I like gentle beauty of the world. I like to discover new places under their surface. I like meeting new people when they have sight sharp enough to get through the banality of things. Sometimes, I find satisfying to immerse my mind into arcane space of mathematic. Sometimes, I just love to dance. Poetry and art make the life more bearable.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Living in Prague, I've been somewhat annoyed, during past few years, by rapid growth of mindless mass tourism. My mission here is, with my limited forces, to counter this trend. So, if you want to know what’s behind those colorful picturesque facades, I can guide you through the stories and meanings of the monuments, buildings and places, they have for us, who live here. I have absolutely nothing against drinking beer, but I’m rather motivated to meet people who aspire for more than getting a few mugs of cheap bear (it’s also not as cheap as it used to be). I believe in meeting of sensitive people who want, for a while, experience the world from the perspective of other culture.

And when travelling abroad, I believe, someone else will do the same favor for me.

Interests

• photography
• computer science
• history
• philosophy
• art
• ai
• history of religion
• dancing swing

Music, Movies, and Books

Czechoslovak new wave:
• All My Good Countrymen (Všichni dobří rodáci, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063791)
• Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058001)
• The Fifth Horseman is Fear (...a pátý jezdec je strach, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123368)
• Touha zvaná Anada/Hrst plná vody (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065117)
• Daisies (Sedmikrásky, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060959)

Other:
• Krakatit (a sci-fi from 1948, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6kk-OPrebc)
• The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza, Sorrentino)
• The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr)

Animated:
• The Tale of Tales (Yuri Norstein, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN1zimADh6Q)
• Potkali se u Kolína (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrOJoSSAonirsC7MpWk4YFFl4asDjTPRj)
• animations by Adolf Born (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1sCNEuQEbw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCg6Y13tWEQ)
• animations by Jiří Trnka (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgZWSQ8EwEE)
• Walz with Bashir
• Ruben Brandt Collector

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Montenegro, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, United Kingdom