Proust Questionnaire: Fanourios's answers

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On Sat, 01 Dec 12 22:56:55 UTC Fanourios (40) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: For a human being of our time, to never be able to grasp how tiny we all are (including the so-called Universe or "Multiverse" itself)
Where would you like to live?: In a world of endless collaborative creation and sharing
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be able to sleep in peace when it is time to sleep
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: To those I have never encountered before
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those who set an example too hard to resist
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Those who set an example too hard to resist
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Maud Robart - I cannot think of another
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those I have fallen in love with, for real
Your favorite painter?: I have no favorite painter. A painting that strikes my whole being, at a given moment, is my favorite.
Your favorite musician?: Ianis Xenakis
The quality you most admire in a man?: Someone who inspires me in a creative way
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Beauty that drives me peacefully crazy
Your favorite virtue?: Being beyond good and evil
Your favorite occupation?: Collaborative creation
Who would you have liked to be?: Someone whose work would inspire those in need of inspiration
Your most marked characteristic?: Philosophical and artistic stubborness
What do you most value in your friends?: Sincerity, simplicity, inspiration
What is your principle defect?: Not trusting other humans enough (in general)
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To believe that all is futile
What would you like to be?: A teacher who helps his pupils open their eyes
What is your favorite color?: The color of her eyes
What is your favorite flower?: The one I wrote about in my first poem, 25 years ago - that lived on as meaningful dust
What is your favorite bird?: One that seems to be flying freely and to be chanting merrily when it stands
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Nikos Kazantzakis and Fedor Dostoievski
Who are your favorite poets?: Charles Baudelaire and Homer
Who are your heroes in real life?: Maud Robart, Friedrich Nietzsche and anyone who bravely fights pain or surrenders to it gently
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: None
What are your favorite names?: Titos-Alexandros, Chantal, Roberto, Paciencia
What is it you most dislike?: Violence combined with real hatred
What historical figures do you most despise?: None
What event in military history do you most admire?: None
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Love without limits
How would you like to die?: In peace
What is your present state of mind?: Somewhat tired but interested
What is your motto?: Je suis chacun de mes instants

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