CURRENT MISSION

Not to let curiosity kill the cat

ABOUT ME

What can I say? I have been studying literature for the past aeons. Currently I am very interested in Flaubert and Balzac. But beyond this I have acted and written poetry and prose. Every now and again I feel the urge to leave my desk, step outside, take a train to encounter somebody whom I could otherwise not encounter. This is, I suppose, my motivation for surfing couches.

PHILOSOPHY

Not to think too much, even though that can be difficult. Let chance lead the way. Kairos. Co-incidence. A flexible plan. However, also the ability to know what one wants and what one does not want.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to host and be hosted, I would like to let hospitality become a potent currency again.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

A little.

Interests

I guess I like three things most: listening to Bach and Bob Dylan alternately, reading the beginning of all kinds of novels, and whisteling whilst walking or cycling.

• cats
• literature
• poetry
• walking
• reading
• cycling
• surfing

Music, Movies, and Books

Turtles can Fly, Monty Python, Peter Handke, Robert Musil, Marcel Proust, Roland Barthes, Gilles Deleuze, Joseph Vogl, Adalbert Stifter, Ernst Jandel, Elfriede Jelinek, Thomas Bernhard, Peter Weiss, Warlem Shalamow, Andrej Beli, Dada, Oscar Wilde, Epicur, Boethius, Seneca, Alexander von Humboldt, Goethe, Charles Dickens, Novalis, Ovid, Christoph Ransmayr etc.Expressionism, impressionism, realism, decadence, fin de siecle, lorca, crazy curley hair on paintings, baroque music, haydn, mozart, vivaldi, bach, balkan brass bands, klezma, guitar music, Proust, Musil, Joyce, austrian literature, apples and pears, cheese, socks (no connection), busplans, trainplans, plans in general, animals, Francis Bacon (both), Radiohead, strawberries in real life and in painting, stolen strawberries and all stolen fruits for that matter, walking, walking, walking, deceleration.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Disclaimer: I don't believe in making my life into a good that can be offered on the market of appraisal and awe. In any case, nothing especially comes to mind.

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