CURRENT MISSION

To be as present as possible

PHILOSOPHY

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. ~Henry James

What you risk reveals what you value ~Jeanette Winterson

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Have a couch to give and will need a couch to sleep on from time to time

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Brand spankin' new

Interests

forward movement, making work, full words, good music, good food, good conversation, good coffee, good beer, good surprises, dancing, overcast days, architecture, travel in general-flying or driving long distances, writing, documenting in words and pictures...

• writing
• architecture
• dancing
• dining
• beer
• coffee
• flying
• traveling
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC:
a mere sampling... mirah, sigur ros, arvo part, rose polenzani, fleetwood mac, joni, lucinda, stereolab, beth orton, jolie holland, cat power, jobim, movietone, TJO, elizabeth fraser, miles, tom waits, badu, Q-tip, mehldau, thom york, patty griffin, chopin, bjork, elliot smith, kings of convenience, raincoats, goldfrapp, billy holiday, riot grrrl, motown, nina simone, old soul, good ol'hip hop, something you can dance to

MOVIES:
Documentaries and well done bio pics, 1929 Passion of Joan of Arc, Sense and Sensibility, Wings of Desire, Wit, Trois Couleurs, Chaplin films, Like Water for Chocolate, the work of Julie Taymor, Claire Denis, Spike and Ang Lee, Almodovar, Julian Schnabel, a sucker for Merchant Ivory films, film adaptations of Henry James, Jane Austen or Shakespeare

BOOKS:
this list is expanding by the day...
The Poetics of Space by Bachelard, words by Jeanette Winterson, Kimiko Hahn, Levertov, Neruda, Sexton, Austen, Woolf, Miranda July, Adrienne Rich, Proust, Saul Williams, T.H.K. Cha, Susan Howe, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Rukeyser, E. Dickinson, Whitman, Bell Hooks, Jim Caroll, support small press and zines, love criticism, letters, nonfiction accounts of my favorite artists, writers or thinkers and books of their work

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have driven across this country and back, lived on both coasts and grew up in the middle. I have spent some time abroad, met amazing people in every place that I have been and have seen some incredible skies.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Italy, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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