I'm down to earth, creative and curious. A book nerd in the city and everything else on the road. As an artist I spend most of my time in the studio, teaching and working on photography projects. I enjoy exploring films, music, science and fictions.

Very atypical Taiwanese. The unbeaten path has a place in my heart since my teenage years. I've traveled by car and by hitchhiking to remote places such as far west China and the Australian outback.

@zoeinthemirror

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The community.

I recently came back to CS in 2025; was lucky enough to know the platform before all the transformation. I surfed through half of Europe and hosted many people in my mountain house through CS and other channels.

Interests

• literature
• photography
• coffee
• reading
• camping
• biology
• neuroscience
• philosophy
• psychology
• art
• film
• culture and history

Music, Movies, and Books

Book: Kundera, Camus, Nabokov, Hesse, Jung. Recently discovered 'The beginning of Infinity' by David Deutsch, mind-blowing.

Music: Nils Frahm, Radiohead, Nicolas Jaar, Rival Consoles, Blonde Redhead

Film: Tarkovsky, Nolan, Koreeda, Herzog, Edward Yang, most recently Michael and Danny Philippou

Some recent favourites -
The worst person in the world (2021)
After sun (2022)
Look back (2024)

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversations, a few homemade dishes, a playlist

Countries I’ve Visited

Brazil, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, South Africa, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Canada, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States