CURRENT MISSION Job : done ; Flat : done ; Jazz Band : pending PHILOSOPHY Get rid from close-minding stuff like everyday way of thinking. Feeling (in the largest meaning) instead of thinking. Be conscient of what things ARE ( not of what we THINK THEY ARE) and make choices to maintain a balance in all these relationships.
Interested in Cooking
Interested in Jazz
Fluent in English
Learning German
Music, Movies, and Books
Films : Dancing with Wolves ; Into the Wild ; V for vendetta ... Music : Jazz : Erroll Garner ; Chet Baker ; Miles Davis ; Philippe Catherine (the jazzman) ; Chanson française : M ; Nosfell ; Jacques Brel ; Georges Brassens ; Classical : Debussy ; Dvorak ; Chopin ; Grieg ... Others : La Farigoule ; Ceux qui marchent debout ; Amsterdam Klezmer Band ; Socalled ; Gotan Project ; Daft Punk ; Livres : Tolstoï (The cosacs) ; Süskind (The perfume) ; Rousseau (About Art and Science) ; Krisnamurti ; Ken Follet (Pillars of the earth) ; Yourcenar (Les memoires d'Hadrien) ; Coelho (The alchemist)
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I don't think I did something really incredible. But I'm constantly feeling that strange thing we call "life", and I feel it completely incredible.
Teach, Learn, Share
Teach : Music : the basics of the theory of music, a little bit of piano, the principles of jazz, improvisation techniques. Science : The scientific process : why and how get scientific knowledge, The basics of physics and chemistry. Culture : Local culture of Alsace and France. Learn : Cook funny things ; Interesting philosophy or ideas. Share : as much as possible
My Interests
Mostly Music. I love the way music is transcient, the way you have to live it in the moment as pure experience of life and humanity. I play the piano and the trumpet for some years and it's some pure hapiness for me. For other things, I let my curiosity lead me.