CURRENT MISSION

"Strive to recover the innocence of eye you had in childhood." (Ferlinghetti)

ABOUT ME

I'm an introvert, not very demonstrative : it can be bliss inside me but outside, you'll just see a polite smile. I'm bad at taking compliments. I have difficulties to speak about myself, but I try to cure myself! I'm more a listener than a storyteller, but you can make me talk if you ask me questions! I like to ramble about works of fiction a lot though (books, films, records).
I am usually quite cheerful but dreamy too. I'm quite scatterbrain...

What I love about drawing is that it allows you to see what is around you as it really is. We are so blind with conventions. It's good to get rid of them, at least visually. (I don't know if it makes sense, haha!)

PHILOSOPHY

42 is the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything! ;)

More seriously : "Be naive, non-cynical, as if you had just landed on earth, astonished by what you have fallen upon" (Ferlinghetti, Poetry as Insurgent Art - Everything is in this book!)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Great experience as a surfer in Amsterdam and Alkmaar!
Hosted once in Cholet which was fun too because I thought nobody would want to visit Cholet!! (+ a few days before I left the town). I want to host more when I have my own place and settle for more than three months...

Interests

Illustration, fashion, diy, gigs, feminism, zines, tattoos, music, cinema, tea, Ireland, singing, travelling, fiddle, wind, flea markets, baking Irish/British cakes/biscuits, the color green, cats, gothic literature, skiing, fairy tales, Scottish accent, old postcards, Japan, 42, knitting, martial arts, Art Nouveau, ...

• cats
• fish
• arts
• books
• literature
• poetry
• singing
• fashion
• illustrations
• coloring
• tattoos
• diy
• womens rights
• baking
• movies
• traveling
• crochet
• knitting
• drawing
• music
• folk music
• fishing
• skiing
• martial arts

Music, Movies, and Books

Music : Indie, singer-songwriters, folktronica, folk, british invasion, dream pop, shoegaze, rock'n'roll, punk, new wave, Celtic music, retro swing, blues...

Films: Hayao Miyazaki, Michel Gondry, David Lynch, Woody Allen, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmush, Coen Brothers, Wong Kar Wai...
Series/Sitcom: Black Books, IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh, Spaced, les Shadoks, Misfits, South Park, Big Bang Theory, Sherlock, Game of Thrones

Books : Amelie Nothomb's, Poetry as Insurgent Art (Ferlinghetti), W.B. Yeats' poetry, Conte à l'Usage des Moyennes Personnes (Boris Vian), Peter Pan, Alice In Wonderland, H.C. Andersens' Tales, the Hichthiker Guide to The Galaxy (hence 42) ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw a complete circle rainbow once. And a humingbird.
I met a fox in a street at night in London and it came to smell my hand <3.
I dyed my hair green.

Teach, Learn, Share

I adore baking, people really like my quiches/veggie pies (they're not very pretty sometimes but always good haha).
I can teach you knitting or crochet... How to make "fish tail" braids... We can play music together. We can record a song on GarageBand. We can google stuff. I love googling stuff. We can spend hours talking about bands/folk music/etc...

Countries I’ve Visited

Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Seychelles, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United Kingdom