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On Wed, 10 Dec 14 21:06:58 UTC Marie-Pierre Adam (27) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- Te realise one day that the world before my eyes was all a lie...
- Where would you like to live?
- Everywhere and anywhere I will be with him. Let it be in a extreme.
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- Food I love, music that moves me, combine with amazing conversations with the one I love, about secrets and the unknown.
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- To be disillusioned and realist to a point of stagnation. The "what is the use" syndrome.
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Winston form 1984 by Orwell and the unnamed father from The Road by McCarthy. They do what needs to be done, always lead by a solid principle and their undeniable humanity.
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Plato, that open for me the door to philosophy. Paul-Émile Borduas for his tranquil revolutionary ideas.
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Jana Sterbak for her guts. Marguerite Bourgeoys qui incarne l'éducation francophone de mon pays !
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Tank Girl because she represents pure courage and loyalty. Alice in her Wonderland, she represents curiosity, a trait I wish to hold on to my whole life.
- Your favorite painter?
- Martin Bureau. Kent Monkman. Magritte. Tousignant. Newman. Riopelle. To many to count.
- Your favorite musician?
- Tom Waits. The Mars Volta. Nirvana. André Fortin des Colocs. Janis Joplin. Queen. Styx. Supertramp. To many to count.
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- Intelligence. Humour. Honesty. Sincerity.
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- Intelligence. Humour. Honesty. Sincerity.
- Your favorite virtue?
- Authenticity. The strength it takes to always be true to yourself with others will take you closer to your universal truth.
- Your favorite occupation?
- Hoping, day-dreaming, making food, listening (to music, to the stories of others), watching (nature, paintings, art, movies and films), trying so hard to create.
- Who would you have liked to be?
- Would have like to be a better me, certainly a more creative me. A less worried me.
- Your most marked characteristic?
- The undeniable need to express myself and to be loved anyway.
- What do you most value in your friends?
- Their mind, their love.
- What is your principle defect?
- Being frozen by fear of being wrong, being in the unknown, being unloved or even hated. Which translate to crippling inactivity.
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- To wake-up and realise the best part of me and my life was all a dream or worst, a lie. To realise I was lied to you without me realizing it.
- What would you like to be?
- I would like to be free from fear so that I can be creative once again.
- What is your favorite color?
- Blood red.
- What is your favorite flower?
- Lilacs for their perfume. Red roses for their symbolism. Orchids for their aesthetics. Apple Blossoms for their ephemerality.
- What is your favorite bird?
- The Puffin. Owls.
- Who are your favorite poets?
- Émile Nelligan. Charles Beaudelaire.
- What are your favorite names?
- Raphael. Daphnée. Céleste. Oxana. Thierry.
- What is it you most dislike?
- Pain of the heart. Not knowing and knowing I know nothing.
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- Will power. Good answer Proust !
- How would you like to die?
- In love.
- What is your present state of mind?
- I have to act. Right now. No more waiting.
- What is your motto?
- Fuck this shit ! (Coming from my ever pressing sense of justice) or --- I can do it and I can do it better.
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