I am a photographer and marketing strategist. I'm also passioned by graphic design. I value a lot the people connection and interested in how all spheres of the world interlace with each other.

Instagram: @irlife
& I’m Irina Slavskay in all other platforms, too.

I've been living in France for around 10 years. Originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, and lived there in four different regions, in the South-West, in Provence, in the Alps and for the last years in Paris, and was travelling a lot around the country and abroad. I think this has helped me to widen my views. During the last 1,5 years I've been living near to Lisbon, Portugal, on Koh Phangan island in Thailand and have spent some month in St. Petersburg. Now I've arrived to Melbourne and am going to continue developing my photography and work on other spheres here. I'll be glad to connect with likeminded people.

I believe everyone can achieve self-realisation and enjoy life by breaking the boundaries imposed during our lives and let our inner light shine. And I think that we can feel the brightest energy during the connection with other people, and this platform is the way for me to meet likeminded people and create memories together.
I need my time to be alone and recharge, but I do believe that together people can build beautiful things.
I keep a close friendship with people I met during my first Couchsurfing experiences and value a lot this platform and relationship we can build here.

I also share my photography and thoughts on Instagram @irlife.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

I would like to meet new people and learn about the culture and views of other countries and regions by seeing them through their eyes and thoughts.

兴趣

- photography and fashion photography
- all kinds of art
- art house cinema and cinema in general
- psychology
- yoga (especially ashtanga yoga)
- indie folk and other kinds of music
- contemporary literature

• poetry
• theater
• architecture
• contemporary art
• photography
• yoga
• meditation
• swimming
• psychology
• art
• ballet
• spirituality
• indie music
• astrology
• social media
• reiki
• vegan cooking
• asian food
• riding bike
• awakening
• ashtanga yoga
• hip-hop dance
• art-house
• indie folk

音乐、电影和书籍

MUSIC: Damien Rice, Bon Iver, Ben Howard, Loyle Carner, FINNEAS, Frank Ocean, Joji, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Madonna (old), Placebo, singer/songwriter music

MOVIES: Great Expectations (1998), Caótica Ana (2007), Los amantes del Círculo Polar (1998) + other movies by Julio Medem, I'm Not There (2007), Meet Joe Black (1998), Vanilla Sky (2001), Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Hikari (2017)

BOOKS: Richard Bach “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”, Arundhati Roy “The God of Small Things”, Daniel Keyes “Flowers for Algernon”, Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt “Oscar et la dame rose”, Ray Bradbury “The Martian Chronicles”, Sat-Okh books

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Life in a camping (self-organized) on the seaside in tents with a beautiful community of people for 2-4 weeks each summer from the time I was 9 years old up to today (campfire, singer-songwriter songs, creative people). Thanks to this place and these people I was able to feel better the world and understand the importance of the people connection, help, giving and nature in our lives.

教，学，和分享

I would be happy to have long talks about topics that are valuable for us, our experiences, which help to understand better the world, ourselves and to be able to communicate better with others.
At the same time I feel great spending the time on my own, too, it helps to recharge and to explore new things that then I am able to share.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

- experiences, knowledge
- I can make a photography series for you
- I can give a Social Media development advice if interested
- help in house

我游览过的国家

Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates

我居住过的国家

France, Portugal, Russian Federation, Thailand