CURRENT MISSION

New worlds to travel, new eyes to see them. Finding myself, discovering others

PHILOSOPHY

"The times when I have most intensely felt and experienced the inner reality of creation have been those times when I have thrown myself wholeheartedly into a task, when I have carried through with that task to the very end. At such times, I experience a dramatically expanded sense of self. Life's inherent creativity, its dynamic vitality, is brought to the surface only through the strenuous exertions of a life of consistent action.
Such a way of life will meet with storms and heavy rains, times of seeming defeat. But the creative essence of life is never crushed or vanquished by such things. It is sustained by knowledge of the brilliant rainbow whose bright arch will eventually stretch across the inner expanse of your being.
Indulgence and indolence produce nothing creative. Complaints and evasions reflect a cowardly spirit; they corrupt and undermine life's natural creative thrust.
Never for an instant forget the effort to renew your life, to build yourself anew. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway of life itself. This is not an easy task. Indeed, it may be the most severely challenging struggle there is. For opening the door to your own life is in the end more difficult than opening the door to all the mysteries of the universe.
But to do so is to vindicate your existence as human beings. Even more, it is the mode of existence that is authentically attuned to the innermost truths of life itself; it makes us worthy of the gift of life.
The struggle to create new life from within is a truly wonderful thing.
Bringing the creativity of life to its fullest flowering is the work of human revolution." (D. Ikeda)

Interests

• perfumes
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Books by Tiziano Terzani, Alda Merini, Erri de Luca, "Oceanomare" (Baricco), Amitav Gosh, Kafka, Montale, Yasmina Khadra, Pedro Salinas, Khalil Gibran, "Sulla via dorata per Samarcanda" (U. Cecchi), "Cien años de soledad" (G. Garcìa Marquez), ... so many more...
Music: Sting, Pink Floyd, Pippo Pollina, Fabrizio De André, Bob Dylan, Counting Crows, Cristina Donà, Damien Rice, Eddie Vedder, Giorgio Gaber, Ian Siegal, Mark Lanegan, Jan Garbarek, David Sylvia, Jazz - Blues...
Movies: Iron 3 (Kim Ki Duk), Nuovomondo (Crialese), Ashes of Time (Wong Kar Wai), Everything is illuminated...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany

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