CURRENT MISSION

Istanbul.

ABOUT ME

I'm being footloose for a while - traveling, writing, settling sometimes in some places. More than anything I love to listen to interesting people, see strange places old and new, and be reminded again and again of how mad and lovely the world is.

PHILOSOPHY

All I want is to be right here, right now. And karma is real, and birds of prey are always good omens.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far, CS has been a source of interesting people and fun events - like drinking beers on Taksim Sqaure with barricades all around, or doing yoga in the baking sun on an island. I've only surfed once before - with a truly lovely man in Izmir. One day, when I have a couch of my own, it will be available to all who need it.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Only surfed once before - in Izmir, Turkey.

Interests

writing
reading
walking
running
pictures
photographs
people
art
wild places
wild people
music
paint
colour
light
summer
winter
rain
the sky.

• horses
• birds
• arts
• writing
• beer
• baking
• yoga
• running
• walking
• drinking
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• music
• fishing

Music, Movies, and Books

Right now:
Immortality, Milan Kundera.
The Delta of Venus, Anaïs Nin.
Langenscheidts Konversatiinsbuch, English-Deutsch.
Signifying Rappers, David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Full moon over the Bosphorous.
Sunset in Wadi Ram, Jordan.
Night-fishing boats on Lake Malawi, the Lake of Stars.
Wild horses in the Namibia Desert.
Judith Butler speaking at Columbia University, New York City.
An underwater cave, Kabak, Turkey.
Elephants in a riverbed under a full moon, Namibia.
Warschaustraße, Berlin, at six in the morning on a Saturday.

Teach, Learn, Share

Yoga, the basics.
How to Write a Good Newspaper or Magazine Article.
How to Ride a Horse.

Countries I’ve Visited

Botswana, Jordan, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Namibia, South Africa, Turkey, United States