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Santa Cruz, California, United States
@SPARKSWILLFLY
Member since 2011
FOUND HOME! Santa Cruz, California, baby! ABOUT ME (timeless) A classic free spirit! (2015): Dude, where's my home?! (2013) woah haven't updated this in the last 2 years... done with art school in switzerland and moved on to newwww adventurrrressss!!!! in the Cyclades http://sunsparksyoga.tumblr.com/ - and before that in Italy, Berlin, & Czech Rep. :) (2011) I was an unschooler as a kid and haven't stopped my radical education since- even while earning my ba @ Yale! now im on my way to art school in Zurich in fall, enjoying a bit of nomadic life in Southeast Asia for Spring... PHILOSOPHY "It is the connection of desire to reality that possesses revolutionary force." -Michel Foucault "To be at home in all lands and all ages To count nature as a familiar acquaintance and art an intimate friend To gain a standard for the appreciation of others' work and the criticism of your own To carry the keys to the world's library in your pocket And feel its resources behind you in whatever task you undertake To make hosts of friends... who are to be leaders in all walks of life To lose yourself in generous enthusiasms and cooperate with others toward common ends– This is the offer... ." - William DeWitt Hyde
Interested in Art
Interested in Cooking
Fluent in English
Learning German
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I joined back in Laos, 2011 and since then I have enjoyed every moment of being a part of this online travelers community! :) COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I hitchhiked from Oregon to Mexico once and slept on some couches... By now I've gone transcontinental and digital (Bangkok, Athens, Zurich, Elefsina) and it's still Awesome!
Music, Movies, and Books
I read A LOT and love to collect BOOKS! For my complete list see: http://whitneysparks.com/library/very-important-reading-material/ New, new favorites: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, Homeric Hymn to Demeter, THE COMING INSURRECTION! Old favorite: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf For my full list of MOVIES please see: http://whitneysparksreturns.tumblr.com/post/107311887091/must-see-movies I like a lot of music... love it, and in fact I have a lot to share too... (almost anything but country goes :)
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Living in India for 6 months and going on a crazy motorbike trip to the south of Tamil Nadu to see the solar eclipse was pretty cosmic! Hitchhiking from Oregon to Mexico was also an awesome adventure! backpacking through Southeast Asia, on my way back to Europe was also just such a blessing!!! ... Making an art installation in a garden in Bohemia was also pretty darn cool :)))
Teach, Learn, Share
ART projects :) yoga, meditation, creative writing, editing/copyediting, English, SAT, math... I can cook well and babysit :) I'm pretty green-thumbed at gardening and permaculture
What I Can Share With Hosts
yoga, baked goods, good stories, homemade postcards
My Interests
art, travel, yoga, dance, music, sunshine, ecology, permaculture, meditation, spirituality, education, reading, writing, stories, squatting, beaches, water...!
