And now, the Proust questionnaire
Since the tv meme put me in the narcissistic mind-frame, the Proust Questionnaire:
What is your most marked characteristic?
Loquacity; or, negatively, talkativeness
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Calmness
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Self-assurance
What do you most value in your friends?
The ability to assess people & events with clarity, depth & nuance
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Incapacity for completion
What is your favorite occupation?
Writing with pen on paper
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Pale skin, dark hair, coupled to unhesitating & inerrant taste
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To be misplaced in time, language, country
In which country would you like to live?
The Loire Valley
Who are your favorite writers?
Henry James, Amélie Nothomb, Françoise Mallet-Joris
Who are your favorite poets?
William Blake, Marina Tsvestaeva
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Frodo Baggins
Who is your favorite heroine of fiction?
Dorothea Brooke of "Middlemarch"
Who are your favorite composers?
Schumann, Shostakovich, Wagner
Who are your favorite painters?
Cézanne, Corot, Philippe de Champaigne
What are your favorite names?
Jocelyn, Marcel, Isabelle
What is it that you most dislike?
Nationalism
Which talent would you most like to have?
To sing lieder & opera
How would you like to die?
With the window open on cool, sunny May afternoon
What is your current state of mind?
Surprised & pleased
What is your motto?
I not only follow you, I precede you (Oscar Wilde)
What is your most marked characteristic?
Loquacity; or, negatively, talkativeness
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Calmness
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Self-assurance
What do you most value in your friends?
The ability to assess people & events with clarity, depth & nuance
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Incapacity for completion
What is your favorite occupation?
Writing with pen on paper
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Pale skin, dark hair, coupled to unhesitating & inerrant taste
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To be misplaced in time, language, country
In which country would you like to live?
The Loire Valley
Who are your favorite writers?
Henry James, Amélie Nothomb, Françoise Mallet-Joris
Who are your favorite poets?
William Blake, Marina Tsvestaeva
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Frodo Baggins
Who is your favorite heroine of fiction?
Dorothea Brooke of "Middlemarch"
Who are your favorite composers?
Schumann, Shostakovich, Wagner
Who are your favorite painters?
Cézanne, Corot, Philippe de Champaigne
What are your favorite names?
Jocelyn, Marcel, Isabelle
What is it that you most dislike?
Nationalism
Which talent would you most like to have?
To sing lieder & opera
How would you like to die?
With the window open on cool, sunny May afternoon
What is your current state of mind?
Surprised & pleased
What is your motto?
I not only follow you, I precede you (Oscar Wilde)