CURRENT MISSION

ask questions / accept adventures / try to understand why people treat one another poorly

ABOUT ME

i am silly. i am fascinated by self-help books. i love to dance with people with music or without. i like working with my hands and getting dirty. growing things, or fixing things. im obsessed with autism, alzheimers, neuro-diversity. madness radio. i love ASL though im still working on becoming an expert. i will compulsively sign to myself while walking alone. im frustrated by the insanely high cost of health care in America. recently ive been trying to name the plants growing around me in the city and figure out what medicines they could become.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm finally actually starting to use couch surfing, so I think this will develop more as I continue to host and surf... to be continued...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

In the few couch surfing experiences I've had, I've been so appreciative of being able to meet new people, hear their stories, and share space for awhile.

Interests

dance, dance/movement therapy, healing practices, radical & alternative mental health, social justice, theater of the oppressed, bikes, tarot, pittsburgh, photography, the fall, creating spaces that feel good.

• books
• theater
• photography
• dancing
• walking
• music
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

i could go on forever, so here are my recent faves:

music - little dragon, sharon jones and the dap kings, gillian welch's new album, gotye, janelle monae, dark dark dark, robyn, barbara lewis, stevie wonder...

movies - harold and maude, mary and max, in the mood for love, see what im saying, the business of being born, the wind that shakes the barley, stand-up comedy...

books - persepolis, no one belongs here more than you, extremely loud and incredibly close, the god of small things, siddartha, ANYthing by lynda barry, the encyclopedia of doris, the new jim crow, blankets, goodbye chunky rice, anything by bell hooks, robert whitaker's histories of mental health in america, the story of american freedom.... im a reader.
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/724800-erika-barrington

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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