ABOUT ME

I try to keep attention for small things in life, and try to constantly question and redefine my own little truths and binaries, through hearing other people's stories. This is one of the things I love most, learning through sharing, especially when there's a lot of laughing involved. Besides this I love poetry, and am a bit of a tea freak, I like most people but it definitely helps if you're not racist, xenophobic, homophobic, trans-phobic or afraid of feminism. I gain simple but big happiness from cooking and sharing good and sustainable food, following spontaneous ideas, the moon, learning through art, horseback riding, strolling, those of us who dare to be vulnerable, enjoying time, music, dancing, meditating, night swims and meeting new people.

PHILOSOPHY

"I read once, which I loved so much, that this great physicist who won a Nobel Prize said that every day when he got home, his dad asked him not what he learned in school but his dad said, "Did you ask any great questions today?" And I always thought, what a beautiful way to educate kids that we are excited by their questions, not by our answers and whether they can repeat our answers."
- Diane Sawyer

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfing is simply one of the best inventions I know of, I've had the honor to meet some golden gem people through this infrastructure who I now consider to be dear friends. I find it a beautiful way to share experiences and can't imagine traveling without it anymore.

Interests

Learning, I guess learning how to listen more carefully in the first place.
Music sharing is always very welcome. Mmm.. conversations that hit any core, that question things, recognize art and poetry, that shift my perspective, create laughter.

• arts
• poetry
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• physics
• tea
• laughing
• feminism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Buffalo 66, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Abre Los Ojos, Beginners, Dogtooth, Into the Wild, Attenberg, Le Meraviglie, Mulholland Drive, The Science of Sleep, Where the Wild Things Are, 5 Obstructions, Samsara, La Meraviglie, Mystery Train, Sans Soleil, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill (still waiting for the 3rd to come out).
Books: The poetry of Sylvia Plath, E. E. Cummings and Rumi, Etel Adnan, Mahogny L. Browne, Rilke, to mention a few. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami, Misschien Wisten Zij Alles - Toon Tellegen, Zen and the Art of Motorcylce Maintenance - Robert Pirsig, The Argonauts - Maggie Nelson, Near to the Wild Heart - Clarice Lispector. Grief is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter, Women Who Make a Fuss - Isabelle Stengers, The Way of a Pilgrim (author unknown).
Music: Björk, Tirzah, John Lennon (&the Plastic Ono Band), Billie Holiday, Julia Holter, Karen Dalton, Grouper, HTRK, Erykah Badu, Sybille Baier, Four Tet, Anderson Paak, Little Dragon, Josephine Foster and Jimi Hendrix of course.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Peeing my pants of laughter with dear friends.

Being in the desert in Joshua Tree, seeing the giant firmament and feeling so small and content. Then waking up at 5am and hearing the coyotes howl to each other. This world can be cruel, but it also is filled with crazy beauty.

Teach, Learn, Share

I make pretty good veggie food.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Love and stories and laughter.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Netherlands