CURRENT MISSION

To inspire and be inspired

ABOUT ME

How to describe a life in words? That's difficult, impossible maybe. But I'm going to try...

I was raised by four people: my dad, my biological mum, my other mum and my grandma. A loving and caring family, where me and my brother grew up in a inspiring and creative environment. This summer I finished my study at the Theater Academy Maastricht and now I live and work in Utrecht as a director. Earning money with this profession is very difficult, but I don't care. I'm doing theatre because it can open up hearts. And there is nothing more beautiful then that: people who have the courage to show their weaknesses and imperfections. That's what life is all about: contact, pure contact. That's why I love to direct: it's about connecting people, bringing them together. Sharing stories, trying to understand each other. Well, that's the romantic version. It's a hell of a job as well. But sometimes, sometimes it is just magic.

Well, now the usual stuff. I'm straightforward, openminded, a bit of a control freak, a perfectionist, a good listener, a enthusiastic speaker. I love conversations over dinner, jamming and making music, enjoying the sun in the parc, debating about philosophy and science and the world around and within us. I don't hate so much, but i do hate people who don't dare to say what they want or what really is going on inside. I think openness is very important.

PHILOSOPHY

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
- Krishnamurti -

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By being honest to myself and others.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None. But I'm looking forward to be part of this community and meeting new people, exchange our thoughts, dreams and ideas.

Interests

I love to just hang out. Have a good beer. Talk. Go to the theatre or enjoy some life music.

I don't like the small talk that much. I'm more into the real shit. Dreams, fears, all that you love and want to share. I try to be open and listen. Really listen.

• theater
• environment
• beer
• flowers
• magic
• music
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Films:
Annie Hall, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, I am Sam, The Tree Of Life, Reservoir Dogs, As It Is In Heaven, Paris/Texas, Magnolia, Amores Perros, Biutifull, Requiem For A Dream, Death In Venice, Closer, Das Weisse Band, The Notebook, The Lord Of The Rings, Inception, Kill Bill.

Muziek:
Mumford And Sons, The Tallest Man On Earth, Ramses Shaffy, John Mayer, Diana Krall, Frank Sinatra, Melody Gardot, Blof, Michael Jackson, Jamie Cullum, Nina Simone, Coldplay, Ben Howard, John Scofield, Bon Iver, Gregory Porter

Books:
Glow, Lolita, Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close, The Millennium Trilogy, The Kite Runner, Eragon, On The Road, Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea, The Lord Of The Rings,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ayuahasca ritual

Teach, Learn, Share

UNDER A CERTAIN LITTLE STAR
Wislawa Szymborska

My apologies to chance for calling it necessity.

My apologies to necessity in case I'm mistaken.

Don't be angry, happiness, that I take you for my own.

May the dead forgive me that their memory's but a flicker.

My apologies to time for the quantity of world overlooked per second.

My apologies to an old love for treating a new one as the first.

Forgive me, far-off wars, for carrying my flowers home.

Forgive me, open wounds, for pricking my finger.

My apologies for the minuet record, to those calling out from the abyss.

My apologies to those in train stations for sleeping soundly at five in the morning.

Pardon me, hounded hope, for laughing sometimes.

Pardon me, deserts, for not rushing in with a spoonful of water.

And you, O hawk, the same bird for years in the same cage,
staring, motionless, always at the same spot,
absolve me even if you happen to be stuffed.

My apologies to the tree felled for four table legs.

My apologies to large questions for small answers.

Truth, do not pay me too much attention.

Solemnity, be magnanimous toward me.

Bear with me, O mystery of being, for pulling threads from your veil.

Soul, don't blame me that I've got you so seldom.

My apologies to everything that I can't be everywhere.

My apologies to all for not knowing how to be every man and woman.

I know that as long as I live nothing can excuse me,
since I am my own obstacle.

Do not hold it against me, O speech, that I borrow weighty words,
and then labor to make them light.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, France, Germany, Laos, Peru, Poland, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands