ABOUT ME

I am a puppeter; I create stories and puppets (for children AND adults ) and I perform puppet shows. I like to work with musiciens. Sometimes I dream I am a rock'n'roll star, but I am a rather discrete person . I like to draw comic strips.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have one couchsurfing experience in the south of France in Digne les bains, the hosts were very friendly and welcoming.

Interests

martial arts, spirituality, painting, music, comic-strips, theater, alternative ways of life, utopies, non-violence, forro dance, celtic culture, asiatic ( indian, chinese, japanesen indonesian ) theater practices ( such as shadows and puppets ),american beat generation and its followers, Africa and black music

• arts
• culture
• theater
• performing arts
• dancing
• painting
• drawing
• music
• martial arts

Music, Movies, and Books

music:roots reggae, blues, folk, funk, soul, traditionnal (celtic), african, forro ( bresilian )and sometimes a good old rock'n'roll (led zeppelin, the clash, for example )
books:I am actually reading John Fante again; and an auto-biography of Bob Dylan; Just kids ( Patti Smith ); I like Stevenson, Conrad, Hermann Hesse, Murakami, olds stories for children, poetry. I am interested in african female writers and spiritual classics: Tchouang-tse, zen patriarchs (Shinjin mei by Sosan, Shodoka by Yoka Daishi), asiatic philosophers and legends
movies: my favorite: Casablanca, Johnny Guitar ( and westerns in general ), Some like it hot, Charlie Chaplin
I like David Lynch, Cohen brothers, Milos Foreman

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

la vie

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, British Indian Ocean Territory, Gabon, India, Ireland, Senegal, Spain, Turkey, United States