CURRENT MISSION

Bringing Imagination, Creativity and Weirdness to the street. Making myself and people consider their desires for change. ^___^

ABOUT ME

I love smiles and stories. ^__^

At the moment working at:
- Patch Adams' Gesundheit! Institute, clown and project organizer in Peru, Ecuador and Costa Rica (patchadams.org)
- School for Designing a Society, teacher and student and organizer (designingasociety.org)
- Pacicultura, culture of Peace and Peace Education, co-founder and Imaginactivist and Emphasis placer

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted different couchsurfers at the house where my girlfriend Francesca and me live.
They were all exciting and funny experiences, and I had the lucky chance to learn a lot.

Since I did it through Francesca's account, please look at her profile if you want to read some references. ^___^
Here is the link: Francesca's profile

Interests

Social change, arts, writing, cinema, performances, every kind of game, laughs, creativity in all its expressions, desires, stories. ^___^

• arts
• culture
• writing
• capoeira
• education
• movies
• juggling
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

I love every thing that surprises me. =)
movies: from The big Lebowski to 2001 Space Odyssey, from Hayao Miyazaki to Pixar to Wallace&Gromit, from Wes Anderson to Charlie Kaufman, from Tim Burton to Lars Von Trier, from Old Boy to Schultze gets the blues...
music: from progressive rock to Ani DiFranco, from Led Zeppelin to Bach, from Iron Maiden to Miles Davis, from Radiohead to Bob Dylan, from Jimi Hendrix to Rino Gaetano to Subsonica and White Stripes...
books: from Italo Calvino to David Foster Wallace, from Thomas Pynchon to William Gibson, from Raymond Carver to Dino Buzzati, from Jorge Luis Borges to Philip Dick...
love non-fiction too: sociology, cybernetics, economy, whatever makes me understand even a little more about this world. =)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I guess everything started in May 2007, when I've been involved in an absurd "project" I invented myself following a sudden desire of change. Everything happened incredibly fast... and all of a sudden I found myself in New York City asking people to change my life. ^___^
link: ChangeMyLife Case

From that moment a lot of incredible things happened and still happen!

For instance, in July 2008 I had the wonderful chance to visit Patch Adams' Gesundheit!Institute in West Virginia (USA), where I attended a Summer School on social change at the School for Designing a Society. And by the way I had my first experience of clowning and Hug Clinic. ^___^
link: Hug Clinic in Marlinton, West Virginia (USA)

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach some easy juggling, some capoeira and a lot of useless things.
I'd love to learn harmonica.

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Ireland, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, Peru, Spain, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Switzerland

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