CURRENT MISSION

life

ABOUT ME

Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. -Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Stripped of your ordinary surroundings, your friends, your daily routines, your refrigerator full of food, your closet full of clothes - with all this taken away, you are forced into direct experience. Such direct experience inevitably makes you aware of who it is that is having the experience. That's not always comfortable, but it is always invigorating.-Michael Crichton

"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you.
All they show is limitation.
Look with your understanding,
find out what you already know,
and you'll see the way to fly."- Richard Bach

We do not see things as they are.
We see them as we are.- Talmud

If you can see your path laid out
in front of you step by step,
you know it's not your path.
Your own path you make with every step you take.
That's why it's your path.- Joseph Campbell

PHILOSOPHY

at forests end

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

helped make backpacking&couchsurfing video with kindred spirit caitlin. http://vimeo.com/20812905

and made stop motion couchsurfing video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZwVo-kbegQ

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

From enjoying motorcycle rides with my couchhosts in Bruges to painting faces with couchsurfers in Los Angeles, the people you meet traveling can change your life.

Interests

food. craft beer. hiking. podcasts. coffee. that all sounds so cliche but whatever its true

• photography
• film making
• oktoberfest
• dining
• beer
• coffee
• yoga
• flying
• clothing
• traveling
• painting
• podcasts
• drums
• hiking
• backpacking
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Fanny and Alexander, Slingblad, The Lives of Others, The Fall, My Neighbor Totoro, Waking Life, Harold and Maude, The Fountain.
Music: going through a lot.
Books: Infinite Jest, The Corrections, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds, The Secret Lives of Plants, Illusions, The Book Thief, Freakonomics

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing Trichy, Jaipur, Dehli, Agra, Madras and Ooty, sleeping at the Munich train station after Oktoberfest 200th anniversary, getting lost of the coast of Croatia, taking an accidental 5 mile walk down a highway in an island off Greece, Occupy riots in London, peace march in Palestine

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach: Filmmaking, photography, yoga, brewing coffee, tidepooling tips and locations, history of israeli-palestinian conflict
Want to learn: to play the drums

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Germany, United Kingdom, United States