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  • 28 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hebrew (modern), Russian, Spanish; learning Italian
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Brain and Art
  • PhD in Neuroscience
  • From Moscow, but grew up in Israel
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To write a book!

ABOUT ME

I am currently travelling through Planet India.

At home I am studying Brain Sciences, trying to understand how does this black box, which we carry on our shoulders, work.

I am also doing some visual art and trying to understand its relation to memory. Some of my art and thoughts on this topic can be found on my website: www.memoartum.com

And in my free time I try to write, about my personal experience and the society I live in.

PHILOSOPHY

I am hedonist, I like to enjoy life and see happy people around me. However, I think that as a biological specie we must aim at eternal life of some sort (not only reproduction), and hence invest as much energy as we can, in leaving our individual trace on this planet.

Interests

Tango... Since I´ve discovered this world few years ago, I want to have as much as possible of it.

Rock climbing and mountains - what can be better than a feeling of being on top of a rock you´ve just finished climbing?

And a little secret I want to share: I like to eat rice porridge in the morning!

  • arts
  • books
  • tango
  • drinking
  • traveling
  • investing
  • boxing
  • rock climbing
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: jazz, reggae, flamenco, tango, my guitar, live music, balcan, and blues

Writers: Garcia Marquez, Julio Cortazar, Jorge Luis Borges, Meir Shalev, Victor Pelevin, Orhan Pamuk, Milorad Pavic and some 100 more.

Directors: Emir Kusturica, Pedro Almodovar, Kim Ki-duk just to name few

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sunrise over mount Everest

Riding a motorbike while wearing a skirt without being able to put my legs together in Myanmar (Burma ) :-)

Trying for 4 days to find a bus station in China

Having my drinking water frozen while climbing a 6088 meter mountain in Bolivia

Participating in an ancestor-spirits ritual in Brazil

Trying to buy toilet paper in Cuba

Galloping with my horse in the Easter (Pasqua) Island

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, Russian Federation, United States

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