CURRENT MISSION

Chasing stories (that do not chase me)

ABOUT ME

Searching for interesting stories behind every corner (I feel they are somehow missing in my life). I value story in everything - story of life, story of love, story in sex, story in travelling, story in learning - I don't like mechanics and facts...

Searching for convivium, circle of friends, sharing
experiences, belonging somewhere, being cared for, being valued for what I am (instead of playing roles) ... searching for place to call home ... as everyone :)

visited 16 states (7.11%)Create your own visited map of The World or Amsterdam travel guide for Android

PHILOSOPHY

I like te of tao - but forget "-ism" - not beacause I've read it in book and learned it, but my life happened that way - and I've discovered tao as something well-describing my own experience and view of things. Balance, middle way, multiple perspectives contradictions, complements, harmonizing - this is how I am.

I'm keen on witchcraft (positive magic) the approach of directing my life but also on jungian deep psychology (Thomas Moore) that feels more like submitting, receiving, letting myself be led by life. Wicca, neo-paganism, spiritual and religious syncretism - I don't follow dogmas, I found common features, I value diversity of ideas and approaches to life... if they are voluntary.

I feel resonance with concept of two-spirited people.

I'm not "body is not important, material is evil" kind of spiritualist, I see physical world as a map that helps us to see what's happening inside - like a big playground for interaction and discovering life.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none whatsoever

Interests

Permaculture, natural building, degrowth, rainbow family, tantra, tao, bdsm as spiritual experience ... writing about it.

Movies, books, alternative (preferably calm) music, contemporary dance ...

Hiking, climbing, swimming, cycling, ... wrestling.

• writing
• books
• dancing
• dining
• movies
• traveling
• magic
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• wrestling
• rock climbing
• swimming
• psychology
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies :) thousands of them - from unbearable art to mainstream

Ferzan Ozpetek (Le Fate Ignoranti, Mine Vaganti, ...)
Terrence Mallick (Thin Red Line, New World)
Darren Aronofsky (The Fountain, Requiem For a Dream)
James Cameron (Aliens, Avatar, Titanic)

Magnolia, American Beauty, The Hours

Indian cinema, Chinese cinema, British cinema

Shortbus, Hedwig, Clapham Junction, The Shelter, ...

70's gay movies (The Score, Very Natural Thing, ...)

Books:
Thomas Moore, Marion Weinstein, Gore Vidal, Salman Rushdie, Douglas Adams ... to begin with

Music: Maok, Anthony and the Johnsons, Sigur Ros, Jonsi, Keren Ann, Anne Brun, Carla Bruni, Souad Massi, Natasha Atlas, Soheil Nafisi, Florence and the Machine, Kate Nash

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A month stay in Cambodia was one of the best experiences I had...

Climbing, cayaking, biking, nude swimming, watching the movie in cinema with people open to something new and willing to enjoy shared experience, interesting new food, flirting tension, unexpected hugs or other human tenderness ... my small pleasures.