME

I'll try most things twice! I definitely prioritize adventures with good company above all else. I'm an early riser - I live for sunrises. Still eager to stay up late when good times call! I know a lot about art and art history, if I know about anything.

PHILOSOPHY

Sylvia Plath:
Yes, my consuming desire is to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, barroom regulars, to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recording; ”all this is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always supposedly in danger of assault. [...] Yes, God, I want to talk to everybody as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night...

Paul Eluard, L'invention:
[...]
The art of loving, liberal art, the art of dying well,
The art of thought, incoherent art, the art of the smoker,
The art of pleasure, of the Middle Ages, decorative art,
The art of reason, the art of reasoning well, the art
Poetic, mechanical art, erotic art, the art
Of being a grandfather, the art of dance, the art of seeing,
The art of being accomplished, the art of caress, Japanese art,
The art of play, the art of eating, the torturer’s art.

I have never yet found what I write in what I love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Not extensive, but magical.

Interests

Painting, museums, restaurants, live music, dancing, hiking, camping, kayaking, backpacking, wine, coffee, reading, cooking, documentaries, wildlife photography, hammocks. Currently trying to learn to rock climb and speak French.

• wildlife
• arts
• photography
• documentaries
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• coffee
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• live music
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• camping
• art history
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently reading: Modernism: The Lure of Heresy by Peter Gay

Kurt Vonnegut, Vladimir Nabokov, Edward Abbey, E.B. White, Sylvia Plath, Dean Young, T.S. Eliot, Mary Oliver

Movies: The Artist, The Great Dictator (Chaplin), The Jerk, Across the Universe, Rivers and Tides, Synedoche New York, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, The Truman Show, Forrest Gump
Music: Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, Blitzen Trapper, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, folk, indie rock, 90s rap, Brazilian, most live music, music festivals (Wakarusa, Kerrville Folk Festival)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

My two favorite sunrises: Colorado, camping on a plateau in late July, and Catalina Island, kayaking out on still water.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Dominica, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States