Some words, which do not exist in French, my native language, help describe my inner universe :

Lebesnkünstler : "this term connotes a person who approaches life with the zest and inspiration of an artist, although he or she may not be working recognizably as an artist."

"Yugen" : "an awareness of the Universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and powerful for words."

"Awe" : a feeling of both fascination and terror in front of life's grandiose manifestations.

A word which only exists in French language ? "Dépaysé" ! It means being confused and lost by a change of place, habit. Literally, the word means "de-countryied" : you lose some of your native identity, some of your national automatisms, by being somewhere else. That's quite how I feel : only some bits of my mind are French now, it has become a mosaïc of different influences, which make me feel like a stranger, a wonderer, wherever I find myself, Paris, Périgueux, Delhi, Hanoï, marketplace, river, daytime, night time, the same : a bit of a foreigner, a bit of a local, everywhere, anytime. I never fit in, yet I always relate, somehow.

As you might have guessed already, languages play an important part in my explorations and questionnings.

If you're into astrology : I'm the typical acquarius (except for the technologically innovative bit - I'm quite the opposite, I never owned a smartphone for example :).

My travel and spirit blog : https://jiuliname.blogspot.com/

Thanks for your kind attention to my words,

Julien

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

CS events in France and India, hosted twice in Delhi, and city walks with Csurfers in Kolkata and Delhi.

Interests

A curious mind : anything spiritual, any part of planet Earth, any flavor and taste, any language and sign, any shape and texture, all qualities of light... Everything is connected, any thing interdependant, so curiosity for music means curiosity for sound, which means curiosity for waves, which means curiosity for communication, which means curiosity... for you :)

Co-naître sans com-prendre ?
Explorer sans conquérir ?

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Etre né humain sur la planète Terre. I highly recommend it.

What I Can Share with Hosts

https://alivesuperunknown.blogspot.com/
https://yang4yin.blogspot.com/

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Cambodia, India, Israel, Laos, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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