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Overview

  • 13 references 10 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hebrew (modern)
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • film-making
  • university
  • From israel- tel aviv
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

live the moment as fully as possible, by being aware, paying attention and trying to find the beauty and wonder at the every day actions and objects ("god is in the details…").

ABOUT ME

Describing myself to other people is always a difficult task for me since I'm steel trying to figure it out my self, but I guess ill give it a try…
I just returned to tel aviv after finishing 14 amazing months arowned the world. in india-thailand-cambodia-vietnam-laos (by bike)-china (by bycicle), japan and europe . it made me open my mind in so many ways- I met different people, opinion, colors, smells, cultures, religions and philosophies. it gave me much more questions then answers...
when i traveled in europe i wrote a comic original street performance (clown,musical, non-since), and i combined it threw my journey. I feel that performing in the street could be a great opportunity to meet interesting people in a non formal way, and if it will make some people laugh it is definitely worth the effort!
I believe that the most important thing in life is healthy humor because that’s probably the only way we can stay normal in this world, and also because life is much to serious to be taken seriously.
In my everyday life I try to find my own balance between inner and external activities.
One of my most important missions right now is to be able to live the moment as fully as possible, by being aware, pay attention and trying to find the beauty and wonder at the every day actions and objects ("god is in the details…").
I really love good conversation, I find it really elaborating, though these days It is not easy to find people who truly listen.
At my free time I love to hear good music, play the guitar and the didgeridoo read (poetry, prose, philosophy), watch movies write and take photographs.
spent a lot of time working with youth as a group counselor, and worked with different children groups as an actor on kids theatre plays. It is very important for me to work with kids- something about their freedom of body and soul is always a great lesson to me. Last year I published a children book in my country – if you want to take a look you are most welcome (written in Hebrew): http://www.hashiv.net/28156/חשבונפש
My greatest dream is to dive with a blue whale, or to swim inside a giant bowl of korn-flakes! Whatever comes first (:

PHILOSOPHY

I'm not religious, but I do believe that everything is somehow connected- I don’t know if there is a divine purpose or not, but I do think that meaning could be found where I choose to see it. I believe everyone should find his own individual balance in live, for one person it may be becoming religious and for different person it may be extreme sports. Most important: never stop searching. And of course- humor is necessary: death is waiting smiling at the end of the road, the only thing left to do is smile back (: easier said then done.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I believe that couch surfing experience should be mutual, therefore, while I'm being a guest on one's couch, I will do all the efforts to give in return, for example:
-help with the house activities (cleaning, dishwashing, making dinner, walking the dog and cet …)
- sharing my skills: teach yoga lessons, creative writing sessions, juggling, teach Hebrew, tennis lessons, guitar playing and singing and more…
- give you the opportunity to join me to my street performance…I will write a specific role that suites you (experience you won't forget…)
-and of course: invite you to be my guess back in tel-aviv once I return to Israel, and let you experience the city in the most exciting way!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

surfed in laos, china, japan, europe... only good memories (:

Interests

human behavior, humor , ethics,religious, space between objects,colors of light, awareness, esthetics, childhood, death.

  • dogs
  • fish
  • writing
  • books
  • poetry
  • singing
  • performing arts
  • acting
  • beauty
  • festivals
  • ethics
  • yoga
  • walking
  • partying
  • flying
  • movies
  • juggling
  • music
  • guitar
  • cycling
  • fishing
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • sports
  • tennis
  • swimming
  • extreme sports
  • law
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Krzysztof Kieślowski ("The Decalogue", "3 colors"),larce von-Trier ("dogville", "breaking the waves"), Emir Kusturica ("Time of the Gypsies"), Abbas Kiarostami("taste of cherry", "ten") , harmony korine ("gummo"), Tsai Ming-liang ("I don’t want to sleep alone", " The Wayward Cloud" ) gus van-cent ("Elephant "),david lynch ("blue velvet") david fincher ("fight club"), monthy python and the holy grale!
Music: portishead, radiohead, bach, moby, mum, low, bon-iver, the good the bad and the qween, cigur-ros, leonard cohen, grizly bear.
Books: kafka, gogol, hemingway, salinger, raimond carver ,melvil, Jean-Paul Sartre,
Milan Kundera, david grossman.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-diving inside a huge cloud of silver-fish at the red sea.
-2 weeks in a zen temple in japan.
- "water splashing festival" (china), the biggest waterfight in the world!
-20 flying lessons on light air plane+ 10 flying lessons on light helicopter.
-fool-moon party, koh-panghn, Thailand (steel alive to tell…)
- camel festival in rajastan-india (more then 7000 colorful camels!).
-school delegation to the concentration camps in Poland.

Teach, Learn, Share

teach: yoga lessons, creative writing sessions,basics of moovie-making, juggling, Hebrew, tennis lessons, guitar playing and singing and more…
learn: every thing you have to offer (:

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel

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