Once I heard: when building up a character what would be the most trusthworthy: the physical description, others' perception or the character's actions? They say that actions. Personally, I trust more verbs than nouns, so I'd better give you some of "my" verbs: travel, think, write, dance, listen; hike, draw, write; run, swim, ride, fly, get lost, discover, learn and weave-write. (The repetition of "write" is not redundant.)

I consider myself a weaver of words and since my threads come from experience, travelling has become quite important to me.

I'm not much of a talker at times. I've realised sharing involves silence too.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because of the people I've got the opportunity to meet. Most of them free spirits who easily get itchy feet. I may add apart from the good talks, this feeling of re-linked-ness: there's a lot of echoes everywhere, anywhere. I've really got the chance to know more about myself and others by "mirroring" myself in others.

Interests

Just live, (German "Sein Lassen"), live and let live. My time is the most valuable thing I've got so I try to fill it in with all the verbs my heart asks me to use at the very moment.

I enjoy being by myself, but I do like too, to share the moment with others or help them if I can.

Love nature: the "deep blue" sea, the forests, the deserts, the mountains; the caves, dunes, the mountains; the deep blue sea, the caves, the mountains. (Again: repetition is non-redundant. Yes: I love mountains.) Some time ago I used to practise mountaineering, particularly rockclimbing and potholing.

Love culture: art (dancing, theatre), philosophy, literature, history, science (quantum mechanics, cognitive science, astronomy), landscape architecture, agriculture (permaculture). Now instead of the mountaineering thing I used to practise I moved into a much more artistic side: I've practised Polynesian dancing for... already two years now and I love it!! I've been collaborating in some artistic projects either writing or dancing.

• arts
• culture
• writing
• literature
• performing arts
• architecture
• dancing
• traveling
• drawing
• survival
• music
• hiking
• swimming
• agriculture
• astronomy
• history
• languages
• science
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books, or rather say authors, friends I've met along the way:
William Blake, Nietzsche, Borges, Shakespeare, Rulfo, Cortázar, S. Beckett, Kundera; Lautréamont.
Books: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (L. Carroll); "The Doors of Perception Heaven and Hell" (Huxley); Canek's story, this Maya hero; "Tuareg" (Vázquez-Figueroa).

Music:
Bach, Michael Nyman (particularly, "Fish Beach"), Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails ("Still"), Pink Floyd, Radical Face, Ólafur Arnalds, Wim Mertens, Still Corners.

Movies... shortcuts:
"The Perfect Human" (Jorgen Leth), "Moebius" (Mosquera) , "La Montaña Sagrada" (Jodorowsky), "Eternal Sunshine...", "Dolls" (Takeshi Kitano)... "Into the Wild"...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Memories come randomly (places, things done), but I'll try to write them down chronologically.
Patagonia roadtrip with a huge piece of luggage. | Spying a spider in the heights while rockclimbing. | Sótano de las Golondrinas. | (Something both incredible and stupid) dislocating my shoulder while rockclimbing, putting it back in place and continue rockclimbing. | Going via ferrata without proper equipment and a full backpack in Switzerland | Befriending a baby seal in Canada. | Dancing in front of the sea. | Chimborazo | Going from Colombia to Chile by bus to see the Andes. | Living in a Buddhist monastery for a couple of months in BC, Canada. | Riding the bike in the middle of the night, having the moon as the only source of light (BC, Canada) | Surviving in a foreign country without money during the pandemic and starting a business from scratch. (Seattle, US) | Living in Norway having as neighbors two waterfalls.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach/Share/Help with
Languages (English, German, French, Spanish) (I could also help you with any of these English certifications: FCE, CAE, IELTS)
English Literature and western/eastern philosophy
Starting-up a business
Life experiences

Learn
Survival skills (from cookery or growing crops to first aids or self defense).
Different views and ways of being

What I Can Share with Hosts

Time in experiences, thoughts, perspectives. (:

Art exchange, for instance: a text or a drawing (maybe even a performance) for a piece of music.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Finland, Mexico, Norway, United States