CURRENT MISSION

To put messages in the world that help us remember the whole of our humanity and provide respite to others in fairly distressing times.
You can crash with me while I'm local in Hamilton.
Will probably be calling you up for a place to stay on tour routes.

ABOUT ME
I'm a curious person and I recently graduate. I've been in school for 12 years, and playing music at the same time. Now that I'm very graduated, I can say with real authority, it's legitimately terrifying out here in civilized society. Loans, jobs, politics, gentrification - a lot of isolation causing stuff out there. People tend to call me warm, smart, interesting, and quirky. I'm ok with small talk or real deal conversations.
www.sarahbeatty.ca

PHILOSOPHY
Experiences, people, and learning are probably my three favourite things. I find that the meaning we find in things is made. So I try to create meaning as real and as deep as I can through as many outlets as I can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To host folks needing a place to stay, and find a place to stay during my venture.

Interests

Music, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, art, science, nature.

• dining
• socializing
• music
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Lately, I've been reading a lot about psychology and storytelling. Tom Waits, Neko Case, Mahalia Jackson, The Staples Singers, Chuck Berry, Patsy Cline, Geoff Berner, Petunia, Sarah Harmer, Christopher Moore, Tom Wolfe, Dr. Dog, Janis Joplin, Queens of the Stone Age, Rachel Brooke, Johnny Fritz, Joni Mitchell, The Band, Lucinda Williams, Led Zepplin, Sean Rowe, Feist, Bahamas, Shovels & Rope, Cohen Bros., True Detective, True Blood.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have a PhD. That's pretty amazing considering that people with my kind of history don't get PhD's. I got lucky.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm pretty good at hypothesizing. Guiding people how to come up with hypotheses of their own is something I'm an ace at.

I'd like to learn how to organize things better. Emails, spreadsheets, data structure rules, when you've got a thing to track and it's a thing you've never had to make sense of before, how do you do that from first principles?

I share recipes! I love cooking and can pass along some killer dishes.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, food, laughs, music.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Barbados, Denmark, Germany, Honduras, Netherlands, Poland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States