Independent, interested, honest, silly, flawed.

Philosophy:

Compassion. Kindness and honesty. Tolerance. Beauty.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

People of course.

Interests

Philosophy, education, art, cats (of course), coffee with cream, design for children, the way the mind and body works, pastry, nature, sports.

I am a good listener if you need to talk. I enjoy humans, but need much time for reflection and silence.

• cats
• arts
• writing
• design
• beauty
• body art
• education
• cooking
• coffee
• yoga
• survival
• sports
• swimming
• teaching
• languages
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

There are so many books we could speak about...
Recent reads: The Gunslinger by Stephen King, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, Purity by Jonathan Franzen, Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote, 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, Ismael by Daniel Quinn, journals of Anais Nin and Andre Gide, An Intimate History of Humanity by Theodore Zeldin!!!

Films and shows that have moved me or made me laugh: La Haine, The Pervert's Guide to Ideology, True Detective, Arrested Development, Portlandia, good cooking shows, Masterchef Australia. :)

Music we will have to chat about. x

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I must have been about 5 or 6 years old, when our family went on holiday to Eilat in the Middle East. One afternoon we spent on a cul de sac of a beach, with a small mouth into the sea. This small opening was packed, dense, with jellyfish. The size of a child's fist and smaller. A slight, vivid memory of swimming, sweeping through this jelly, the creatures padding my body, blobbing across my goggled eyes, my mouth puffed up, shut tight in fear of swallowing one.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would like to learn...
Anything to do with cooking,
Practicalities such as motor mechanics,
Structural building,
Survival techniques,
Languages,
New words.

I can teach or help with...
Yoga (sort of),
Cooking,
English,
Henna body art,
Design,
Writing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, England, Germany, Hungary, Lesotho, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Switzerland