CURRENT MISSION

Expand my horizons to explore new possibilities.

ABOUT ME

I love reflecting about the world around me, and finding ways to make it a better place for everyone. In my spare time, I am involved in political campaigning defending the rights of working people to a decent wage, affordable housing, and education. Ultimately, the capitalist system can't be reformed because it aims at one thing only: profit over people. Only few can benefit, the rest of us are enslaved, having to sell our time to subsist.

About me: I would say that I am constantly in wonder and questioning the reason behind actions. I think we are what we do and my experience shows that I am curious, sensitive, passionate, trustworthy, fun and open-minded. Although I seem thoughtful, most of the time I enjoy talking and meeting people from all sort of backgrounds, discovering new places and cultures as well as keeping in touch with my relatives and close friends.

PHILOSOPHY

"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more."

Erica Jong

More quotes: http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6085.Erica_Jong

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate by maintaining communication with other members of CS as well as offering my couch when I can. Most of CS I met became friends and time to time they visit me.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The beauty is when you meet people that give without expectations and are truly searching for a soul to soul connection. It is a pure act of love which fills me with a great sense of gratitude and happiness.
For me CS is a mean to create an interconnected world community.

Interests

Themes that interest me: video making, socialism, psychology, ecology, economy, revolution, cinema, political theology, spirituality, dancing, photography, media, web technology.

• writing
• photography
• documentaries
• beauty
• dancing
• education
• technology
• news
• movies
• socializing
• communications
• divinity
• ecology
• teaching
• psychology

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite humanist/ critical theorists: Paulo Freire, Erich Fromm (To have or to be, The art of loving, The art of being), Slavoj Zizek, Frantz Fanon, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Luther King
My favourite feminist: Bell Hooks
My favourite journalist: John Pilger
Books: Treasure Islands (Nicholas Shaxon), Open the veins of Latin America (Galeano), The idea of Communism, The rule for Radicals (Alinsky), Pedagogy of the oppress, Das Capital, The communist Manifesto.
Psychology and spirituality “ Buddhism & Transactional Analysis

Movies:
My favourite film directors are Ken Loach, Cromenberg, Stanley Kubrik, David Linch, Roman Polanski (The Tenant), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Babel, amores perros), Kyoshi Kurosawa (Loft), Hitchcock, Fritz Lang (Metropolis), Abel Ferrara (The Funeral), ...

Favourite films: The war you don't see (John Pilger), South of the Border (Oliver Stone), Fight Club, Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako), Women without men (Shirin Neshat), The century of the Self (Adam Curtis), Presunto culpable (Roberto Hernández and Geoffrey Smith), Oranges & Sunshine (Jim Loach), Soylent Green (Richard Fleischer)

Music: I see music as a way to experience emotions and I like music that moves with my feelings. My tastes are eclectic. Lately I am rediscovering Reggae.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The people I have met on my journey and the stories they shared with me was the most meaningful.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am part of a video activist network in London. I have done video workshops for young people in the community as well as some news reports. This year, through CS I made connections with other video makers and produce a documentary.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Nepal, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Spain, United Kingdom

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