Fate as we know it sometimes lies beyond our means of understanding and surfaces at just the right moment in our lives. My fate currently lies in the blue and green hands of Black Hmong Villager from the northern highlands of Vietnam.

After ten successful years in the technology business, I resigned from my position in 2004 and traveled the world for one year. Upon my return to America, the images I captured soon became my life. One image in particular stands out in its ability to touch people. That image is the “Blanket Weaver”. Over the past few years this simple but striking image has surfaced as my signature piece and clearly embraces a story that I'm intended to tell.

I aim to return to the mountains of Vietnam in a few years time and find this woman who has changed my life.
PHILOSOPHY

There's No Reason to Look Back, You're Not Headed That Way

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm a traveling photographer and artist and need to Crash a few couches here and there.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Met some interesting people and stayed in some interesting places.

Interests

World Travel, My Photography Business, Diddlin' the Guitar, Good Conversation, Scuba Diving, Concerts/Music, Reading, Running, Honesty, Spirituality, Deep Tissue, Laughing, Creating, Being Near Water, Asian Cuisine, Sushi, Cooking and just about anything in the Mountains, Snowboarding, Hiking, Climbing, Rafting, and Camping. Meeting New and Interesting People. Coincedence, Eye Contact. "Sick Days" When I'm Not Actually Sick. A Soft Bed.

• dogs
• books
• photography
• concerts
• cooking
• running
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• hiking
• camping
• scuba diving
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• business
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music Thievery Corp, Massive Attack, The Beatles, 80s Club, Marley, Willie Nelson, Ray LaMontagne, Jim James, Coldplay, Charlie Mars, Bob Schneider, Gary Clark Jr., Beck, Citizen Cope, Dave Matthews, etc.

Movies American Beauty, Born into Brothels, Nobelity, Baraka, Crash, Pulp Fiction, Rez Dogs, Usual Suspects, Lonesome Dove, Platoon, Finding Nemo, The Abyss, Dances With Wolves, Heathers, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, Kalifornia, Liar Liar, Meet the Parents, Robin Williams Live on Broadway, Eddie Murphy Delirious, Made, Swingers, Office Space....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Great White Shark Diving off the South Coast of South Africa
Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane….twice
Scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, S. Africa, Papua New Guinea, etc.
Being a part of the 2013 Kumbh Mela along with 60,000,000 others.
Taking a year off at 35 and traveling around the world for one year.
Rafting the Grand Canyon for 16 Days completely off the grid.

Teach, Learn, Share

Most

What I Can Share with Hosts

Some good stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belize, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States

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