CURRENT MISSION

Live life in big city, travel far, find myself, go back to my roots and build.

ABOUT ME

Seeker.

Nature-lover.

Music fan.

Dualist.

Student at Academy Of Fine Arts in Cracow. Graphics faculty, printmaking specialisation.

Some of my recent works: http://piotrekszw.tumblr.com/

Quite shy, but always pays attetion, and has lot of interesting things to say, if asked!

Biggest dream - to build a wooden house designed by myself and breed goats and bees.

Also to run a small music label.

PHILOSOPHY

Dualist. Or even more-alist :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Nothing to describe yet: hope to get good first (and following)experience soon!

Interests

No.1 Nature, all reflections of the Almighty.

No.2 Music - really wide range of what I listen to.

Let's say it's mostly all about Jazz, Blues, Funk & Soul, Reggae (With all its' aspects), samba, bossa nova, mpb, folk and ethno, psychedelic rock, groovy rock'n'roll, metal, punk, new wave, folk-rock, electronic (minimal, deep, d&b, jungle, goa, uk garage, acid...), Hip-hop (my musical roots), selected classical(chamber>symphonic, still a beginner yet) and many, many more...
Actually I'm a record collector so each city I go i try to find a good place for diggin' Do you know any? Feel free to message me!.
my RYM profile: https://rateyourmusic.com/~napoleonPL

No.3 Art & culture (Mannieristic period, classicism, abstract expressionism, post-impressionism, and ancient art).
Favourite sculptors: Michaelangelo, Brancusi, Anish Kapoor, Rodin
(cant tell you a favourite painter, there's way too much of them)

No.4 Crafts (that's why i really like to work with printmaking)

No.5 Beer

(although i am usually disgusted by politics, history and economy i have a little interest in those areas too)

• arts
• culture
• humanities
• impressionism
• dancing
• beer
• running
• crafts
• flying
• politics
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• pottery
• painting
• drawing
• music
• live music
• jazz
• blues
• history
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Wild Strawberries, The Cruise, Baraka, Meet The Feebles
Tv shows: Californication, Świat Według Kiepskich, Robot Chicken, Monk
Music: The Byrds, Funkadelic, Hildegard Von Bingen, Lee Scratch Perry, A Tribe Called Quest
Books: Trans-atlantyk, Crime and Punishment, Bible, Zorba the Greek

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

In random order

> Flying plane for the first time
> Hitchhiking trip to Balcan
> See some great live music performances:
Lee Scratch Perry, Mighty Diamonds, Ornette Coleman, Ahmad Jamal, Pharoah Sanders, Dead Can Dance, Skatelites, Jeru The Damaja, Capella Cracoviensis, The Beatnuts, Dva and so on...
> painting murale with polish artist Leon Tarasewicz
> Reading "Crime and Punishment"
> Every trip to a forest
> Drawing

7. ...

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach:
Arts (drawing, painting, basis of printmaking, mosaic, clay->plaster sculpture moulds, some computer stuff [Adobe])
Language: English, Polish
Culture: I can show you some stuff that will blow your mind ;)

Learn:
Communication, frendship, improve my language skills
Culture: I'm awaiting for your favourite pieces to blow my mind :D
Crafts: any kind of hand-crafts, from carpentry to ceramics
Music: I will learn to play an instrument, preferably a unique one.
Music and technology; DJ-ing, running sound system, mixing, mastering etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom