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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Consume visuals, draw the world, start a graphic novel.
ABOUT ME
Curious and passionate. Dedicate most of my time to producing art and promote the local creative scene.
Work as an illustrator with a collective known as the 4 Blind Mice, which consists of 5 guys and their 2-dimensional alter-egos.
Also recently co-founded CreativexPE which is working to build the creative scene in the city through connecting and collaborating with artists across the city.
PHILOSOPHY
The world is a strange, complicated and beautiful place. I live to learn and draw as much of it as I can, and as best as possible leave behind something positive.
"Sometimes the only appropriate response to life is to go insane."
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Unfortunately I have not had space to host, but have made myself available to hang out and show a bit of the town to visitors
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I have friends who often host people, and I've met some surfers that way. Spent two months backpacking in Europe in 2013, and stayed with many great couchsurfing hosts there
Interests
art, architecture, music, good people, good food, good coffee, permaculture and food gardening, bodyboarding.
I'm very interested in environmental issues, which also informs the art that I'm doing. Always curious about different sustainability projects, from school and community food gardens to greywater recycling, natural building and alternative energy.
- arts
- books
- architecture
- street art
- dining
- coffee
- gardening
- drawing
- music
- backpacking
- scuba diving
- animation
- permaculture
- illustration
- bodyboarding
Music, Movies, and Books
My taste in music is quite varied. From reggae, hiphop and jazz, to a bit of rock and drum and bass. Top of my list at the moment include Radiohead, Deftones, Massive Attack, and Klute.
Books... Cry, The Beloved Country; Shantaram; Revolutionary Woman; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.
I've now taken more of an interest in comics and graphic novels... The Killing Joke, and The Resonator ranking top of my list
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Scuba diving with manta rays in Mozambique
Teach, Learn, Share
Got knowledge to share on backyard farming, 'greener' living, and drawing.
Countries I’ve Visited
Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mozambique, Spain
Countries I’ve Lived In
South Africa