"I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people"
- Vincent Van Gogh

CURRENT MISSION

To help create peace

ABOUT ME

Open heart. Lots of wonderful people, animals, music and art around help to keep it that way.

PHILOSOPHY

Following the vector pointing where heart feels good. Living the experience, letting judgement take a break as much as I can.
Staying content by seeing much beauty around. Solving and helping others solve problems with help of the community, communion, art, kindness, appreciation, gratitude.

As I contemplate on the sharpest right turn we are entering in the U.S. and in many places in the world, I find myself utterly perplexed. Some of the outcomes of deep conversations with people outside the immediate circle are elements of a newly informed vision. More cohesive and grounded. I am thankful to Couchsurfing for being a wonderful vehicle for that.

All of my experiences of hosting or surfing have been nothing short of amazing. What a way to break through the isolation!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I engage with community

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted; traveled and stayed with many friends' friends.

Interests

All things music. All things community. Climate Change and Social Justice. Share and Gift Economies. Post-"communist/capitalist" social evolution.
Bodywork and bodywork exchange. Healthy lifestyle. Chinese Medicine.
Nature. Nature of things. Transcending limits and boundaries.

• arts
• books
• beauty
• environment
• cooking
• vegetarian
• music
• medicine
• psychology
• mountains
• social justice
• reiki
• climate change
• equality
• shiatsu
• bodywork

Music, Movies, and Books

Films by Tarkovsky, Woody Allen, Lynch, Kubrick, Bogdanovich, Wes Anderson, Lars Von Trier........

Original music by Terry Riley, David Sylvian, Robert Wyatt, Robert Fripp, Brian Eno, Bach, Gang Gang Dance, Bill Laswell and perhaps 10 more pages of names

World Music and folkloric traditions from everywhere

Literature by G.G.Markes, Edward Abbey, J. Brodsky, Hafiz, Lauren Groff, Dostoyevsky....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I went up a peak in Rocky Mountains and experienced all seasons in one day. Slept under the sky in Montana and saw amazing Aurora Borealis. Made entrancing music with people I had never met before. Amazing things! Life is full of them, really. Let's experience and share them in person soon!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach mixing music, drumming and intuitive massage with elements of Shiatsu. And I'd love to learn so much.. I can share totally amazing, rare music and books, and stories. And time!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Amazing massage, vegetarian cooking, adventurous ideas, unique music (live and recorded) and an engaged companionship

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States, Uzbekistan