CURRENT MISSION

uncover our planet's countless Paradises

ABOUT ME

Poet, Painter, Planet walker,part-time door-to-door trampoline salesman.

PHILOSOPHY

see above (I don't mean what I already wrote I mean to SEE ABOVE)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

lots of hosting, lots of surfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

lots of hosting, lots of surfing

Interests

reading, writing, being with others, and I really really really really like looking at stuff (eyeball yoga)

• dogs
• writing
• books
• poetry
• yoga
• reading
• surfing
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

music - the Constantines, Ween, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Mike Doughty, Joanna Newsome, Kid Koala, Hayden, the Two Gallants (guilty pleasures: the Wu-Tang clan and Propaghandi)
Authors and Poets: Richard Brautighan, Lew Welch, Vladamir Nabakov, Al Purdy, Kerouac, Tom Robbins, willy shakes, Walt Whitman, Zen "scriptures", William Burroughs, Anne Carson, Malcolm Lowry.

Films - The Artist is Present, Scared Sacred, The Yes Men, Dancer in the Dark

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

summited many mountain peaks, paddled many rivers. Survived close encounters with Canadian Grizzlies, Turkish Sheep Dogs, spiritual cults, the Sahara,Thai Tsunamis, Alaskan Monsoons, alchemied Peruvian Cacti, and Hezbollah. Published books of Poetry and have had exhibitions of my paintings.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Monaco, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada