CURRENT MISSION

Canada 2019

ABOUT ME

After studies in Vilnius academy of fine arts I came back to live in my hometown. And jumpt into creative education. Spend here about 4 years and now I jumped into wider world to learn about creative communities.

Once i wanted to run from here as soon as possible and become world traveler. And still want, but this time not for escape:)I think there is two type of meeting world: one, when yourself is on the road discovering and meeting people, other when you stay at one place, as i am now, and make situation when world is coming to you.

While i was staying at my hometown Utena i was interested about town history from BC till now. I liked going around searching secret nature places, Then to bring friends here to be their guide through my own created trip.

And now I am in Scotland, Edinburgh. I came here througth EVS program (European volunteer service) for one year - from September 2015 to September 2016. In few months I got into exploring this city, searching secret corners, participating in art walkings, discovering new places and new myself.

PHILOSOPHY

Not very fan of writing personal philosophy. I don't believe in naked sentences. Philosophy you can find in context of my other texts here. It is the way person write and talk about things - philosophy is in between words.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

A bit of experience while traveling with friends in early 2008, till now i participate like host or guide.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

First experiences was not easiest for me, because I am naturally quite shy and a bit introvert when encounter new people. But i am all the time like to put myself into challenging situations. Because meeting people, having different kind of conversation, being more easy, relaxing person - i learn so much from couchsurfes all the time when i make step into it.

Interests

I love to learn different things that brought me to a person with more and more hobbies. Once i work in Chinese tea house, while studying i was passionate about modern dance, joga, ballet, now i am into musical instruments and learning how to make at first simple ones. I play with guitar, mostly like to play reggae rhythms and sing Spanish Manu Chao songs.
Officially i do have diploma for ceramic and sculpture specialties. But really from ceramic i love archaic forms, and love making in old way - firing in a pit as people did few thousands years ago. I like oppositions that's why at the same time I am interested in performance art. Mostly doing video performances.
And here few more interests:
reading, dreaming, drawing people,indigenous cultures, zapatista movement, nature, "walking as an aesthetic practice",konokol, ...

• arts
• humanities
• writing
• singing
• performing arts
• dancing
• ballet dancing
• education
• running
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• drawing
• music
• guitar
• teaching
• history
• tourism
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Manu Chao, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Siya Siyabend, Bob Marley, Beirut, Devendra Banhart, The Tallest Man in The World, Kan Mikami, FADO, Nina Simone, Chavela Vargas, Will Oldham, Noir Desir, Jacques Brel, Stephan Micus..

movies of Jim Jarmush, Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, Andrey Tarkovsky, Alexander Sokurov, Ingmar Bergman, Emir Kusturica...

books of Samuel Beckett, Jose Luis Borgess, historical, about indigenous cultures, poetry..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I woke up early to see sun rising:)) every time sun amazed me.

Teach, Learn, Share

- interesting on Chinese art of tea and i can share how to make tea in Chinese way.
- making simple music instruments from junk.
- working with clay, and burning ceramic using pit firing technique
- playing guitar
- Lithuanian folk songs and chants (sutartines)

all those i could teach, but I'm not perfect on them, so i would like to learn and share with whom is interesting in same things.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belarus, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Lithuania, Scotland, Turkey