CURRENT MISSION

a friend of mine recently wrote me "

ABOUT ME

from the age of 6 i have moved around the world - in total 13 schools in 12 years of schooling: 4 different cultures and langaages...that is how "travelling buzz" became part of in my genes! i like to meet new people and discover cultures, learn, share... it is hard for one to describe oneself... i am perpetually wondering, easily surprised, inhabiting this world in a poetical manner, i love living, challenging myself, evolving, travelling of course, talking, learning, reading, walking,

PHILOSOPHY

a friend of mine recently wrote to me "the real things in life are the feelings, the relationships with people and how much love one has been able to transmit to other people, everything else is just a sidedish"... that is a good description of my personal philosophy. i care about the people that i care about and feel blessed when a meet wonderful people on my life path.
My eclectic growing up experience in different cultures, and in different parts of the world makes me feel like a global citizen strongly connected to a myriad of issues, and of course as a lot of people of my generation i struggle to find my way of trying to make this little planet a more humane place. Then come Howard Zinn's encouraging words

"There is a tendency to think that what we see in the present moment we will continue to see. We
forget how often in this century we have been astonished by the sudden crumbling of institutions,
by extraordinary changes in people's thoughts, by unexpected eruptions of rebellion against
tyrannies, by the quick collapse of systems of power that seemed invincible.

To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human
history is a history not only of cruelty, but also compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the
worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places -- and
there are so many -- where people behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at
least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand utopian future. The
future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should
live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory." Howard Zinn, in "You can't be neutral on a moving train"

Interests

an incredibly non-exhaustive list: languages, cutltures, politics, philosophy, theater, art, literature, music, hiking, walking...

• arts
• literature
• theater
• walking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• skiing
• history
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Le Petit Prince, The Alchimist, Belle du Seigneur, Les Trois Mousquetaires, L'Etranger (and all of A. Camus), Virginia Wolf's books, Jeanette Winterson's books, Pierre Bourdieu, Howard Zinn, Chomsky, Pablo Neruda.Jean Anouilh, Raymond Queneau, Thomas de Quincey, Ezra Pound, William Wordsworth, Mathieu Arnold, Dostyevski, Tchekov, discovering Fellini, Kurosawa's movies, Charlie Chaplin's movies, "The staight story" "Ici Najac", "The Edukators", "Oublier Cheyenne", "My name is Joe" "Magnolia"........

Teach, Learn, Share

i can teach you to make wonderful indian curry, tarator, imambalda, ski-yaki... and many other dishes!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Mozambique, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France

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