I never know what to say in these so instead I will share a poem. Let it speak through itself.

A Few Words on the Soul
by Wislawa Szymborska

We have a soul at times.
No one’s got it non-stop,
for keeps.

Day after day,
year after year
may pass without it.

Sometimes
it will settle for awhile
only in childhood’s fears and raptures.
Sometimes only in astonishment
that we are old.

It rarely lends a hand
in uphill tasks,
like moving furniture,
or lifting luggage,
or going miles in shoes that pinch.

It usually steps out
whenever meat needs chopping
or forms have to be filled.

For every thousand conversations
it participates in one,
if even that,
since it prefers silence.

Just when our body goes from ache to pain,
it slips off-duty.

It’s picky:
it doesn’t like seeing us in crowds,
our hustling for a dubious advantage
and creaky machinations make it sick.

Joy and sorrow
aren’t two different feelings for it.
It attends us
only when the two are joined.

We can count on it
when we’re sure of nothing
and curious about everything.

Among the material objects
it favors clocks with pendulums
and mirrors, which keep on working
even when no one is looking.

It won’t say where it comes from
or when it’s taking off again,
though it’s clearly expecting such questions.

We need it
but apparently
it needs us
for some reason too.

translated from the Polish by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh

Born in Bnin, Poland, Wislawa Szymborska won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new twisted people so that I can meet even more twisted people. Never ending avalanche of constantly flowing energy.

Interests

Yoga, music festivals, snowboarding, meditation, and more

• yoga
• snowboarding
• art
• stuff

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Bjork, Radiohead, Moby, Fela Kuti, Tame Impala, Devendra Banhart, Sonic Youth, Die Antwoord, David Bowie, Erykah Badu, Grimes, Aphex Twin,

Films: Lost in Translation, Idiots, Beeing John Malcovich, The Big Lebowski, Death Proof, Funny Games, What We Do In the Shadows,

Books: Stieg Larsson "Millenium" , Donna Tartt ''the Goldfinch",

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I dared to move from what I know to a complete mysterious and uncertain future in another country. So far so good :)

Teach, Learn, Share

Ugh... Maybe some relaxation techniques and breathing excercises. But you actually never know what you can teach someone until you meet in person. Then in the turn of events it might just happen that I will serve you with a pro tip for how to peel a banana the right way.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Maybe I can bake you something if you have a sweet tooth and an oven :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Georgia, Norway, Poland