CURRENT MISSION

Restore small d democracy to the United States, Amend the US Constitution to exclude corporations as people. Fix the local food chain, restore biology to the soil of New Mexico.

ABOUT ME

I believe friends are Nature's masterpiece. Spirit and ideas have more beauty than things. I can be immobilized by a work of art or a brilliant philosophical concept; a passionate and brilliantly performed movement within a symphony; a sonata, a pas de deux or a boogie woogie piano solo can transport me to an alternate dimension. I am in search of revelations of the mysteries, epiphanies as it were, in the concrete and ordinary world; constructs of my explorations as filtered through my active internal world(s).
I have tried to teach my children that mediocre or disdainful people gossip about people; average people talk about possessions and exceptional people talk about ideas.
I am interested & opinionated but not a dogmatic or proselytizing man (well, maybe a little, but I will try to persuade from logic, facts & heart; never just blind faith.) I can be convinced that I am wrong and apologize. I am a devout iconoclastic catalyst. A Humanist of the Secular persuasion. At the same time I support the individual search for truth and meaning as I respect the individual understanding of spirit.
I move to my own rhythms & dance the wild rumpus soulfully, solely and on rare occasions, solipsistically...
I have been told by many friends that I am the calmest person they know.
I try to behave like wherever I am is the small town where I will live for the rest of my life. This doesn’t mean I am reticent or withdrawn or not occasionally outrageous but respectful. As a high self monitor I will always be outspoken with my beliefs, joys and concerns; for silence is the voice of complicity. I am a fearless advocate of stray dogs, bullied kids and the downtrodden-in-general.
Vegetarian but don't proselytize.
I listen to every point of view and honor the source even when I vehemently disagree.
I am highly political and active about it. I hosted a progressive political talk radio show on public radio in Santa Fe until my views got to the board of "Free Speech Radio".
I strive to be creative, understanding, compassionate, kind, self-reliant, nonjudgmental (well...I make a real attempt), respectful, adaptable, expressive, curious, sensual, passionate, & loyal. I don't criticize what I don't understand (I do make a serious attempt at understanding.) I will always be forever young & self-confident (vs. self-absorbed or cocky.)
Cheeeez, I sound like a Boy Scout with Bob Dylan, Ram Das & Noam Chomski as Scout Leaders.
I like to make music and talk with friends old and new well into the wee hours. I am not an accomplished musician but have fun playing anyway.
Because I believe most play involves friendship as most friendship involves play of one sort or another. A playful attitude is what I'm talking about here; the sense of awe and wonder that a child brings to new friends and experiences. I am a magnet to children and dogs. Kids seem to know when the respect offered is true. They also instinctively know that pain shared is diminished and pleasure shared is magnified. Dogs always know your truths that cats don't care about (not to diss these great feline companions.) Kids and dogs both show their joy. I like that.
I'm invariably polite to the wait staff and tip well to boot. Someone who is nice to you and mean to the wait staff is not a kind person. Kind is an always attribute.
I'm always up for a road trip to nowhere or anywhere.
I nurture the hell out of people I care about. I smile readily, laugh freely and dance when I am moved (with or without music that anyone else can hear.)
I appreciate the evolution in a person as the chrysalis bursts and the imago is realized.
I've been told I am a walking contradiction but I prefer to think of it as being multifaceted. I require prolonged silences as well as intense communication.
My dear friend and ex-wife writes this about me: When people ask me to describe Tom I just tell them to think of a hot ice cube, deafening mime, an ephemeral mountain. Slow lightning, liquid sound, tropical tundra and spherical needles. What really gets the idea across is when I suggest a tiny skyscraper, desiccated seas, annual sunsets, a domesticated earthquake, or silky stucco. He loves like a tender hurricane; a gentle, peaceful, passionate and calm warrior. Always ready to laugh at his own foibles. He can bring a little Tom Waits into your Joni Mitchell life.

Pourquoi je suis sur Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have met and had meals with CS folks. My living situation has been a bit out of the way for most to stay at my house.
I have hosted many folks over many years long before this project began.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have traveled extensively and stayed in many different situations some of which would qualify as couch surfing.

Centres d'intérêt

Architecture, Archaeology, Anthropology, History, Astronomy, Agriculture, Hydronymy, Astrophysics, Aviation, Birds, Body modification, Botany, Cybernetics, Classics, Dogs, Ecology, Mammals, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Toxicology, Ethics, Cooking, Vegetarian cuisine, Baseball, Communication, Film, Literature, Music, Economics, Field recording, Theatre, Geneology, Geography, Etymology, Entomology, Geology, Law, Linguistics, Sailing, Medicine, Math, Mythology, Nutrition, Parenting, Philosophy, Photography, Poetry, Political science, Radio, Textiles, Theology, Ethnology, Thermodynamics, Vulcanism, Transhumanism, Transport, Railroads, Electric vehicles, Traveling, Systems engineering, Anti-speciesism, Global warming, Overpopulation, Societal collapse, Environmental sociology, Esoteric, Magick, Surrealism, Toponymy, Utopia, Zoology

• cats
• dogs
• birds
• arts
• humanities
• literature
• poetry
• architecture
• photography
• beauty
• dancing
• ethics
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• walking
• aviation
• traveling
• cars
• music
• piano
• surfing
• sailing
• baseball
• agriculture
• anthropology
• astronomy
• biology
• divinity
• ecology
• economics
• engineering
• entomology
• etymology
• geography
• geology
• history
• law
• logic
• mathematics
• medicine
• neuroscience
• political science
• science
• sociology

Une aventure extraordinaire que j'ai vécue

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.

From BladeRunner

Pays que j'ai visités

Afghanistan, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Trinidad and Tobago, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S., Yemen, Zimbabwe

Pays dans lesquels j'ai vécu

United States