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Overview

  • 5 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Portuguese, Spanish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • architectural designer
  • BSAD
  • From denton, tx
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

cosmic echoes

ABOUT ME

architectural designer and lazy musician with wide-ranging interests. i like to walk long distances and take the bus back. interested in seeing as much of the world (urban/natural) as possible.

PHILOSOPHY

existence precedes essence

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

great 60 hours in paris with morgan
fantastic weekend in berlin with gabi

Interests

architecture, history, music, culture, the earth, space, creative expression, literature, art, transcendental experience

  • arts
  • culture
  • literature
  • architecture
  • design
  • perfumes
  • concerts
  • dancing
  • music
  • hiking
  • camping
  • history
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

recent books: cormac mccarthy, italo calvino, david berman, buckminster fuller, frederick law olmsted, haruki murakami, cecil balmond, gary snyder, w.g. sebald

recent movies: there will be blood, strangers on a train, slacker, logan's run, purple rain, our daily bread, ladri di biciclette, primer, solaris, tremors, easy rider, the limits of control, american graffiti, pulp fiction, NOT blue velvet

recent music: dam-funk, the dirty projectors, grouper, the silver jews, miles davis, white rainbow, sonny rollins, the soft machine, arthuro verocai, donald byrd, paul bley, ornette coleman, lonnie liston smith, don cherry, king curtis, NEU!, orchestra baobab, MF doom, tortoise

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

seeing the origin of the blue nile in ethiopia.
beach camping at padre island national seashore.
dancing on stage with ladysmith black mambazo.
hiking at acadia national park.
living for two years in northeastern brazil.
playing a gig in a castle overlooking the hudson north of NYC.
sitting next to david byrne at a concert in NYC.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Netherlands, United States

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