CURRENT MISSION

to find a place called HOME

ABOUT ME

I'm a visual artist (I mainly do photography and illustrations, but sometimes also video) who loves adventures and meeting new people.

To see my work, visit my websites www.hannarosti.com(Art) and www.hannarosti.net(Commercial)

I'm a person who's keeping feet on the ground, honest and trustworthy person. I love to have long conversations and hear stories and share mine.

Surreal things attracts me and I love everything in art and it's the main thing I want to do and where I always find something new to learn!

I've lived most of my life in Europe(Finland) but moved to study more photography to New York (The city is so inspiring! there's something for everyone). After that I lived in London and now in Berlin.

My heart desires to travel, when you move to a new place all your senses are open, the feeling is just crazy - almost euforic.

I'm also getting more and more into a classical ballet, i've been dancing it now 4 years and can't stop!

And I love animals, so if you have a dog or cat or horse or chicken travelling with you, they are more than welcome to stay with me too!

PHILOSOPHY

Listen yourself and do what you want to do. Follow your dreams. Have a courage to go to new places. Remember to question and doubt the normal daily life..
don't hesitate, just go. And trust your instinct.

Give time for yourself but also for the others, wonder the world - alone and together.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I wanna meet new people and offer them a home to stay and show the place where I live and hoping to get the same back when I travel.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All my experiences in couchsurfing have been great so far, I have met wondeful persons and spend great time in different cities with them. The best thing is that you can see totally different kind of side from the place when you are couchsurfing, this should keep on going and never stop.

Interests

Photography, dancing, theatre, writing, drinking coffee, movies, walking, jumping, sketching, merry go rounds, books, performances, painting etc. My biggest interest is to wonder the things and the world.

• animals
• cats
• dogs
• horses
• arts
• writing
• books
• photography
• sketching
• illustrations
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• coffee
• walking
• drinking
• flying
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS Donald Barthelme, Daniil Harms, C.G.JUNG, Jean Paul Sartre, Hemingway, Simone De Beauvoir, jules Verne, Nikolai Gogol, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoevsky, E.E.Cummings, Lewis carrol, Tolkien, Grimm brothers , John Irwing, Terry Pratchett and many more.. Biography of Diane Arbus is super good book too!MUSIC Beirut, Band of horses, Angus & Julia Stone, Bat for lashes, Belle and Sebastian, Billie Holiday, Cocoon, Edith Piaf, Emiliana Torrini, Errors, Imogen heap, Jarvis, Junip, Kings of convenience, Ladytron, Man Man, MGMT, Neil Young, Oh land, Other lives, RATM, Roisin Murphy, Röyksopp, The Beatles, The Knife, The National, The Sounds, Tuomari Nurmio, Unkle, Yeah Yeah Yeah, Metric, Modest mouse, Hanne Hukkelberg, Lykke li, Coco rosie, Kid koala, Mr. Scruff, Boards of the canada, Pearl jam, Goldfrapp, Mames babegenush, Why?, Ella Fitzgerald, dj Krush, Oasis, Radiohead, Regina Spektor, Gogol bordello, Au revoir simone, Tori Amos, Porcupine tree, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Pj Harvey, Nouvelle vague, Kate Bush, Mum, Fine frenzy, Mugison, Husky rescue, White stripes, Portishead, Beck, Cat power, Feist, Yann Tiersen, Bjork, Ellen Allien, Sigur Ros, Air, Paul Kalkbrenner, and many moreMOVIES Naked Lunch, Fargo, High Fidelity, Mister Lonely, A beautiful mind, Amelie, City of Lost Children, Being John Malkovitch, Billy Elliot, Black Swan, Sans Soleil, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Be kind rewind, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, Juno, Happy Go lucky, Julien Donky Boy, Edward the scissorhands, Sleepy hollow, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Lost highway, Princess Mononoke, Tororo, Milk, Dogtooth, No country for old men, Sex lies and videotape, Lost in translation, Superbad, Curious case of Benjamin Button, The machinist, The royal tenenbaums, Big Fish, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Fear and loathing in las vegas, Akira Kurosawas dreams, Shining, Mirror, solaris, stalker, Paris texas, American friend, Wings of desire, Pulp fiction, Reservoir dogs, Jackie brown, Pan's labyrinth, Kings and queen, FEDERICO FELLINI, Blow up, Thelma&Louise, Red shoes, Star Wars, Amores Perros etc.Gotta love the Illustrations from Arthur Rackham and Gustave Dore.PHOTOGRAPHY Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Guy Bourdin, Tim Walker, Paolo Ventura, Helmut Newton, Man Ray, Lady Hawarden, Miroslav Tichy, Alex Prager, Steven Shore, Todd Hido, Norman Parkinson, Kate Breakey, Ryan McGinley, Bettina Rheims, Cindy Sherman, Gregory Crewdson..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

for me the amazing things are little things all around.

I've been flying with awesome ultralights, riding a merry go round, holding a hedgehog in my hands, entered to many abandoned houses and factories, seen fake plastic palm trees at coney island, visited in abandoned theme park, photographed beautiful people, sitting in a rooftop of abandoned bicycle factory and rooftop of brooklyn with the view to manhattan, being home and watching the stars, painted my body, seen lightbugs jumping in a grass when the night comes and petting wild horses on abandoned beach.

Teach, Learn, Share

Treat others like you want to be treated.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, United States