Interview Meme: Perlandria's Questions
Perlandria kinda stumped me on some of these. I feel like I said "Huh, I don't know" on most of them. ;p
1: If you could reincarnate, where would you like to go next. If you think reincarnation happens for a reason and it isn't your choice, assume you have been given a vacation lifetime to just experience for yourself (with any support staff you wanted, wouldn't be a vacation otherwise).
Well, you know that I do believe reincarnation happens for a reason.
A Vacation life, hmm? That's fascinating... Well, I highly suspect that the most relaxing life is that of a well-cared-for domestic cat, so I might opt for that.
I'm going to have to ponder this one for a while, though... I hadn't even tried to think of it that way before. I tend to trust my between-lives-Self to make the right decisions (with whatever applicable help from The Powers That Be of course), so I don't try to think about what my next life will be...
2: If you could have any other human singing voice, in range, tone, etc. and could switch between it and your current voice, what voice would you have?
Oh, I'd go for contrast and pick up an operatic quality Baritone. With lots of dedicated practice I could probably extend higher into soprano and lower into tenor if I tried, and training could also likely help me develop operatic tone, so a Baritone is what would really expand my useful range.
3: What is your favorite sense?
You mean of the 5 main senses touch/taste/smell/sight/sound?
I'm trying to wrap my brain around the idea of them not being inter-related as an experience. I get tremendous enjoyment out of each of them at various times, and on the other hand there are definitely times I wish I could turn each of them off. Sight is really the only one I can turn off (by closing my eyes, that is), so I suppose it's the only one I don't end up totally fed up by every so often. All 5 senses are mixed blessings, but far more blessings than curses.
I want to say "touch" - sensation - is the one I get the highest highs from, but also the lowest lows (or rather, the most intense overwhelms).
4: Is there a holy site you would NEVER visit, no matter what?
That's a fascinating question, but I can't think of any answers, so I guess the answer is "None that I know about."
I mean, half of it is that I don't have anything like a full catalog of holy sites around the world. So while the only sites that come to mind are all ones that seem interesting to me and that I'd like to visit if it can be accomplished safely, I'm not willing to assert that no sites exist that, if I knew their history, I would not want to visit.
The other is that I can't think of any unchangeable situations that would discourage me from visiting. Plenty of sites are in dangerous places that I would be afraid to visit as things currently stand, or have political associations that would make me want to boycott them until whatever situations are resolved. I'm not very brave about traveling, to be honest.
But you said "no matter what", which means regardless of the potential for such situations to change, and given that option, I can't think of any sites with totally unresolvable problems.
5: What is the most comforting form of ritual for you? The one that feels good at the time, and leaves you soothed, happy, fulfilled, enriched, and all good things afterward?
*eyebrow* You mean that I'll talk about in my LJ? *laugh*
Well, I don't know about soothed, per se, but a full-on, high-woo-approved Hrafnar Ostara ritual is pretty darned happy-making, and the effect lasts at least weeks - arguably until the autumnal equinox, even. Serving, honoring, and carrying Ostara is one of the most joyful experiences I look forward to each year. We are both even happier if the other gods who are invoked for the evening make Their respective presences at least distinctly felt, if not fully embodied.
I mean really, bunnies, eggs, rainbows, music, feasting, friends, gods - what's not to love?
--Ember--
1: If you could reincarnate, where would you like to go next. If you think reincarnation happens for a reason and it isn't your choice, assume you have been given a vacation lifetime to just experience for yourself (with any support staff you wanted, wouldn't be a vacation otherwise).
Well, you know that I do believe reincarnation happens for a reason.
A Vacation life, hmm? That's fascinating... Well, I highly suspect that the most relaxing life is that of a well-cared-for domestic cat, so I might opt for that.
I'm going to have to ponder this one for a while, though... I hadn't even tried to think of it that way before. I tend to trust my between-lives-Self to make the right decisions (with whatever applicable help from The Powers That Be of course), so I don't try to think about what my next life will be...
2: If you could have any other human singing voice, in range, tone, etc. and could switch between it and your current voice, what voice would you have?
Oh, I'd go for contrast and pick up an operatic quality Baritone. With lots of dedicated practice I could probably extend higher into soprano and lower into tenor if I tried, and training could also likely help me develop operatic tone, so a Baritone is what would really expand my useful range.
3: What is your favorite sense?
You mean of the 5 main senses touch/taste/smell/sight/sound?
I'm trying to wrap my brain around the idea of them not being inter-related as an experience. I get tremendous enjoyment out of each of them at various times, and on the other hand there are definitely times I wish I could turn each of them off. Sight is really the only one I can turn off (by closing my eyes, that is), so I suppose it's the only one I don't end up totally fed up by every so often. All 5 senses are mixed blessings, but far more blessings than curses.
I want to say "touch" - sensation - is the one I get the highest highs from, but also the lowest lows (or rather, the most intense overwhelms).
4: Is there a holy site you would NEVER visit, no matter what?
That's a fascinating question, but I can't think of any answers, so I guess the answer is "None that I know about."
I mean, half of it is that I don't have anything like a full catalog of holy sites around the world. So while the only sites that come to mind are all ones that seem interesting to me and that I'd like to visit if it can be accomplished safely, I'm not willing to assert that no sites exist that, if I knew their history, I would not want to visit.
The other is that I can't think of any unchangeable situations that would discourage me from visiting. Plenty of sites are in dangerous places that I would be afraid to visit as things currently stand, or have political associations that would make me want to boycott them until whatever situations are resolved. I'm not very brave about traveling, to be honest.
But you said "no matter what", which means regardless of the potential for such situations to change, and given that option, I can't think of any sites with totally unresolvable problems.
5: What is the most comforting form of ritual for you? The one that feels good at the time, and leaves you soothed, happy, fulfilled, enriched, and all good things afterward?
*eyebrow* You mean that I'll talk about in my LJ? *laugh*
Well, I don't know about soothed, per se, but a full-on, high-woo-approved Hrafnar Ostara ritual is pretty darned happy-making, and the effect lasts at least weeks - arguably until the autumnal equinox, even. Serving, honoring, and carrying Ostara is one of the most joyful experiences I look forward to each year. We are both even happier if the other gods who are invoked for the evening make Their respective presences at least distinctly felt, if not fully embodied.
I mean really, bunnies, eggs, rainbows, music, feasting, friends, gods - what's not to love?
--Ember--