CURRENT MISSION

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ABOUT ME

I am a sponge who loves to absorb all she can. A sponge with her feet in the mud and her head somewhere over the rainbow. I can say that being positive became a second nature. I do my best to listen to learn and talk when it's time. I love to improvise, but I don't know how to make choices, I would like all the options ! Enjoy spending my time making objects and characters, just for the pleasure of fiddle with my hands.

After architecture studies I'll continue to study SPACE, by telling stories with it, more precisely set design at the National Theater in Strasbourg .

PHILOSOPHY

Progress, learn and always smile
Tolerance and flexible mind !
Take care of Earth and Humans.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

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I wish a good luck to all

Surfing the waves.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I used coushsurfing a lot during Erasmus time in Austria, Graz. Now I'm more quiet and got a lot of work studying in Strasbourg.

I meanly surfed, usually combined with hitchhiking is perfect. I wish I could host surfers also to give back the great moments I had but it's not possible for the moment anymore. These two practices fit with a certain idea of traveling I have : enriching myself humanely , learning from the locals and the travelers I meet, take time to watch and breathe, not being in a hurry to visit, focus on the present moment and improvise.

First time in the CS adventure in New York with my dad in 2013 !
Surfed also in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and France.

Interests

I like a lot of things but my favorite hobby is drawing. I need to draw, it's my only addiction !
You can take a look here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/louisedigard/

I like singing and improvise , theater and dance, writing dreams, taking photos with my mind or with my analogue camera, architecture, spending hours to observe the place I am and the people living in this place, working with wood, tree huts, veggie food, hitchhiking, knitting, dumpster diving and food sharing, meeting people in the street ( just because they catch my eyes by their smile), and taking time to do something good. Eating slowly, closing my eyes. Try it, you will appreciate better ! Dancing for nothing, every time I can. Imaging spaces to live and stories to tell.

• singing
• theater
• architecture
• design
• diy
• dancing
• cooking
• breakfast
• wine
• cheese
• vegetarian
• traveling
• socializing
• dumpster diving
• knitting
• drawing
• survival
• surfing
• skiing
• study abroad
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

- Films, with something crazy and creative:
Fantastic Mr Fox (Wes Anderson), Nausicäa (Hayao Miyasaki), Amer Beton, La Science des rêves (Michel Gondry), Arizona Dream (Kusturica), Rubber, Wrong (Quentin Dupieux), La belle verte (Coline Serreau), the french serie Nus et Culottés, Seven psychopaths, Harold and Maude...

- A lot of music but which comes from the heart ! too much to make a list and it is never the same:
Avishai Cohen, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Charles Mingus, Habanot Nechama, Calle 13, Fink, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, The Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, The Stranglers, Jethro Tull, Keith Jarett, Hadouk Trio, Louise Attaque, Alain Bashung, Francis Cabrel, Bobby Lapointe, Andrew Bird, Harmonium, Sweet Smoke, Ludovico Einaudi, The Temptations, les Wampas, Sanseverino, Lisa Leblanc, Mes Souliers sont Rouges, Malicorne...

- Drawn novels: Voyage aux Iles de la Désolation (Emmanuel Lepage), Là où vont nos pères (Shaun Tan), Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)...

- Books wich teach me something: Transition Handbook (Rob Hopkins), cuisine books with good photos or drawings, books about Pop-Up, hand made things...

- Books wich make me travel and dream: Vendredi ou les limbes du pacifique, La Nuit des Temps (Barjavel), the Millenium trilogy, Espèces d'espaces (Georges Perec), L'écume des Jours (Boris Vian),

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Deciding to follow 2 unknown world tour hitchhikers in a week trip through Croatia in winter. -Doing a set design for a National Theater.
- Being attacked by an enormous angry pelican at 4am in the Senegal's country side.
-Being in love with a spanish unicorn and traveling by our magic umbrella .
-Being invited by strangers in the street to share a moment, accepted and be positively surprised.

Being an Erasmus student in Austria !

Teach, Learn, Share

I could show you how to eat good cheese with good Bordeaux wine with a lovely french accent, how to do a magic infusion with plants, I can share my passion of drawing or also how to knit. I like cooking even if I am not a super cooker (but I'm French, which is a good advantage as I heard !)

I'd like to learn more about Nature in general, all kind of handwork, survival techniques, vegetarian food, permaculture and DIY. Also improving my spanish and German !

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Réunion, Senegal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, France