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  • 74 references 63 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hebrew (modern); learning Arabic, Spanish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Post Man
  • Masters in Hebrew literature, Creative writing
  • From Israel
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Completing first poetry book.

ABOUT ME

A poet. Day dreamer. Nature and art lover.

PHILOSOPHY

Dance with the moon.

'But we insist there are
other voices
other ways of creating
other ways of living the
life'
(Charles Bukowsky)
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-Luxorian Dawn-

Down a dusted alley an old
Toothless lady sells
Green leaves who saw
Better times yet still
That smile surpassing
Her face is the most beautiful of any
World wonder
While children of the alleys
Are convinced I’m lost
Directing me to where I must be
In need of main road temple train
Nearby grave
Cannot comprehend
Such a strange possibility
There is no place no time
Where I’d want to be more

(Mine, translated from Hebrew)
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Be drunk- Charles Baudelaire-

You have to be always drunk. That's all there is to it—it's the only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually drunk.

But on what? Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But be drunk.

And if sometimes, on the steps of a palace or the green grass of a ditch, in the mournful solitude of your room, you wake again, drunkenness already diminishing or gone, ask the wind, the wave, the star, the bird, the clock, everything that is flying, everything that is groaning, everything that is rolling, everything that is singing, everything that is speaking. . .ask what time it is and wind, wave, star, bird, clock will answer you: "It is time to be drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, be drunk, be continually drunk! On wine, on poetry or on virtue as you wish."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Trying to meet the right people on the right time. Or the left ones, on some other time.

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Host and surf...

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Mostly fantastic

Interests

Reading, hiking, cycling, animals, writing, music, dancing weird, films, traveling. blablaing about the meaning of life or just about anything that comes up in our strange minds. Like trying to make the world a bit more of a sane place while enjoying some type of good self insanity.
I'm vegan.

  • animals
  • writing
  • poetry
  • vegan
  • movies
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • nature
  • healthy lifestyle
  • sustainable living
  • alternative lifestyles

Music, Movies, and Books

Gogol Bordello. The Clash. The Smiths. Ray Lema. Mozart. joan armatrading.
Schubert. PetShopBoys. Balkan beat box. Dee Dee Bridgewater. Avishai Cohen. Efrat Ben Zur. Kusturica
Jazz music, Israeli music, Balkan music. music. Lots of music.

Jodorowsky! Almodóvar. Emir Costurica. Dardenne brothers. Charlie Kaufman. Pasolini. Jim Jarmusch. Tarkovsky. Haifaa al-Mansour. Ibtisam Mara'ana. Makhmalbaf. Lots of Iranian films,

Fernando Pessoa. James Joyce. Nawal El Saadawi. Albert Memmi. Camus. Garcia Marquez. Borges.
Heine. Baudelaire. yona volach. Brenner. Berdichevsky. Yoram Kanyuk. Emily Dickinson. Louis Zukofsky!

And many more.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiking in Himalya.
Israel trail trekk (about 1000km), sleeping all alone in the desert.
Helping my ex gf ride a bike for the very first time at the age of 27.
Dreaming.
Being a proud uncle of 7(! so far)
Saving a man from drowning in the sea (Sisal, may 2023)

During this current endless trip (In USA and Mexico I overcame my technology fear and I'm creating somewhat video's of my trip, did not see this ever happening and here it is!
Here- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO5-ycSuzdmHK6hAkHKG-Sg

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you Hebrew, English, creative writing, basic tips of natural health,
Learn a lot,
We can Share a beautiful time.

Always in look and need for inspiration (from people, birds, or laughing mountains)

What I Can Share with Hosts

What will they ask for?

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel

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