Ciao!

What I am most: I am Alberto, I am 23 (only this year) and I am studying philosophy. Also I am alive!

edit 3/12/2023

Hello! I'm living in Athens right now, I'm doing the erasmus exchange program in photography. I came from Italy by car and i'm exploring the beautiful greece!

Now I work as a freelance writer for an online Japanese magazine :)

edit 23/07/2023

I'm in Tokyo! I'm doing an internship for an online magazine and discovering the city and the country. Let's meet up!

UPDATE 7/04/2023

I'm in Taichung (Taiwan) for the exchange program at the National Chung Hsing University. I'm studying Daoism and the internal practice of meditation.
This summer I'm going to do an internship in Tokyo!

edit 22/08/22

Now I'm on my last year of Master in Philosophy at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
I won two scholarships: one at University of Ghent, for the first semester (from 30/09/2022 till 31/01/2023) and the other one at National Chung Hsing University of Taichung, in Taiwan (from February till June, 2023).

I'm focusing on Heidegger and Hölderlin thought in relation with poetry and Zen philosophy. I'm actually taking a class in Ghent in Non-western philosophies to deepen my knowledge. My research path focuses also on self-consciousness, spiritual growth and creativity. I strongly believe that every human is an artist, or a creator, and I'm on my way to free my self from boundaries.

I've been working with plants and still some of them online. I worked for a company that builds super cool vertical gardens.

I love art, in particular visual art, such as cinema and photography. I take analog photos and sometimes draw some sketches for comics.
This summer I went to Palermo, Sicily, for a week-workshop in film direction with the Palestinian director Kamal Aljfari and in Milan for a workshop with Claire Fontaine (Italian-French art collective) at the Institute for Contemporary Art.

I do love rock climbing and ski mountaineering in special: mountains are my second home!

edit 16/05/21

Hey! After three years I got graduate in philosophy and now I'm 26. And I'm still alive!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've read somewhere about this social platform and I've been immediately enthusiast about the philosophy of hosting and meeting people from everywhere!

edit 16/05/21

I got nice experiences on couches and I would love to continue!

update 07/04/2023

I hope to host people when I will be back to Italy!

Interests

My big love is nature. I love climbing and skiing.

• literature
• yoga
• meditation
• comics
• alpinism
• skiing
• astronomy
• geology
• philosophy
• physics
• mountains
• cinema
• romanticism
• antropology
• botanical gardens
• robotics
• astrophysics
• space exploration
• semiotics
• gemmology
• jewelcrafting

Music, Movies, and Books

Rilke, Plato, Heidegger, Goethe, Corto maltese, Dylan dog, Hölderlin, Nietzsche, Tolkien, Hamsun, Pu Songling, Schelling,

Wim Wenders, David Lynch, Ingmar Bergman, Tsai Ming-Liang, Won Kar-Wai, Andreij Tarkoskij, Akira Kurosawa, Fellini

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share my knowledge in philosophy and literature

I can teach you Italian langugage, food and culture =)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I will wash the dishes!!!

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Italy, Taiwan