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Overview
About Me
Hi there!
We are Rachel & Ori, both artists and dogsitters, house painters and parents of five children between the two of us & two dogs. Ori is a writer and a comedian and Rachel creates murals and original art. We love music (saw Elton John live this year! ❤️), we enjoy meeting new people, create art, listen, talk, read, write, garden, nature and food. The Empowering Clerks Network which we run Playful Paperwork documents (over five million printed in ten languages since 2006) offers Joy Permits, Forgiver's License (Class A&B), Open Carry Permits for Musical Instruments, Racism Release Form, Alternative Street Signs, OK Parent Award, Village Fool Diploma and many other official documents. (www.supportivebureaucracy.org, #JoyPermit you can learn more and print your own Joy Permits and other official silly documents)
Www.bit.ly/ECNRachelRayAlonArt2024
https://bit.ly/RachelRayAlonSoloShow
http://bit.ly/ECNGenocideinGaza
https://bit.ly/PlayfulPaperworkECN
www.bit.ly/EmpoweringClerksNetwork032024
We love good and true meetings between people. We believe those meetings can actually change people's hearts and the world.
PHILOSOPHY
Be spontaneous and happy. Eat good food, drink good coffee, love good people.
FYI we have an old school bus we turn into a guest house, work in progress
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
Not ready to host right now (still organizing our house, setting up an old school bus as rv / guest room, stay tuned)
HOW WE PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Ori is a member of couch surfing since 2007 when he lived in Jerusalem, he hosted and surfed numerous times, always with great experiences "Couchsurfing is one of the most hopeful for humanity experiences I can think of."
Rachel is new to the idea but excited to learn more.
Rachel's artwork - Www.bit.ly/RachelRayAlonPortfolio2022
Www.bit.ly/RachelRayAlonArt2024
Www.bit.ly/RachelRayAlonSoloShow ♥
And some here in the gallery and on the Facebook page Rachel Ray-Alon Paintings and Murals. Rachel is going to be at the Beacon Open Studios July 23rd and 24th if you are interested in seeing new works.
Ori - https://bit.ly/OriAlonRayTedxNewburghNY2019
https://bit.ly/OriAlonRayPeachaKuchaTaosNM2019
https://bit.ly/CartoonistLawyerIssue91 recent comics issue #CartoonistLawyer with links to previous publications such as Regulations are Flexible Artist Book, over 100,000 copies printed
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COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
So much to share!! Done that in my reviews partly and happy to share more in person.
Interests
Art, gardening, parenting, comics, cooking, baking, books, music, people,conflicts, solving conflicts, typewriters, movies, social practice.
- arts
- writing
- books
- performing arts
- movies
- traveling
- socializing
- music
- hiking
- performance art
Music, Movies, and Books
Elton John, Dave Matthews Band, Bocelli, Trevor Noah's book Born a Crime, Friends, Good Girls, Arik Einstein, The Yes Men, The Wire, Marina Abramovic, Zorba the Greek, 8 1/2 Fellini, Charlie Chaplin, Neil Young, REM, Balkan music, Janis Joplin, Patti Smith, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Borat, Tao-te-Ching, James Baldwin, Hassidic stories, Paul Robeson, Miles, Coltrane, Louie CK, jazz, alternative, Billy Holiday, Camous, Borghes, g.g. Marakes, Michael Ande, Lennon, Socrates, The Smiths.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Started the Center for Supportive Bureaucracy, so far over five million Playful Paperwork documents were issued by Empowering Clerks over the world in ten different languages. www.JoyPermit.org
Happily married to the love of my life Rachel :) ♥
Teach, Learn, Share
Listen to music, visit new places. Share the Empowering Clerks Network project with you, offer Playful Paperwork and Typewriter Matchmaking Service etc.
What I Can Share with Hosts
Vintage typewriter (helped at least a hundred writers start relationships with manual typewriters in the past twenty years).
Countries I’ve Visited
Canada, India, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
Old School Badges
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Pioneer Badge
