Bla bla bla.... )) I grew up in Sevastopol, Crimea, studied Linguistics in Nizhny Novgorod, then worked in Sevastopol, Moscow, Sainte Pete, and Svetogorsk, now I live in Helsinki.
Interested in Anime
Interested in Art
Fluent in English
Learning Finnish
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
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Music, Movies, and Books
Greek music. I am very fond of rebetiko and folk Greek music. Middle Eastern music - Azerbaijani, Iranian, Arabic, Armenian etc. Ambient - Jonn Serrie, Stellardrone, Vladimir Martynov, Eliane Radigue etc. I am also fodnd of Maccoy Tyner and Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim). Baroque, classical, folk - and any other types of music. * * * Mysical philosophy and social critique Guy Debord, Adorno and Horkheimer -- Carl Jung Sabina Spielrein -- Vasily Nalimov -- Anything that makes me feel alive, crazy, enchanted, hypnotized, calm, inspired * * * Literature Viktor Pelevin, John Fowles, Astrid Lindgren, Rumi, Sei Shonagon, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy etc Mythology and anthropology * * * Movies and animation - Rene Laloux and strange Soviet animations - 3 movies by Peter Weir: Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave, The Plumber - Walkabout by Nicolas Roeg - Orpheus (Cocteau) - Cria Cuervos (Carlos Saura) - White bird marked black ("Белая птица с черной отметиной") - Broderna Ljonhjarta - strange Soviet sci-fi I prefer old artsy movies, and most of all - movies from the 70-s.
Teach, Learn, Share
- I can teach some Russian, English and Literature - Maybe I can help you in some other ways? - I hope my company could be interesting too - I can share delirious stuff with you if you are willing Otherwise, I can talk for hours about different ideas, art, philosophy, social critique etc. But) I can also be quiet and spare your ears from all the delirium that often passes through my mind
What I Can Share With Hosts
I can: - cook something interesting in case you want me to - discuss something interesting (for example, thing that I mentioned as my interests)
My Interests
Art, music, philosophy, poetry I like to cook... sometimes. Walking in nature I love nature that reminds me of Crimea Cultures and traditions, spiritual traditions Mystical, beautiful, serious, silly, horrible, wonderful absudity!!!!! - rare, but beautiful magic stuff!!!!!