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  • 89 references 67 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Polish; learning German, Russian
  • 32, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Working in NGO
  • Silesian Uniwersity; culture studies and special needs ed...
  • From Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
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About Me

I am easy going person, happy to help and to meet new people. I love singing, dancing, walking, enjoy every kind of art. I love animals, in my apartment I have a dog and an earthworm farms (wermicompost bin). I work for an NGO that is focused on ecology, environmental protection and social integration but in fact I am more of a freelancer, as I am often a trainer on a ecological or theatre workshops, a theatre actor playin in some plays or performing during events, sometimes I make photos or short movies from events. I am also a couch, philosophical counsellor and pedagog. Sometimes I read tarot card and tell future or interpret dreams. Sometimes I just play on my guitar in the streets.

I made a master degree in three faculties: cultural science, special needs pedagogy and lately in couching and philosophical counselling. My last thesis was about using tarot cards in couching. I am interested in all kinds of art, specially music, visual arts, literature, theatre, movies, dance. I am also very interested in philosophy (my favourite philosophers would be Albert Camus, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche), psychology and religions. I am also interested in spirituality, I use tarot cards to connect with unconscious, I write down all my dreams, I am meditating, do yoga and have a gratitude journal.

I feel best in nature, in the forest or mountains, in the boat on the river. I am fascinated by any casual areas in the cities that are visited only by locals. When I visit city I always head to the market place first. I always ask my hosts "What is the most ugly place in the city?" and I am always delighted by this areas when I visit them. I also like urbex: lost, destroyed, abandon areas.

I often hitch-hike or travel by train or bus, but my favourite means of transport are my own foot. When I am in the city when it is possible I prefer to go everywhere by walk than to take a bus or taxi.

I play guitar, ukulele and bass guitar. I can make animals from a balloon. I write short stories, poems and plays. I like making photos and short movies. I can sing for you. I can wash dishes.

I don't like how money affects minds and how it decides on people lives. In my political point of view I am an anarchist but will gladly listen what do you think. I try to cut on my spending and live modestly focuses on experiencing rather than earning. But I am not a cheapskate, I love sharing with others everything that I got and I am happy each time I can do something for others.

I like adventures. I am full of a youthful, life energy, I love to party and dance but I am also happy to have a nice, calm evening if it is what life serves at the moment. I moderately drink alcohol, I am also open to some psychedelics. I don't smoke cigarettes.

I am looking for a meaning of a life and for my own place in the world. Will gladly listen to your personal philosophy, what is important for you, what do you believe in. I love helping others and have plenty of enthusiasm and ideas to make a world a better place.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love meeting people and helping others. I will gladly host you, share my food with you and show you the city.

Interests

  • pets
  • dogs
  • arts
  • writing
  • books
  • poetry
  • singing
  • performing arts
  • acting
  • dining
  • walking
  • drinking
  • pub crawls
  • movies
  • chess
  • reading
  • traveling
  • painting
  • music
  • guitar
  • blues
  • hiking
  • soccer
  • languages
  • hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Writers whom I love: J.R.R. Tolkien, Arkadij and Borys Strugaccy, Joseph Conrad, Albert Camus, Bruno Schulz, Bohumil Hrabal, Fiodor Dostojewski, Sławomir Mrożek, Witold Gombrowicz, Mirosław Nahacz, Olga Tokarczuk, Andrzej Sapkowski, Leopold Staff, Stanisław Grochowiak, Rafał Wojaczek, Milan Kundera, Aleksander Puszkin, Juliusz Słowacki, Bolesław Prus, Jacek Kaczmarski, Stefan Żeromski, Paweł Huelle and many more

Music: Nirvana, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Hey i Kasia Nosowska, Simon and Garfunkel, Boomtown rats, Róże Europy, Myslovitz, T-love, Elektryczne Gitary, Jacek Kaczmarski, Grzegorz Turnau, Marek Grechuta, Akurat, Indios Bravos, Happysad, Wojciech Młynarski, Jonasz Kofta, Bob Marley, , Coldplay, Czesław Śpiewa, Stan Borys, Janis Joplin, Klaus Mitffoch, Kury, ; Raz, dwa, trzy etc. I also enjoy a lot classical music.

Films: Stalker (A. Tarkowsky; my favourite), The Graduate, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Forrest Gump, La Pianiste, Pink Floyd The Wall, Fiddler on the Roof, Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life, Easy Rider and some old polish films: Salto, Popiół i diament, Niewinni czarodzieje, Amator, Eroica.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I forgot. I have a poor memory, you will need to ask my friends about it.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am happy to share all I have and all I know. I can show you some cool places in my area. You can use all my food, cosmetics and amenities that I have in my home. We can play some instruments, sing together or play board games.

I can tell you how to make your own compost bin with living earth worms. I can teach you how to make an animal from a balloon. I can tell you the future with tarot cards.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Bed, guitar, food, computer, WIFI, stories, scary stories... All I can do :-)

I can also read you tarot cards :-)

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Poland

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