CURRENT MISSION

to determine a future direction

ABOUT ME

I am a Russian-Canadian software developper who has recently returned to Russia to study film.

PHILOSOPHY

Still working on this... and overeducation doesn't seem to help. In the end, I try to be honest and open... and am for the most part. At this time, I think that every individual has a lot of power but also a lot of limitations... the trick is to realize and accept both of these, so as to open up the possibility of really using one's power in this lifetime and in a beneficial way.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've couched surfed quite a few times and its been great. Hoping to host some people once I settle down a little bit.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed a bunch in Mexico and Spain. I would really like to host but, so far, my living arrangements have not really allowed it.

Interests

literature, photography, rock climbing, film, chess, meditation, artificial intelligence, philosophy, hiking... I also recently spent a few weeks studying intensive Archaic greek because I've always wanted to do that. Hopefully I manage to keep that one up.

• literature
• photography
• meditation
• chess
• hiking
• rock climbing
• software

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: big fan of 19th century Russian and 20th century Japanese literature... so writers like Pushkin, Soseki, Dostoyevski, Kawabata, Murakami...

Movies: a lot of the 60s classics from ppl like Tarkovsky, Antonioni, Kurosawa... 80s hollywood such as Terminator, Indiana Jones, Star Wars... and newer good movies, though mostly foreign ones.

Music: I go through phases, but one thing that is important for me when it comes to music is that, if the music has lyrics, that they be good lyrics. Therefore, I am permanently fond of the soviet bards and people like Lhasa de Sela and Leonard Cohen... less intensely fond of a lot of others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hmmm... did the Camino in Spain a few years ago... that was great for me. Also happened to walk more than 80km in one of my days on that camino.

...rock-climbing with the ocean as the safety was pretty amazing too come to think of it.

Teach, Learn, Share

Funny question, but I guess the best people to learn from are the large-souled inspiring ones who remind you that you can also be like that.

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