ABOUT ME

"Geerdet" fits quite well, meaning 'rooted' or 'earthed'. Thoughtful, at times seemingly distant. But also laughing and smiling a lot. I'm that person people get to be talking about today's world politically, philosophically, or spiritually (I don't know why this keeps happening to me hahah!!). Silly at times, or singing. Dancing at times, or sleeping. Saying 'no' to me feels like I'd miss out on an experience.

Interests

In anything that is meaningful, be it real or fictional.

• singing
• dancing
• hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Solaris, 100 years of solitude, Dao de Jing, The Wizzard of the Crow, The Insanity of Normality, ...

Stanislaw Lem, Edward Said, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Hannah Arendt, Wole Soyinka, Daniel Graeber,Fernando Pessoa, Frantz Fanon, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Albert Camus, Khalil Gibran, Aldus Huxley, ...

all Fatih Akin and Wes Anderson,...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hitch hiking in the Pamirs.

Visiting the lowlands gorillas.

Riding on an engine cover together with a bag of firewood up a serpentine road. Survived.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Central African Republic, France, Hungary, Ireland, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Poland, Réunion, Spain, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Democratic Republic of Congo, Germany, Netherlands, Rwanda, Tanzania