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CURRENT MISSION
is the mission I'm on right now.

ABOUT ME
I was raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When I finished high school I moved to Barcelona to study Fine Art, but returned seven years later with a degree in Literature instead. I work as a translator and try to scribble my own sense of awe. I published two books. I love reading, traveling, drawing, building stuff, being around friends, and talking about art. I am amazed by all processes: cultural, material, geological, astronomical, evolutionary, you name it.

PHILOSOPHY
Enter the stream.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The swallow may fly south with the sun, or the house martin or the plover seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Importing:
A huge amount of people stayed at our appartment when living in Barcelona, some have remained very close friends.
Exporting:
Several trips of mine wouldn't have been the same without CS

Interests

Literature, humor, all arts, drawing, writing notes to friends, trying to be kind, walking around, making fires, going to concerts, the weather, dinosaurs, geological time, traveling, doing sculpture, camping, being around rocks, looking at maps, looking at pictures, being close to the shore, the way things work, bicycles. high altitudes. waves, trees. the cosmic process. feeling amazed. cats. gardens.

• cats
• arts
• writing
• books
• literature
• concerts
• walking
• flying
• reading
• traveling
• drawing
• camping
• cartography
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

THESE ARE NOT SET IN STONE:

BOOKS
1. El Aleph, by Jorge Luis Borges.
2. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak.
3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain.
4. The Sirens of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut.
5. Don Quijote, by Cervantes.
6. Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman.
7. The Poetry of Emily Dickinson.
8. Franny & Zooey, by J. D. Salinger.
9. Absalom, Absalom, by William Faulkner.
10. The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Matsuo Bashoo.

MUSIC
1. Pet Sounds, by The Beach Boys.
2. Strange Celestial Road, by Sun Ra.
3. Like Swimming, by Morphine.
4. Loaded, by The Velvet Underground.
5. Feels, by Animal Collective.
6. El Camino del Indio, by Atahualpa Yupanqui.
7. In Rainbows, by Radiohead.
8. Between the Buttons, by The Rolling Stones.
9. Trans-Europe Express, by Kraftwerk.
10. Wrong Way Up, by Brain Eno and John Cale.

MOVIES
1. The Big Lebowski, by the Coen Brothers.
2. The Cave of Forgotten Dreams, by Werner Herzog.
3. Rushmore, by Wes Anderson.
4. The Fly, by David Cronenberg.
5. Dead Man, by Jim Jarmusch.
6. Best in Show, by Cristopher Guest.
7. Jaws, by Steven Spielberg.
8. The Princess Mononoke, by Hayao Miyazaki.
9. Caché, by Michael Haneke.
10. Nosferatu, the Vampire, by F. W. Murnau.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

So I'm rappelling down Mount Vesuvius when suddenly I slip, and I start to fall. I mean, I'm about to die. Just falling, ahh ahh, I'll never forget the terror. When suddenly I remember "Holy shit, Hansel, haven't you been smoking Peyote for six straight days, and couldn't some of this maybe be in your mind?"
And it was! I was totally fine! I've never even been to Mount Vesuvius!

Teach, Learn, Share

Representations of the world.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, a meal or two, a drawing for your fridge, fixing something, help.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Argentina, Spain