CURRENT MISSION

Living in Istanbul, working and studying music

ABOUT ME

I am a spiritual person who wants to get to the deeper meaning of life and what it is about. Beyond that I really can't say much. But if we meet you can ask anything you like. Whether or not I tell you is something else.

PHILOSOPHY

Just trying to live in the moment. A simple but difficult philosophy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have met people through couchsurfing.org and I have had some great experiences. I just moved to Istanbul and hopefully I will be able to host travelers soon.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Well I had already slept on a lot of couches before I had ever heard of couchsurfing. I have only met a few people through couchsurfing but they were all great.

Interests

Mostly I enjoy playing music. I play ney (Turkish and Arabic flute)and guitar (mostly Flamenco) I want to get more into crafts, the more the better. I like pottery, basket weaving, candle making and leather work. My other interests include herbalism, chinese medicine, chi kung, philosophy, metaphysics, reading books, reading tarot, meditating and spending time in nature.

• books
• flamenco
• crafts
• reading
• pottery
• music
• guitar
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

I like reading mythology and poetry, especially Persian poetry like
Rumi, Hafez and Omar Khayam. Some of my favorite literary authors are
Jorge Luis Borges, Herman Hesse and Italo Calvino.

Films: The Mahabharata (dir. by Peter Brook) ; Bab'aziz, Into the Wild, Dead Poet Society, Turtles Can Fly, THe Discreet Charm of the Bourgeouisie and other films by Luis Bunuel, just about any film by Satyajit Ray but my favorite is Pather Panchali

Music: music of the middle east, including Turkey, Arabic, especially Persian, Indian classical and folk music, Flamenco, the blues

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well, I can tell you all about it when we meet.

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, India, Iraq, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Morocco, Romania, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Spain, Turkey

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