CURRENT MISSION

I want to get to know as much as possible about the diversity of human experience.

ABOUT ME

I am outgoing, non-conformist, adventurous and curious. I enjoy meeting people who are humorous, fun, open-minded, sociable and can offer me a fresh perspective on life and human nature.

PHILOSOPHY

Make your life a work of art.

I know I never mastered the art of fluttering my eyelashes or producing a vapid smile at the right moment, but at least every word and every gesture coming from me are genuine.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am still a beginner in couchsurfing, so any advice on how to participate actively and construtively will be warmly welcome!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Since I am still a beginner, I haven't had any experience in couchsurfing. I would like to hear your advice and your stories, though!

Interests

Travelling, world music, trekking, underground literature, more travelling, grassroots politics, social movements and activism, alternative history, cooperative economics, nature and ecology, intentional communities, more travelling, "uncommon wisdom", people in general, spirituality in its many forms, poetry, art in general, artists, their personalities, their life, their times,cats. Anything alse that challenges me to stretch my boundaries or makes me laugh my socks off.

• cats
• arts
• books
• literature
• poetry
• cooking
• coffee
• politics
• traveling
• socializing
• painting
• music
• world music
• ecology
• economics
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite music: Cesaria Evora, Ali Farka Traoure, Yossou N'Dour, Sigur Ros, Mozart, Bjork, Beethoven, Goran Bregovik, Astor Piazzola, Amir Kusturica & The Non-Smoking Orchestra, Sting, The Doors, Marisa Monte, Carlinhos Brown, Coldplay, Brian Eno, Carlos do Carmo, Thomas Dybdahl, Ray Lamontagne, Death Cab for Cutie, Gotan Project, Rachmaninoff, Dvorzak, Arnold Schoenberg, Yann Thiersen, Bjork, Delibes, Smetana, Goran Bregovic

Favorite TV Shows: Southpark, Family Guy, The Daily Show, The Simpsons, Chapelle Show

Favorite movies: "Amadeus", "Water", by Deepa Mehta, "2001 - A Space Odissey", "The Constant Gardener", "My Dinner with Andre", "Mindwalk", "Cidade de Deus - City of God", anything by Andrei Tarkovsky, "The Last Tango in Paris", "Souvenirs of the Yellow House", "L'Auberge Espagnol - The Spanish Residence", "God's Comedy", "What The 'Bleep' Do We Know', "La Meglio Gioventú - The Best of Youth", "Underground", "The Iberian Trilogy" by Bigas Luna, anything by Pedro Almodovar

Favorite books: "Fear of Flying" and "The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller" by Erica Jong, anything by Umberto Eco, Nikos Kazantzakis, Philip Roth, Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, Jose Saramago, Jorge Luis Borges, Henry Miller, Natalia Correia, Carl Sagan, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Arthur Rimbaud, Guy Debord, Raoul Vanheighem, Jean-Yves Leloup, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Henry David Thoureau

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived with the Ianomami indians in the Brazilian Amazon for nine days.

Sent a letter to one of my favourite authors and travelled half the globe for a coffee & chat with him.

Lived studied and worked in four different countries in seven years.

Teach, Learn, Share

What I can teach: Social movements and mobilization, esoteric knowledge, languages (Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, a bit of German, Italian, Spanish and Norwegian), how to travel with very little luggage, mediterranean cooking, making, performing and sharing poetry.

What I want to learn: New languages, local stories, myths & anecdotes, painting and weaving, how to make those amazingly beautiful henna tattoes on my hands and feet

What I can share: Travel advice, rare second-hand books

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Brazil, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States

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