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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Step by step in the tracks of dreams.
ABOUT ME
Life for me is full of heights, constant moving and creation. There are things i wish to talk about, things i'd like to be heard, so i've found stage and the language of contemporary circus to give my thoughts and feelings forward. In a way this is what my life circles around, the never-ending artistic research. I believe, the more i experience, the more i have to share with my audience, more to understand and tell. So i travel to meet people, cultures, nature and then take this with me to turn into creation.
Not to sound too serious though, my heart is open and full of joy and excitement to share adventures and the greatest treasures of a human being, happiness and love.
PHILOSOPHY
Gratitude and forgiveness. Each experience is a lesson that makes us richer.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I've been couchsurfing in Latvia, Italy and France. Mostly i've been fortunate enough through circus to have connections all over Europe, so i don't couchsurf too often, but at times i really prefer meeting so to say "normal" people, as my everydaylife is filled with people who earn their living swinging in heights or throwing objects in the air. I've had really great couchsurfing experiences. One good plus is meeting people from fields that you otherwise might not meet. The other and i think most important plus is meeting a place through the eyes of locals. I think as a tourist with no local connection you can never really get the essence of the culture you've met.
Interests
As my hobby has grown to be my job, there's not too much space for other things, but i do enjoy creating and expressing myself in any matter. I love adventures, visiting places i've never been to, getting lost on purpose and letting the place introduce itself to me. I love exploring nature, taking long walks, hiking and bouldering. Also enjoy a lot just sharing, stories, thoughts, experinces. And cooking! Always up for vegetarian food-recipe-sharing!
- arts
- writing
- literature
- poetry
- dancing
- dining
- cooking
- vegetarian
- nature
- adventures
- circus
- aerial acrobatics
Music, Movies, and Books
Prose: Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The Little prince", M.Bulgakov "The master and Margarita", G.Durrel "My family and other animals", J.W.Goethe "The Sorrows of young Werther", D.Glattauer "Good against northwind", J.Kaus "Aeg on vaha". The books from Jane Austen, Bronte sisters, Paolo Coelho, Astrid Lindgren, Anna Gavalda.
Poetry: John Keats, Fernando Pessoa, Charles Baudelaire, Jaan Kaplinski, Mihkel Kaevats, Paavo Piik.
Movies: Bright star, Becoming Jane, Cherry Blossoms, The eternal sunrise of the spotless mind, Cheri
Music: Sigur Ros, Olafur Arnalds, Ben Howard, Alexandra Streliski, Bon Iver, The National, Kings of Convenience, Kings of Leon, Holy Fuck, Liima, Jose Gonzales, Alt-J, Lykke Li, Arvo Pärt, Ewert and the two Dragons, Johanson ja vennad, Jäääär, Mari Kalkun, Dagö, Mari Pokinen, Chalice.
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Performed in a Latvian forest inside a wooden chapel with live music on cello and piano, combining poetry in Estonian and Latvian, exploding colors, shadowtheatre, and nets... the most amazing piece i've ever created and that can never be repeated.
Teach, Learn, Share
Just as something worth doing now during winter time: at least one snowangel a day - it looks beautiful, might give you a kick out from comfort zone and you can have a look up there...it's the easiest while lying down :)
What I Can Share with Hosts
Cooking! And Sunday pancakes (can be arranged even without a Sunday). Also, can teach some circus tricks!
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Belgium, Congo, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
Countries I’ve Lived In
Estonia, Finland