I am a seeker of true things. honest friendships, sharing our stories and paths, trust, a human reality exceeding the small you and me - building exciting things with our dreams, our ideas, our impact on this world. Experiences building a base on which i want to be your friend.

"I am here because I am a woman of the border: between places, between identities, between languages, between cultures, between longings and illusions, one foot in the academy and one foot out."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I used to be a nomad and I am not quite done with it yet. I ask questions, I spin connections.

I make spectacular homes and I like to share them. I am curious and good at building fortresses out of pillows and blankets that are the cosiest make-shift beds.

There's been everything. From keys hidden under doormats and simply having a place to crash - to meeting new people that stayed the closest of friends.

Interests

The world! Fulfil your senses and share discussions as plentiful as possible! What is it that makes you get up in the morning? I am also amazed by: green tea with honey, how the ocean remembers me each time and the feeling of being weightless in the water, to walk and swallow wind when walking by the shore, the smell of old dusty secondhand bookshops, self-realizations assisted by good conversation, rusted textures and decay in general, glowworms and the illuminated nerves of jellyfishes, obsessively stepping on crunchy leaves, silence & pomegranates,

• design
• education
• chocolate
• walking
• magic
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
Until the end of the world, Wim Wenders
Endless Poetry, Alejandro Jodorowsky

Books:
Clarice Lispector flow of consciousness writing, Michael Ende's Momo as a childhood memory, Joy Williams and Judith Hermanns sharply written surreal short stories, Nayirah Waheed's minimalistic prose. I have a lot of other books that I like for their old covers and that I display to appear well-read but I haven't looked into them in ages. I wish I read more, I am looking for new literary suggestions!

Music:
funk, soul, blues, afrobeat.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

to live, to observe, to ask, to feel, to understand bit by bit about the mystery of me and of you and everything in between.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to be engaged in conversations. Especially the deep ones, with new insights coming from that place between the heart and the stomach.

ask me about:
self-directed education, facilitation, process design, social justice, placemaking, zine-making, gardening, the meaning of words and to make new ones up, participatory processes, immersive performance art,storytelling, project management, fundraising, community building

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, United States

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