I've been on CS right from the start, before there was Airbnb and all this pay-to-share-things stuff. I've travelled the world couch-surfing with strangers, and hosted everyone I could. I very much love the old-school sense of an ethical community that CS has been, and I hope it can remain as such.

Because I've been in the community for so long, it's been a big part of teaching me about life. Over the years, I have learnt not to, ever, make decisions out of fear. I've learnt that I can do anything, no matter how dangerous and no matter how unskilled I am in it, as long as I do it in a safe way, and trust my intuition. I have learned that people's opinions about great abstract issues (abortion, religion, politics) matters much less than how they treat their co-workers, neighbours, children. I have also learned to appreciate people with uncomplicated energy.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think it's important to share. I've met some of the loveliest people in the world through CS, and all my loveliest friends inevitably turn out to be Couch-Surfers incognito.

Interests

I like storytelling in all formats: liars, travelling, mythology, urban legends, libraries, theatre, religions. What I want to do, ultimately, is tell stories: in bars, on the street, before putting people to sleep.

I like science fiction, linguistics, genetics, philosophy, retro pop, Corto Maltese, fashion, trains, films from the 1970s, cutting my own hair, sociology, old letters, scars and flea markets, because I am fascinated by time and my own fear of death.

I like typefaces, wallpapers, toasters, cooking, fashion illustrations, shoe boxes, pretty cafes and blogs because I like to be amused, and life is too serious to be taken without the lightest sense of humour.

I like languages too, and strange words, music videos, hermeneutics, alcoholic nights, modern dance and all forms of non-verbal theatre, graphic novels, commedia dell'arte and long emails because I'll be forever charmed by the human mind, the way it works and the way it is manipulated, the laws of irrationality and the manifestations of out subconscience, the way it sees the world and the way it reacts. The way humans and the world are connected into one big system, breathing in unison.

• writing
• books
• fashion
• illustrations
• festivals
• dancing
• tango
• cooking
• wine
• clubbing
• pub crawls
• politics
• movies
• board games
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• hiking
• backpacking
• surfing
• buddhist
• genealogy
• languages
• religion
• science
• sociology
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies (in order of love, from most to less most): Chris Marker, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Lars von Trier, Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Demy, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant.

Books: David Foster Wallace, J.D. Salinger, Tolstoy, Alessandro Baricco, Amelie Nothomb, Arthur Rimbaud, Charles Baudelaire, Haruki Murakami, Yukio Mishima, Miroslav Krleza, medieval Japanese, Milan Kundera, Susan Sontag, Noam Chomsky, and Shaun Tan's children's books.

Theatre: Anne Theresa de Keersmaeker, Pina Bausch, Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Biljana Srbljanovic, new circus (Acrobat), Sasha Waltz, Wayne McGregor, Barrie Kosky, Artaud and the surrealists, Martin Crimp, Sarah Kane (but less), Miroslav Krleza, Anton Chekhov

Graphic novels: Hugo Pratt, Adrian Tomine, Sergio Toppi, Danijel Zezelj, Bill Sienkiewicz, Jessica Abel, Gipi, Marjane Satrapi.

Music: electroswing, post-rock, trip-hop, shibuya-kei, drum'n'bass, new classical, some post-punk (Blonde Redhead, say). I listen to too much music for this list to stay current for too long.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lots.

Teach, Learn, Share

I really, really need to learn how to dance all those classical dances. Particularly tango, although that may not be the best place to start. In exchange, I can teach anyone to cook, and cook well.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A laugh and a glass of wine. Lots of useless facts about how the world works. Sweets from around the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Italy

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