CURRENT MISSION

To celebrate being.

ABOUT ME

I am a Gemini with Scorpio rising, which means I share my ascendant with Gandhi, Thatcher, Hitler and Churchill. What these people seem to have in common is charisma and what I call "being focussed". Growing up in Japan, with a Seychellois mother who was raised in India, I was bred on tales of magic and mysticism. These stories fuelled my already overactive imagination and made it easy for me to believe the outrageous. It's the more mundane things in life I mistrust.

From my father, I learnt to "dream big". He left Switzerland for India to follow a dream and found many pots of gold on his life journey. I am still following rainbows with some success. Amongst the pots of gold I have found are my two spirited children, many well-meaning people, plenty of laughs and divine colours, smells, sounds and tastes.

I have no artistic background whatsoever. What I do have, though, is oodles of creativity and a carpe diem attitude to life.I've earned my living doing various things from baking bread for my daily bread, owning my own translation agency, freelance writing, publishing a women's print and online magazine as well as being an office drudge.

To me, life, art and spirituality are intertwined. My spirituality has a definite influence on my art and my art feeds my spirit. I think that this is true generally; the very act of expressing ourselves through art connects us to the more right brain oriented side of our being, and it is our right brain that is connected to our feelings, intuition and heart.

I lived in Switzerland, but have been pursuing the artful life in the Seychelles for the last couple of years. My dream is to run a spiritual retreat centre.

PHILOSOPHY

Celebrate the moment. It's all we've really got, anyway.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Not sure yet. I have a spare room to offer.

Interests

people, metaphysics, science, travelling, cultures, the sea, practically everything under the sun from Ayurveda to Zealots(except for sports)

• arts
• writing
• baking
• running
• traveling
• magic
• sports
• freelancing
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

I've always been a bookworm and have been known to read cornflake packages when desperate. Currently, I'm reading a lot of historical thrillers.
As for movies, I watch far too many for my own good.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, France, Guadeloupe, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Tunisia, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan, Seychelles, Switzerland