Ryan

About Me: My basic sanity and vitality depend on a constant diet of new, mind-stretching experiences. They maybe cross-cultural or educational in the broadest sense of the word; they may just be fresh forays into the unknown in any of its myriad manifestations. These mind-stretching ventures feed the Philosopher-Spirit in me --- my compelling drive to know and understand, to find the inner meaning of things. My nature is curious, robust, and full of risk-tolerant faith in life. Restraints on my exuberance or constraints on my freedom are anathema to me. Sometimes my idealism sets unreachable standards -- but it serves me the same way the North Star serves the sailor: they guide, beckon, and inspire me in the ever-brighter direction of the Unreachable...not that I ever expect to actually arrive there. Currently my life revolves around my passion for music, my friends & family, my studies & dream of doing the impossible someday & finally, knowing the purpose of my existence through the Almighty.