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Overview

  • 15 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning German
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Autodidacticism, socialising, being in nature, meditating.
  • The usual minus tertiary.
  • From Melbourne
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To embrace the beauty that every moment of exploration I have holds!

ABOUT ME

I love meeting new people, being excited at parties, exploring abandoned buildings, dancing to great music, cooking vegan food, being silly, cycling in the rain, adventuring in forests and cities, relaxing, asking big questions, asking little questions, showing fear, talking about my feelings, swimming, making contemplative sounds whilst looking at art and of course doing all these things with my beautiful friends.

PHILOSOPHY

To have the wisdom to embrace everything that the moment brings, be it euphoria, indifference or pain- and the courage to act with my heart.

I do my best to not take my own opinions or beliefs too seriously, no matter how profound (or insignificant) they may be.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am very focused on developing communities that are informed by anarchism, agricultural sustainability, animal rights, feminism and queer theory to name a few.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have had many wonderful couchsurfing experiences both as a host and a surfer. In Melbourne I hosted many, many backpackers and nomads (and migratory rainbow gatherers). In Europe I have been lucky enough to stay with many incredible individuals whom I now consider my friends.

Interests

Im fascinated by anthropology/social theory, the mind, language/linguistics, palaeontology, permaculture, the discoveries of science, meditation/being/eastern spirituality and essentially anything philosophical!

  • animals
  • arts
  • beauty
  • dancing
  • womens rights
  • dining
  • cooking
  • vegan
  • running
  • meditation
  • partying
  • music
  • cycling
  • swimming
  • anthropology
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Films:
Mostly arthouse, avant garde, experimental, scifi, 80s special affects, Asian, documentaries. Some favs: 2001 space odyssey, ghost in the shell, akira, blade runner, alien, baraka, koyaanisqatsi, spring-summer-autumn-winter...and spring, 4 months-3 weeks and 2 days, labyrinth, dark crystal, neon genesis evangelion & too many...

Music: modern classical, dadaist, 70s industrial, vintage electronic, ambient, riot grrrl, idm, cart-pop, (real) punk. Some favs: autechre, the barons of tang, coil, crystal castles, datach'i, download, erik satie, fanfare ciocarlia, gyorgi ligeti, iannis xeakis, igorrr, jeffery lewis, karlheinz stockhausen, mickey hart, mount kimbe, mum, nest, skinny puppy, squarepusher, throbbing gristle, vangelis, white noise.

Books: philosophy, ecology, mindfulness, psychology, anthropology, cyberpunk, vintage scifi. Some favs: foundation series, neuromancer, snow crash, hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, the great gatsby, the cyberiad, crime and punishment, a scanner darkly, he died with a felaful in his hand, stuffed and starved, guns- germs and steel, misquoting jesus, a mind so rare, freedom evolves, very short introduction series & too many...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Squatting in Melbourne with my friends in a beautiful old house for a year, running a Food Not Bombs out of our house, cycling from Berlin to Budapest, exploring myself with others.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia

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