CURRENT MISSION

Creating from what has been created. Recreating?

ABOUT ME

I grew up in western Massachusetts. Went to school in Montreal, PQ for a year. Moved to Olympia, WA to get out of the stuffy east coast. Finished school at Evergreen this past spring. Moved to Portland, OR. And now I'm moving back to the stuffy old east coast, though a less stuffy part of it.
I like making films. They don't have to go very far or be seen by many.
I greatly appreciate being in the more wild areas of this country.
I tend to be easy to get along with, even if we disagree (I can handle our differences). Above all, I am respectful and compassionate.

PHILOSOPHY

Choose your own adventure.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am a gracious surfer who brings great things wherever I may go. Someday I hope to be in the situation where I can provide a couch for others. Then I can bask in the great things they bring to me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A brief, but fun stint in Cologne, Germany followed by another brief, but not quite as brief, and also fun stint in Berlin. Stayed with some lovely people across the deep south this past spring.

Interests

Banality.

• perfumes
• movies

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies (directors): Andrei Tarkovsky, Robert Bresson, Alejandro Jodorowsky, John Ford, Werner Herzog, Jean-Luc Godard, Wim Wenders, Ranier Werner Fassbinder, Takashi Miike, Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, Seijun Suzuki, Satyajit Ray, Ingmar Bergman, Nouvelle Vague, Japanese New Wave, New German Cinema, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, the Coen Brothers, lots of other stuff too.
Music: Acid Mothers Temple, Autechre, Goslings, Bill Callahan, Joanna Newsom, Boards of Canada, Boredoms, OOIOO, Boris, Brian Eno, Nick Cave, Nick Drake, Neko Case, Cat Power, Cabaret Voltaire, Can, Faust, Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Kraftwerk, Mozart, Stravinsky, Coltrane, Monk, Johnny Cash, The Pogues, etc.
Books: Dostoevsky, Kafka, Nietzsche, Faulkner, Woolf, McCarthy, Delillo, Murikami, Abe many others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Experienced life for how ever long I have lived.

Teach, Learn, Share

Nichi nichi kore konichi. Every day is a good day.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Ireland, Puerto Rico

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States