ABOUT ME

Easy going and thoughtful, well spoken but often silent.
I like people that take time to form an opinion and focus on how to think, feel and live freely.

My name is Laurens, I am a regular guy, genuinely friendly, it takes time to get to know me.. still working on that myself:)
After graduating fine arts, I have been working in an art supply shop in Holland and recently started teaching fine arts material courses. You can view works on http://www.laurenshoste.nl
or http://www.flickr.com/umoveme

I enjoy meeting new people but can be slow in opening myself up to others.

PHILOSOPHY

to much thoughts and feelings to put into words- life is change- and change doesn't make any sense without life :)
Good experiences make living worth while.
In short, despite desperation, depression, chaos and evil I'll be me and try to keep steady and go for a sunny, free, bright, good and tasteful life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have been a member in Hospitality club and enjoyed that community off open minded globetrotters so I figured- let's join this one too.

Throw me a line when you are in Rotterdam- always up for a get together a drink and some dancing. cheers

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

very fond of the warm hearted people that hosted me on many occasion and enjoyed offering that friendly home away from home back to others.

Interests

Although I don't do all of these frequently, I enjoy meeting new people and old friends, enjoy going to music, films, art-shows, festivals pubs and clubs.
I like reading- tasting foods- breathing fresh air and taking a dip in the sea. You could call me a modest hedonist- I simply like indulging my senses :D

Warm choc with whipped cream / bacon and eggs. Soft evenings with a glass of wine / a smile. Hot sunny days with a cold beer / an ice cream;)
A good conversation / kissing lips/ Rainbows, waterfalls, naughty twinkles / woman's eyes etc. etc.

• arts
• humanities
• festivals
• dancing
• wine
• beer
• drinking
• clubbing
• pub crawls
• shopping
• movies
• reading
• music

Music, Movies, and Books

Where to start? In general I'm an all rounder- from low to high- from soft to loud- from slow to fast.. or... the other way around :D Attending the international film-festival in Rotterdam as volunteer every year.
Often checking out gigs- mainly alternative rock- post rock, noise rock - jazz and indie. But I am up for any kind of live-music that has spirit. Some names then?
Music; Morphine, Sonic Youth, Phillip Glass, Amon Tobin, The Doors,
Movies (directors); Miiki Takashi, Michael Hanneke, Mamoru Oshi, Kim-ki-duk, Terry Gilliam, David Lynch
Books: Science fiction >Orson Scot Card, Ben Bova, Greg Bear, Julian May Ian Banks and many others... Philosophy: John Dewey, Hegel, Rumi
Artists- (Cartoons) Moebius, Loisel, Bilal (Fine arts) where to start? Baselitz, De Kooning, Gorky, Guston. Matisse, Gauguin, Kandinsky.. I could go on and on- to summarise: expressionists- modernists and abstract artists.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

OE- this is a hard one- hundreds of people dancing cheering and jumping with joy:)
the sea....
Awestruck, it doesn't happen to me so often- so let's have some more :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands