Proust Questionnaire: Jb Bradford 's answers

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On Fri, 03 Aug 12 20:37:27 UTC Jb Bradford (44) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: The untimely death of my children
Where would you like to live?: In a high loft in New Orleans
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be at peace with oneself
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Destructive Pleasing of Others
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: This who show retrospection and courage in the face of adversity
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Shakespeare, Bob Hope, Arthur Milller, Paul Johnson and Stan Lee
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Those who show a zest for adventure and sensuality
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those who tread the razors edge between the scared and the profane
Your favorite painter?: Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh
The quality you most admire in a man?: Insight, Honesty, Compassion, Bravery
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Compassion, Sensuality, Intellect, Voluptuosity
Your favorite virtue?: Insight
Your favorite occupation?: Creator
Who would you have liked to be?: Pretty good with who I am... would like to know what it was like to be Ben Grimm ( in fiction)
Your most marked characteristic?: My ability to take things that seem random and show their continuity
What do you most value in your friends?: Laughter, Honesty, and the ability to understand complexity of human life
What is your principle defect?: I cannot not let go that I am not enough
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: That I am a failure to my children
What would you like to be?: A better me,
What is your favorite color?: Blue
What is your favorite flower?: None stands out over the others
What is your favorite bird?: Any Bird of Prey
Who are your favorite prose writers?: John Irving, Milan Kundera , and many Non Fiction writers
Who are your favorite poets?: Donald Hall, Charles Bukowski, Shakespeare
Who are your heroes in real life?: My Grandfather and my Son
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: The Irish Monks who kept the classics alive
What are your favorite names?: Jb (Maybe)
What is it you most dislike?: That is it often never enough
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler, Keynes, Skinner
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Battle of Agincourt
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Prolific Writing Discipline
How would you like to die?: Not too old, near a beautiful woman, my children and my God
What is your present state of mind?: Somewhat retrospective (Thus I am taking this silly questionnaire )
What is your motto?: I wont say it... My favorite "Not Mine" Motto - "Live, Learn, Love , Live a Legacy"

www.texasfunandevents.com (This is my current creative project)

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