CURRENT MISSION

To explore, to help people discover, to continue my creative endeavours.

ABOUT ME

Poet, singer-songwriter, painter. Love to travel and meet new people. Easygoing, curious, positive, always fascinated by the world and the endless possibilities it offers.

PHILOSOPHY

Ongoing discovery. Understanding contextually rather than judging spontaneously.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can participate by hosting people in my city, Montreal, and by travelling and meeting people in other places.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A few very positive experiences hosting. I met some truly great people through CouchSurfing. Surfing in Europe in November and December and very excited about meeting some very cool people.

Interests

Arts, travel, languages, architecture, cinema, natural beauty and, of course, music!

A few visual artists I love:
Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko, Jean McEwen, Georg Baselitz, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pierre Soulages, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Giuseppe Penone, Richard Serra, Adolph Gottlieb, Jules Olitsky, Alberto Burri, Anish Kapoor, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Anselm Kieffer, Georgia O'Keefe, David Siqueiros, Antoni Tápies, Richard Long, Lucio Fontana, Giacometti, Goya, Velasquez, Schiele, and many more I can't think of right now.

A few architects I love:
Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Herzog and De Meuron, Shigeru Ban, Paul Zumthor, Santiago Calatrava, Alvaro Siza, Alvaar Aalto, Mario Botta.

A few poets and novelists I love:
Fernando Pessoa, Arthur Rimbaud, René Char, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Micheal Ondaatje, Gerry Shikatani, Kazuo Ishiguro, Marguerite Duras, Marguerite Yourcenar, Cormac McCarthy, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burrough, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Antonio Lobo Antunes, Laurent Gaudé, Yann Martel, Jaime Sabines, Octavio Paz, Juan Rulfo, Julio Cortazar, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Ian McEwan, and many, many more.

A few filmmakers I love:
Julian Schnabel (as a painter as well), Krzysztof Kie

• arts
• poetry
• architecture
• beauty
• festivals
• partying
• flying
• clothing
• movies
• traveling
• socializing
• music
• jazz
• surfing
• sports
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Love all kinds of movies, music and books. From art house auteur cinema to very fluffy television series, from country to classical to jazz to contemporary minimalist music and folk. Mostly poetry and literary novels but love reading in general about all sorts of subjects.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Getting shot in the shoulder by a stray bullet in Montréal. Getting hit by a double-decker bus in the same shoulder one year later in London. Getting a ride to the airport in Nice from a wonderfully weird Italian who started playing along to Nina Simone on a didgeridoo while driving. Ending up naked in the middle of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam after a sports massage when the therapist forgot about me and locked my clothes in another room. Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental was amazing. Playing the Montreal Jazz Festival and getting there just in time after flying back from my kid brother's wedding was pretty cool. Meeting Allen Ginsberg at a Buddhist party surrounded by pogoing monks in Halifax, Nova-Scotia. Meeting Jeff Buckley and having him mistake me for a long-lost childhood friend. Meeting Boubacar Traoré and having him take me into his arms and blessing me with his sweet, grandfatherly presence. Meeting the love of my life and marrying her in a ceremony filled with poetry and perfect music.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach people about where I'm from and would love to learn about other cultures. I can share music and travel experiences.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Costa Rica, Cuba, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada