CURRENT MISSION

Continental Europe

ABOUT ME

A thinker, an out-of-key singer, a on-the-beat dancer, a not-so-secret secret agent, a scientist at heart but not always at method, an animal admirer, people curiouseur. Openminded and resourceful.

You can check my illustration work here: http://karen-ardila-illustration.tumblr.com/

PHILOSOPHY

Lets see what happens...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Here I am!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It has always been wonderful

Interests

Colors, the roundness of the world and its workings, tasting new foods (oh I love all kinds of food!), talking to plants, animals and inanimate objects, visual and all kinds of artists, illustrated books, music, travel.

• animals
• pets
• books
• illustrations
• coloring
• dancing
• dining
• traveling
• drawing
• music
• backpacking
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

I love children's books and I collect them. I find that sometimes life's greatest mysteries as much as life's simplest joys are not so distant from one another and that is what I often find reflected in children literature.

Some of my favourites ones are:
Oh! The Places You Will Go! - Dr Seuss
Libro de Nanas - Noemí Villamuza
Habladurías - Jan Pienkowski
The Bear That Wasn't - Frank Tashlin
No Somos Irrompibles - Elsa Bornemann

I would love to sit on a park on a sunny day and read them to you! :)

Music: I rarely find myself loving every aspect of a band or genre of music, I'm more into specific songs no matter where they come from or how they sound like. Songs that call to me, or connect to a moment in my life. Or make me dance.

(However) there are a few bands or artists I am currently happy to listen to: The Talking Heads, Leonard Cohen, Mø, Lowell Fulson, Dan Deacon... And searching for new ones still.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived for a month with an indigenous community in the middle of the Colombian jungle. Kept a drawing diary of it. Rescued a doggie there that is now living with me and making me smile every day.

Floated in a pond of warm water surrounded by dragonflies of every color.

Once pet a wild hummingbird in the belly without capturing it or it getting scared. I felt so happy! :)

Stumbled, fell, and stood up again. (oh, this has been happening a lot lately!)

Teach, Learn, Share

Lots of little silly (but incredibly useful) things. ;)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Whatever fits in my brain and my backpack.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bolivia, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Peru, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Colombia

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