ABOUT ME

Professional time traveler.
www.joaobraz.com
https://instagram.com/joaobrazdotcom/

PHILOSOPHY

"You cannot find peace by avoiding life" - Virgina Woolf

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Avoid boredom by meeting interesting people with whom one can have a decent conversation

Interests

Photography (fashion, staged, performance)|Illustration|Contemporary dance, Performative arts|Anthony Gormley| | Bill Viola| Cleaning my ears gently but firmly| Damien Hirst | David Hockney||David LaChapelle| Design | Illustration |Indie movies| Listening to yogurts going 'CLACK!!'| Photography | Rebecca Horn| Richard Linklater|Sculpture|Tim Burton

• arts
• performing arts
• design
• fashion
• photography
• illustrations
• dancing
• movies
• communications
• law

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Josh Rouse| Rufus Wainwright|
Chico Buarque|Renata Gebara| The Editors| Elis Regina| Camera Obscura| Tindersticks | Lhasa de Sela| Ella Fitzgerald | Fiona Apple| Cat Power| Aphex Twin| Lisa Germano| Broken Social Scnene| Antony and The Johnsons |Paulinho Moska|Los Hermanos|Feist|Ursula Rucker| Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS)| Feist

Movies:
Magnolia
Annie Hall
Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless mind
Summer of Sam| The Hours | Romeu + Juliet| Praise of Love | Waking Life| Central do Brasil| The Anniversary Party|
Das Leben der Anderen

TV Series:
Green Wing | Mad TV| Six Feet Under (Sete Palmos de Terra)| Angels in America|
Late Night Show with Conan O'Brien|
Saturday Night Live| Good Girls Don't| Absolutely Fabulous| Little Britain | Family Guy | My Name's Earl

Books:The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster, Love in a Blue Time by Hanif Kureishi, everything by Oscar Wilde and Fernando Pessoa

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Not finish Law Uni!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you all things media/social media related, Portuguese (both Portugal and Brazil accents)

What I Can Share with Hosts

My signature cuisine dish (it's a family secret so I can't say what it is...shhh)

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Brazil, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States