CURRENT MISSION

Hazlo si te atreves.

ABOUT ME

I enjoy science, philosophy, politics, nature, humanity, creativity. Mostly learning how everything works and fits together in this giant instant of time that is the universe as we know it, then using that knowledge to create better experiences, explore the limits of imagination and opportunity, and leave the world better than we found it.

28: I've founded a farm in Nashville, TN where we spend our days gardening, playing with animals, building, making art, and our evenings cooking, socializing, and making music.

***These are my previous about me's, from major life events when I updated my Cs profile***

I am 18, but I have been a community organizer and advocate, entrepreneur, news anchor & reporter, independent traveler, provider for my family, an environmentalist, a teacher, mentor, a big brother, an activist, a triathlete, swimmer, pole vaulter, lifeguard, actor... I am currently moving 1500 miles away from home to purse further experiences.
UPDATE: I am now 19, and can add to that list that I have interned with Greenpeace, lobbied Congress, dirt-biked, done freeclimbing, freeskating; modeled, won hundreds at the casino, had crazy nights in Tijuana and DC and Miami.... and i'm proud to continue building this list. I am humbled in gratitude to the couchsurfing community for being inspirational, full of friends, and a serious safety net at times.

20: I now have a plan to sail around the world, to continue my worldly education. Rock climbing and sailing are checked off my list, as well as water polo and rugby, and while I'm still focused on learning as much as I can while my curiosity drags me along, I am also focused on developing the purest philosophy I can find (not simple but clear, close-to-the-bone truth), learning from the tremendous collective experience of people whose paths I cross, and honing my critical thinking and physical skills to complement my American education.

At 21, I have discovered permaculture, and after hitchhiking to Central America, learning spanish and encountering real poverty and destitution, devastation and crime, and ultimately facing death and pulling myself together to return home and round out my first hitchhiking trip to about 3000 miles, I made it home and have faith in humanity, in our collective ability and desire to do good, or at least well--despite differences in approach and sometimes interest; I have re-centered myself and tackled my integrity. I am ready to call myself a man. I am ready to try to save the world, again. Travel may be in my near future, again, but I have discovered my dogma: wild living. I will a wild life, doing what is well to get what I need, promoting life and community everywhere I go. I will plant seeds, protect animals, wild spaces, and contribute to communities however and wherever I can, as it benefits me as well; and I intend to foster thus a home for when I decide to settle down.

I will make my living by making living--cultivating gardens and community wherever I land, so the people who pick me up hitchhiking, the warm souls who talk and/or listen, the playful people who have not lost their sense of adventure or are willing to rediscover it, will be rewarded.

Beyond that I just love to have a hella good time! Bike riding, wilderness hiking, sailing, I particularly revel in anything that is educational, inspiring, adventurous, active, challenging, productive, and connective.

It is possible to live happily, healthily, wealthily, and in harmony with nature. In fact, none of these are truly possible without all the others.

Be great and BeLong, Only Connect.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host, I surf, I socialize, I share, I bring produce, skills, and tales. Gardening, fire dancing, acro yoga, story time, guitar, piano, art, community service, foraging, event hosting and outreach, conflict resolution.

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COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosting, surfing, and pro-social events; I just can't get enough! For my lifestyle, it is a wonderful program; I am an incipient nomad, though I have to say I have really really enjoyed all the wonderful people who have come through my place as surfers, even more than my surfing experience! I hope to continue to enjoy the wonderful, genuine, compassionate, patient, adventurous people of couchsurfing for years to come. Let's share our world!

Interests

I'm very interested in intellectual, creative, positive, passionate people. I need the kind of people that are very active and enjoy everything the world has to offer... I love to explore and experiment.

Rock polo, water climbing, street art, guerrilla gardening, dancing, circus performance, acro-yoga, literature, original music performed by the artist and in good company, drum circles, eating healthy, :)

I am currently trying to encounter as many different types of people as possible, both the rednecks and the gangsters and the vegan rainbow children; conservative mexicans, etc. I want to complement my academic education with real-world experience, surviving stressful encounters and poison and cliffs and creating value from work and resources; I want to become more socially adept and to find as many different perspectives on the universe as possible, that I may miss nothing in my pursuit of the right life.

• animals
• arts
• culture
• literature
• performing arts
• street art
• acting
• dancing
• education
• vegan
• yoga
• gardening
• politics
• news
• tv
• traveling
• cars
• socializing
• magic
• music
• guitar
• piano
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• sailing
• martial arts
• rock climbing
• rugby
• water polo
• swimming
• anatomy
• biology
• business
• ecology
• teaching
• entrepreneurship
• journalism
• science
• hitchhiking
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Crimethinc.com, The Joy of Revolution, Adbusters, Bakunin, Rousseau, Feral Revolution,
(Books) Howard Zinn, First you Build a Cloud: and other reflections on Physics as a Way of Life. Robert Greene, Herman Hesse, Hemingway, Vonnegut, Made to Stick, Toni Morrison, Neitzche, One Hundred Years of Solitude

I like music as a bonding experience between individuals, a moment of magic created by the shared power of the group. Every moment of live music is unique, and it is devoid of capitalism and consumerism. That said, I enjoy encountering the many different beats of the world, produced and shared, my only criteria is that I don't have it forced upon my brain hundreds of times, as on American radio.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

managing to feel my way organically through the past several years. motorcycle thieves who practice santeria, crocs and monkeys and mafia up close. meeting mayan descendants who still retain indigenous culture. some privileged conversations in cars with interesting and invaluable people. A couple years traveling about California, and hitchhiking to Chiapas from San Francisco, then back up to the US and about the east more recently have certainly given me a shine. The sunset at La Selva Beach, California. Sleeping in a mine on the coastline near San Francisco. Doing mushrooms on Christmas at the ruins of Palenque under a full moon, feeling like the cutting edge of many cutting edges, connecting with past heritages, ooooooooo you had to be there, matrio, for magic is at work in the real. haha..

Teach, Learn, Share

CPR, Lifeguarding, philosophy, business, marketing, video, speaking, biology, ecology, swimming lessons, sailing, English,

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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