CURRENT MISSION

to experience truth and beauty in all forms, to witness the drametse ngacham (the Drum Dance of Drametse) in Bhutan

ABOUT ME

I enjoy meeting new people and hearing their stories (and sharing a few of my own). I am a vegetarian (but not militant about it) and practice Tibetan Buddhism (not that you'd know it lookin' at me).

PHILOSOPHY

When there's music, dance. Always tip street musicians. Leave the "campground" better than you found it. Be open to all possibilities. Allow others the chance to be magical. Ask more questions, spout less answers. Breathe. Court serendipity.

Interests

art and art history, writing, music especially accoustic, singing, social justice, environmental sustainability, film-making, theater, astronomy, long drives out in the middle of nowhere, picnics, museums, reading, coffehouses, indie anything (bookstores, record labels, flims, etc), and design.

• arts
• writing
• singing
• theater
• design
• beauty
• dancing
• cooking
• chocolate
• vegetarian
• vegan
• meditation
• reading
• painting
• music
• guitar
• sailing
• buddhist
• art history
• astronomy
• history
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies - Love Actually, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, Kundun, American Beauty, The Matrix, Harold and Maude, Blade Runner, Travellers & Magicians, The Cup, anything from Pixar, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Fight Club, Little Miss Sunshine, You and Me and Everyone We Know

Music - whatever's currently playing on Radio Paradise (http://www.radioparadise.com)

Books - Recently started reading "The Songlines" by Bruce Chatwin. Also reading "Colors: A Natural History of the Palette" by Victoria Finlay. Favorite books include "A Prayer for Owen Meany", "Devil in the White City", and "Kite Runner". I adore the poetry of Rumi and Hafiz. I'm also a huge fan of maps and atlases. Interested in further exploring the works of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and Rainer Maria Rilke.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Amazing Things Seen - the soul-piercing stare of my seven *day* old niece as I held her at dawn; the Northern Lights - from Virginia (!)

Amazing Things Done - trapeze lesson, attended a four-day teaching by the Dalai Lama, dipped in an ice-cold lake in the mountains of Peru.

Teach, Learn, Share

Can Teach - basic meditation, beginning Tibetan Buddhism, a crash course in Himalayan art, how to make a mighty fine vegetable curry, how to bake a fabulous vegan chocolate cake, how to play some basic guitar chords, what makes the Dutch Masters so great, how to be a theater stage manager ...

Would Love to Learn How to - cook pad thai, dance the merenge, speak Italian, paint with watercolors, tie boy scout / sailing knots, start a fire without matches ...

Countries I’ve Visited

Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Martinique, Peru, Saint Lucia, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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