hello ☀️
i’m paul, i grew up across countries but mostly in paris, france
i am an artist, but in a way, so is everybody : i believe that
"art is too important to be a matter for specialists — like love, art belongs to everybody"
in this perspective, i am curious about anything and anyone, and am always delighted to learn about the personal and peculiar ways that people use their creativity in life
i just happen to do art for a (modest) living, and living is how i find my material

i learn everyday and i am thankful for every occasion

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i like anything that humans give each other for free - from knowledge to food and from trust to help, and presents of useful or beautiful things
hospitality can encompass a lot of those things

Interests

everything is interesting

you can see a little bit of my work and interests on my instagram account @polsavan
the highlights above the posts are perhaps more eloquent than the neat artwork pictures

• movies
• traveling
• painting
• music
• history
• languages
• hitchhiking
• sleeping
• archaeology
• printmaking
• local foods
• anything experimental

Music, Movies, and Books

let's imagine a cocktail menu like :

jorge luis borges x larry david
marcel duchamp x miguel de cervantes
émile littré x towelie
sara hebe x barbara
guy debord x walt whitman

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

a big free shop in the middle of paris's busiest shopping street for the last two weeks of the winter sales

but for the moment i am hitchhiking my way through japan, a little over 3000 km so far

Teach, Learn, Share

as i said i’m interested in everything, literally

What I Can Share with Hosts

anything with sincerity

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, France, Germany, Spain