Grew up in Latvia, spent a lot of time in the woods and at the coast. Interested in creative practices and methodologies. Studying design and art in the Netherlands --- www.filips.info
I like hiking, boat trips, dance parties, reading, mushroom hunting, discovering the unexpected.

Interests

• animals
• arts
• books
• contemporary art
• cooking
• vegetarian
• painting
• music
• hiking
• art history
• biology
• philosophy
• nature
• adventure
• forests
• dance
• making friends
• environmentalism
• art museums
• nature walks
• design thinking
• mushroom hunting
• symbiosis

Music, Movies, and Books

Lately I enjoy listening to funky, groovy, electronic, ambient, hip hop, new wave, synth pop, but I like all kinds of music. Happy to share with you my playlists and newly discovered albums, artists.

Favorite radio station --- NTS.live

Watch these if you haven't --- "Sound of Noise" 2010 / "La Belle Verte" 1996 / "Little Miss Sunshine" 2006

Reading now the "The Invention of Nature: Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt" by Andrea Wulf
Really nice read on the power of memes --- "Can jokes bring down governments?" by Metahaven
Check out if interested in speculations on how our designed technologies are redefining who we are --- "are we human" by Beatriz Colomina

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Didn't really do that one amazing this yet. But I did spent a week in a village with two friends. There we gathered trash and other sleeping materials laying around with which we built brooms. Then we cleaned up the village.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to share with you my time and attention, lets have fun :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I would love to make dinner for you! And talk

Flexible on living conditions (comfort is overrated)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Finland, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands