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When people ask "where do you live?" ...I say, "In the present as much as possible." At age 19, I left home and started exploring North America by sea kayak, and kept a journal (www.solomax.com). After months of living on the beach with travelers in Mazatlan, Mexico, and then living in Austin Texas, I continued my journey by kayak on the ocean, paddling southward to Roblito, a village of 250 people who live simply, close to nature in tight community. I was SoloMAX... who was all about going solo to get the MAX out of life. This experience in Roblito opened my eyes to the collective power of community and the graceful nature of simplicity. Over the past five years, I've taught personal development through art therapy workshops and slide shows, and been learning about culture by visiting many inspiring communities across the western United States, including Rainbow Gatherings and Burning Man.

When Hurricane Katrina hit, I brought a 60ft geodesic dome to the Gulf Coast to create a community center with a Rainbow Family kitchen. That project finished at the end of Spring. I'm currently home in Mazatlan, Mexico. Over the winter, the social-profit I founded, The ACTION HERO NETWORK (www.actionheronetwork.net), organized a grassroots movement in Central Mexico to create a cultural exchange community center near Roblito, Nayarit (tribes.tribe.net/roblito). We are also developing a sailing collective on a 45ft schooner (tribes.tribe.net/tribalspaceship).

To fund the grassroots work, I am creating an eco-tourism busy-ness in Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico: www.vivesinaloa.com/kiosko_t...uipal.htm

Life as I see it is recorded in a rainbow of color at actionhero.smugmug.com