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Marcel Proust Questionnaire
Kerry:
--- Quote from: moremojo on March 12, 2007, 05:57:18 pm ---12. What is your favourite flower? Wisteria.
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I too love wisteria, Scott.
--- Quote from: moremojo on March 12, 2007, 05:57:18 pm ---15. Who are your favourite poets? Sappho, Horace, Friedrich Holderlin.
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Aha, I detect a classicist in our midst! :D
--- Quote from: moremojo on March 12, 2007, 05:57:18 pm ---17. Who are your favourite heroines of fiction? Titania, the Wife of Bath, Lysistrata.
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Are you familiar with Aubrey Beardsley's wonderful illustrations of Aristophanes' Lysistrata? Certainly was most courageous of the women of Athens to defend the city with nothing more than the contents of chamber pots and a lot of hot air! :laugh:
--- Quote from: moremojo on March 12, 2007, 05:57:18 pm ---19. Who are your favourite painters? Jacques-Louis David, Ingres, Gustav Klimt.
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I love David's paintings of the court of Napoleon. Sooo romantic!
--- Quote from: moremojo on March 12, 2007, 05:57:18 pm ---28. How would you like to die? With full awareness that I am dying.
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I am intrigued by your response, Scott.
--- Quote from: moremojo on March 12, 2007, 05:57:18 pm ---31. What is your motto? "Nothing compares, I think, when thinking right, to a good friend."
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So very true. Alas, a good friend is so difficult to find.
moremojo:
--- Quote from: Kerry on March 13, 2007, 08:37:21 am ---Aha, I detect a classicist in our midst! :D
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Classicist, with a touch of Romanticism!
--- Quote from: Kerry on March 13, 2007, 08:37:21 am ---Are you familiar with Aubrey Beardsley's wonderful illustrations of Aristophanes' Lysistrata?
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Oh yes...I'm quite fond of Beardsey's infamous 'Lysistrata' set, and admire Beardsley's work in general.
--- Quote from: Kerry on March 13, 2007, 08:37:21 am ---I am intrigued by your response, Scott.
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Luis Bunuel said something similar, and expressed joy (or relief) while on his deathbed to a friend that he was aware of his own dying.
Arad-3:
1. What is your most marked characteristic? I am very loyal and giving to my family and friends , but I have a tendacy to want to be liked by everybody, which can be draining.
2. What is the quality you most like in a man? Strength, loyalty, tenderness, charm , Masculine beauty.
3. What is the quality you most like in a woman? Strength, loyalty, Nurturing. caring, Feminine beauty.
4. What do you most value in your friends? Loyalty.
5. What is your principal defect? Sometimes I'm too nice, have been known to be a real pushover
6. What is your favourite occupation? I think it would be fun to work behind the scenes making major motion pictures. Maybe in makeup or wardrobe . But so far in my own life my favorite job was being a bartender back in my early twenties. That was a blast!
7. What is your dream of happiness? One is: I'm still around to see both of my daughters marry devoted partners and have healthy happy families of their own. Second one is: that someday I will be in a position to travel the world. I would really like conquer my fear of flying and go exploring with someone I love
8. What, to your mind, would be the greatest of misfortunes? To my mind? That I go insane
9. What would you like to be? If I could,
I would like to a leader in world peace. But in reality, I would love to be content
10. In what country would you like to live? I like it here in the USA. But if I had to leave, probably I would return to where my family is from, Ireland.
11. What is your favourite colour? Black. Seriously I love black. Deep reds and purples next
12. What is your favourite flower? I love those enormous sunflowers. Also lilacs
13. What is your favourite bird? Peacock's and humming birds
14. Who are your favourite prose writers? Ann Rice, Hemingway, Stephen King, lots
15. Who are your favourite poets? Robert Frost. Edgar Allen Poe, Walt Whitman
16. Who is your favourite hero of fiction? Superman
17. Who are your favourite heroines of fiction? Cinderella, Scarlet O'Hara
18. Who are your favourite composers? Beethoven Mozart, Elton John
19. Who are your favourite painters? Kerry, Van Gogh, Michelangelo
20. Who are your heroes in real life? The young men and woman who volunteer to defend this country. The scientists that devote their lives to coming up with cures.
21. Who are your favourite heroines of history? MotherTheresa, Joan of Arc , Anne Frank, Helen Keller, Rosa Parks, Princess Diana
22. What are your favourite names? French names.
23. What is it that you most dislike? How day in and day out how people gets fleeced to death by oil and gas prices, high electric bills, taxes Insurances, interest rates, late fees, , the list goes on and on, And there's nothing you can do about it only pay, pay , pay . Then to top it off, in the end, you get to die! And thats really expensive!
24. What historical character do you most despise? Hitler , Bin Laden , Stalin I think alot of people forget about Stalin. He murdered millions of Soviet citizens including his own wife for questioning him
25. What event in military history do you most admire? Any event that ended a war. Except for August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ,the dropping of the bombs on Japan. That might of ended the war but that went way beyond revenge for Pearl Harbor
26. What reform do you most admire? Civil rights , womens rights. Any reforms that protect children, minorities
27. What natural gift would you most like to possess? I would love to master the piano
28. How would you like to die? As an old lady with my family around cheering , laughing and singing "I did it my way"
29. What is your present state of mind? It's getting close to spring so I am feeling restless
30. To what faults do you feel most indulgent? I think I like to party too much sometinmes.
31. What is your motto? In order to have a good friend..you have got to be a good friend
OMG Kerry that was exhausting!
Kerry:
--- Quote from: Arad-3 on March 13, 2007, 03:24:18 pm ---7. What is your dream of happiness? One is: I'm still around to see both of my daughters marry devoted partners and have healthy happy families of their own. Second one is: that someday I will be in a position to travel the world. I would really like conquer my fear of flying and go exploring with someone I love
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May all your dreams and wishes come true, Geri. :D
--- Quote from: Arad-3 on March 13, 2007, 03:24:18 pm ---16. Who is your favourite hero of fiction? Superman
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Did you see the most recent Superman movie? It was absolutely brilliant! It was filmed here in Sydney!
--- Quote from: Arad-3 on March 13, 2007, 03:24:18 pm ---19. Who are your favourite painters? Kerry, Van Gogh, Michelangelo
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Aw, shucks, Geri, you are such a sweetheart! Thank ya kindly! :-* :-*
--- Quote from: Arad-3 on March 13, 2007, 03:24:18 pm ---28. How would you like to die? As an old lady with my family around cheering , laughing and singing "I did it my way"
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Your response is an absolute hoot, Geri! I love it! I wish I had the courage to make such a response!
--- Quote from: Arad-3 on March 13, 2007, 03:24:18 pm ---29. What is your present state of mind? It's getting close to spring so I am feeling restless
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I know that feeling only too well. There's the smell of blossom on the air. You start feeling frisky! ::) Alas, we are presently heading into autumn here in Australia. I love autumn and spring most. No nasty extremes! Don't like extremes! ;)
--- Quote from: Arad-3 on March 13, 2007, 03:24:18 pm ---31. What is your motto? In order to have a good friend..you have got to be a good friend
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So very true. :)
--- Quote from: Arad-3 on March 13, 2007, 03:24:18 pm ---OMG Kerry that was exhausting!
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I agree, Geri. It is somewhat of a challenge! :-\ ;) :)
Kerry:
I bought my copy of "The Quest for Proust" waaay back in 1969 when I was only 19. I responded to the questionnaire soon after purchasing the book, meaning my initial responses were made at around the same age Marcel Proust was, when he responded to the questionnaire.
As a matter of curiosity, here are my original 1969 responses:
1. What is your most marked characteristic? Mediocrity.
2. What is the quality you most like in a man? Many.
3. What is the quality you most like in a woman? Maternity.
4. What do you most value in your friends? Supportive loyalty. Stability.
5. What is your principal defect? Inability to comprehend "reality."
6. What is your favourite occupation? Dreaming.
7. What is your dream of happiness? Artistic recognition (posthumous?)
8. What, to your mind, would be the greatest of misfortunes? Lack of independence.
9. What would you like to be? At peace.
10. In what country would you like to live? Permanently in Australia. Also throughout Europe.
11. What is your favourite colour? So many.
12. What is your favourite flower? So many (jacaranda, gardenia, wisteria, jasmine).
13. What is your favourite bird? So many (sparrow, robin, bell-bird).
14. Who are your favourite prose writers? Leon Uris, James A. Michener, Marcel Proust.
15. Who are your favourite poets? None.
16. Who is your favourite hero of fiction? Apollo & Hiacinthus.
17. Who are your favourite heroines of fiction? None.
18. Who are your favourite composers? Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Puccini.
19. Who are your favourite painters? Van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, Bonnard, Dali, et cetera.
20. Who are your heroes in real life? Vincent Van Gogh.
21. Who are your favourite heroines of history? None.
22. What are your favourite names? Many and various.
23. What is it that you most dislike? Mediocrity. Deceivers.
24. What historical character do you most despise? I have not enough space to answer.
25. What event in military history do you most admire? None.
26. What reform do you most admire? The social reforms of today.
27. What natural gift would you most like to possess? Inspired artistic genius.
28. How would you like to die? Young, following enormous artistic productivity.
29. What is your present state of mind? Inadequacy, mediocrity, desolation, despair.
30. To what faults do you feel most indulgent? Laziness, licentiousness, terror.
31. What is your motto? "Nothing in the affairs of man is worthy of great anxiety" - Plato.
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