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Overview

  • 30 references 21 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, German; learning Haitian, Haitian Creole, Spanish
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2007
  • living
  • MA photojournalism
  • From Eupen, Belgium
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time.

ABOUT ME

I am a young woman and my parents gave me the name Alice.
I love taking photographs, so people call me a photographer. I love sharing my thoughts through films, so people call me a filmmaker. I love engaging in making the world a better place, so people call me an activist. But in the end I am no more than an alignment of energy that belongs to an immense, never ending universe.

PHILOSOPHY

Alan Watts:
You have to realize that the entire construct of individuality is based on the ego, your mind essentially tricking you into thinking you are separate from the things outside your own skin. Tricking you into believing that you are your own, completely separate being, when, really, it is very plausible that you only experience life in this way, and it is not the way it really is. I tend to not believe in karma in terms of my soul becoming another person when I die because that relies on the idea that the soul is also separate and individual. And that would seem incorrect considering that the whole construct of 'I' is nothing more than the ego, a physical interpretation created by the brain. And if life has showed us anything, it is that brains can be very good at being deceptive.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I surf all around the world and I have hosted when I had my own place. Right now, I am homeless ;-)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

except one disappointing experience, I only met great people and I never want to stop couchsurfing.

Interests

photographing, reading, learning, dancing, singing (but I am such a bad singer), traveling, meeting friends,....

  • singing
  • photography
  • beauty
  • dancing
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: We feed the world, Alphabeth, any documentaries, classics and Walt Disney classics.

Music: Fiona Apple, Jonsi, Eddie Vedder, Ayo, Feist, David Gray, Soko, Lilly Allen.

Books: Alan Watts, Hermann Hesse, Noam Chomsky, Thich Nhat Hanh,...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing thing I have done is to learn to see the beauty in everything that surrounds us wherever we are.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you photography and I can take pictures of you. I also love to share my thoughts with you and hear yours in return.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Benin, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Haiti, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Old School Badges

  • 6 Vouches
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