CURRENT MISSION

Try and get as much out of my one life as I can.

ABOUT ME

I'm currently studying to become a movie director. Cinema is the language of dreams if done in a certain way, this way the audience can process their life while watching. I hope my movies can achieve something similar in the future.
My favorite movie of all time is the Tree of life.

Meditation and expanding my (self) consciousness is a big part of my life. I learned a lot about my thoughts and feelings, strengths and weaknesses and where they come from. I believe people are capable of way more than we think and consciousness is the first step.

Other passions of mine are music, martial arts and nature.

Traveling is a big part of my life as well. I went to South America for a year and a half, all the way from the most Southern point, Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, to the Caribbean cost in Colombia. I met so many amazing people and had so many unforgettable experiences; the trip really changed me as a person. I learned that I could get happiness from such a different way of life than that I was used to in Amsterdam. This other more direct way of life was also what attracted me in the first place to leave. I wanted to experience nature and only worry about food and shelter instead of what society expected of me. I slept in a tent most of the time and traveled a lot by bike. In the end I found my second home in Palomino, a little village on the Caribbean cost of Colombia, where I spent time living with the Arhuacos, indigenous people from the region. From them I learned what it truly meant to live in harmony with nature and your environment. It came close to making there my permanent home, but I felt like I had unfinished things back in Amsterdam. My passion for Cinema and my dream of becoming a movie director is what finally made me return. I'm currently on a journey to realizing that dream, but my travels are far from over.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love to travel, and I feel the best way to get to know a place is through the people who live there.

Interests

Love, cinema, meditation, martial arts, travel, music, deep thoughts, good people and nature.

• meditation
• music
• martial arts
• travel
• cinema
• nature
• love
• good people
• deep thoughts

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The tree of life, Baraka, 2001: A space odyssey, Apocolypse now, There will be blood, Pulp fiction, Amores perros, Children of Men, Oldboy, Zatoichi, Hero, Into the Wild, Fight Club, Altiplano, The return, Silent souls, the big lebowski, Night on earth, Donnie Darko, Hayao Miyazaki. Cinema is my passion so you can imagine this list going on forever.

Series: The sopranos, Game of thrones, South Park, Rick and Morty

Music: Radiohead, Mac deMarco, Ty Segall, My Bloody Valentine, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Pink Floyd, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Toumani Diabate, Tom Waits, Kurt Vile, Queens of the stone age, Velvet Underground, Sigur Ros.
Books: De uitvreter(dutch book), Ulysses, Lord of the rings.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Grow into the person I am today.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'd love to get to know you and your connection to the place where you live. I hope I can influence you with positive holiday vibes and make you feel a little like your on vacation your self. Getting to know beautiful people is one of the great things in life.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love to cook my hosts at least one good meal in return.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Peru, Sweden, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Colombia, Netherlands