quirking out

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

to see you

Interests

• jazz
• scrabble

Music, Movies, and Books

🎵:
Duke Ellington, Archie Shepp, Bach, Mikael Tariverdiev, Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes, Klaus Nomi, Fabrizio De André, Serge Gainsbourg , Gabor Szabó, Popol Vuh, Chopin, Gal Costa, Fela Kuti, Miles Davis, Arvo Pärt, Dean Blunt, Aznavour, Colette Magny, Cesária Evora, Nina Simone, Stephan Micus, Jean Sibelius, Maurice Ravel, Eleni Karaindrou, R. Wagner, Brian Eno, Klaus Schulz, Moondog, Alice Coltrane, Tim Buckley, Luis Llach, Nick Cave, Kino, Robert Charlebois, Gino Paoli, Sandro, Brigitte Fontaine, Anne Sylvestre, Vangelis, Pink Floyd, Charles Mingus, Victor Jara, L’infonie, Félix Leclerc, Louise Forestier, Lô Borges, Kate Bush, Pharoah Sanders

📚:
Marguerite Yourcenar, Mémoires d’Adrien
Édouard Louis,
Natalie Sarraute,
Arjun Appadurai,
Joyce, Dubliners
Michel Butor, La modification
Paul Celan, Todesfuge
Duras, L’amant de la Chine du Nord
André Gide, Les nourritures terrestres
Dany Laferrière,
Édouard Levé, Suicide
René Char, Fureur et mystère

🎥:
Angelopoulos, The Travelling players, Eternity and a day
Pasolini, Teorema, Salò
Paradjanov,
Haneke,
Raúl Ruiz, La ville des pirates, Manoels destinies
Rohmer, Le rayon vert, Conte d’été, Le genou de claire
João Cesar Monteiro, God’s comedy
Tarkovsky, Mirror, Stalker, Sacrifice
Peter Watkins, La commune, Edvard Munch
Glauber Rocha, Der leone have sept cabeças
Franco Piavoli,
Żuławski, The Devil, possession
Jancsó, The red psalm, elektra my love
Guy Gilles, Le clair de terre
Kubrick, A clockwork orange, Barry Lyndon
Makhmalbaf, Time of love, a moment of innocence

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

held door for Max von Sydow at conference

Teach, Learn, Share

great cook here

What I Can Share with Hosts

Surprise!

Countries I’ve Visited

Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, England, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada