I'm the kind of person who is drawn to anything silly / weird / absurd - may it be an event or just a conversation - yes is the answer. As a traveller, I often loop back to the places that have intrigued me til I figure out what and why makes the local culture and people tick and what made things to be as they are.

Wherever I am, one can find me journaling, writing poetry, drawing, admiring some random scribble of street art on a wall or using vintage film-camera to do some double-exposure photography.

Recently, I've been also re-discovered the joy of making animations/videos where short-form time-lapse is where I'm at currently.

𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗤𝗨𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗦

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵.
― Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club)

𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘺.
― Martin Heidegger

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵. 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥.
― Margery Williams Bianco (The Velveteen Rabbit)

𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦

𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨: https://www.instagram.com/so.bertram
𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮: https://www.instagram.com/no.bertram
𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮: https://allpoetry.com/atlas.alpine
𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘: https://soundcloud.com/allan-paiste
𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨: https://www.goodreads.com/allan_paiste

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To drop pebbles into the Johari's fourth quadrant and see if and how they ripple. I prefer organic way of meeting people where chance and luck plays relatively large role -- but occasional shortcuts do not hurt either.

Interests

traveling, drawing, painting, performances, dancing, writing (short stories/poetry), spoken-world poetry, photography, finding movies that have early-draft screenplays available (I just love the moment when you discover that the script has more backstory or a bunch of additional scenes that were cut from the film -- all in all you get a LOT more pleasure from whatever you are watching).

𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗦

Become comfortable with failure; perform stand-up comedy; publish a book; make a movie.

• cats
• writing
• poetry
• fashion
• street art
• photography
• dancing
• wine
• cocktails
• walking
• movies
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• electronic music
• jazz
• guitar
• blues
• spoken word
• etymology
• stand up comedy
• foodie
• calisthenics

Music, Movies, and Books

𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖

Moderat, Amon Tobin, Two Fingers, Velvet Underground, Sophia Isella, The Black Keys, Labrinth, UPSAHL

𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦

Pratchett in general; Vonnegut; Murakami; Asimov; Palahniuk; Douglas Adams; Khalil Gibran - Prophet; Leopold von Sacher-Masoch - Venus In Furs; any early-draft screenplays I can get my hands on

𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗦

Only Lovers Left Alive, Paterson, My Blueberry Nights, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Vanilla Sky, Midnight in Paris, Indie Game: The Movie, Lost in Translation, Finding Nemo.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Written a poem on a spot of a poetry event, went on a stage and nailed the performance.

Teach, Learn, Share

𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛

- How to write poetry
- How to draw a sloppy eye and/or nose (and how adding eyes to anything and everything makes it instantly more relatable)
- How to code with AI (vibing)
- How to code for AI (solutions that utilize it)

𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡

- Fun or dramatic phrases in another language
- Local struggles
- About local street artists and their work

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia, Greece, Italy, Portugal

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