Community building in rural areas through creative projects focused on education and empowerment.

Currently working on setting up an artist residency project on family land with gardens and studio space.
We are what we do, not what we say.
Eat well, drink with gusto and laugh till you expire.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because it is one of the rare ways in which I like to travel, avoiding the traps of normal tourism and opening myself up to meeting locals and people guaranteed to have an open mind!

Interests

Block printing, Cooking, building and renovations, sculpture, reading, watercolours, photography, myrmecology

• arts
• photography
• education
• cooking
• drinking
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• sailing
• teaching
• tourism
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Fela Kuti, Ballaké Sissoko and the entire kora-playing tribe, Constantinople, Graciela Mendoza, Tonolec, Perota Chingô, Zoufris Maracas, Titi Robin, Sly and Robbie, Calle 13, Toto la Momposina,

Authors: Frank Herbert, Lawrence Durrell, Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, Dany Laferrière, Jacques Roumain, Julio Cortazar, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Alejo Carpentier, Margaret Atwood,

Movies: Wes Anderson films, Viajes del Viento, Stranger than Fiction, Biutiful, La Teta Asustada, Madeinusa,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Witnessing the birth of my son and cutting his umbilical cord with an obsidian.
First experience sailing back from the Magdalen islands on a tiny 23foot sailboat.
Meeting incredibly generous people while hitch-hiking the 6000 km across Canada.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Facility with manual labour, simple art projects, long conversations, a good chess game,

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Colombia, France, Haiti, Indonesia, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada