Proust Questionnaire: winterjewel's answers

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On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:54:00 UTC winterjewel (36) answered the Proust Questionnaire:

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to be alone in heart
Where would you like to live?: Close to family, but not too close. In the city but with nature close enough to retreat to often. In an old library.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: hope, peace and intellectual stimulation through conversation and the arts. Family close by, and time to enjoy the company of both friends and strangers.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: optimism
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Portia, Tom Sawyer, Lestat
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Cleopatra, Robert the Bruce, St Patrick, Oscar Wilde
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Abigail Adams
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those with heart, courage and passion who could be strong without aping or dominating the men around them.
Your favorite musician?: Stravinski, Thelonias Monk, Rich Mullins
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, confidence, authority without the need for cruelty.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: intelligence, sensuality, being herself without needing to "outdo" other women
Your favorite virtue?: inner strength, goodness, generosity of spirit
Your favorite occupation?: creating, in an artistic sense
Who would you have liked to be?: i am not qualified to be anyone other than myself, nor am i capable of saying one life is better, easier, more interesting than another. i prefer to be just me
Your most marked characteristic?: extremism. i need deeply, love feircely, fight loyaly, get angry quickly and trust without limits
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty, compassion and loyalty
What is your principle defect?: a lack of willpower and an eternal optimism, i trust too much
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To never have loved so deeply i get lost between myself and Him
What would you like to be?: The woman i see when i close my eyes
What is your favorite color?: i like combinations of color, lime and blue, purple and red orange, sage and ocean blue
What is your favorite flower?: there is really none, but those that are naturally grown so that they retain their scent and natural beauty.
What is your favorite bird?: i haven't a favorite, i enjoy the variety of birds and their unique songs
Who are your favorite poets?: witman, Sir Thomas Moore, Dickenson
Who are your heroes in real life?: i don't have any
What are your favorite names?: Juaquin, Alehandro, Matteo, Nickolai, Christiana, Genevieve, Natalia
What is it you most dislike?: carelessness, laziness, intentional idiocy
What historical figures do you most despise?: Nero, Dracula, Hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?: D day
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: To paint or draw as i envision
How would you like to die?: with as little pain to loved ones left behind as possible
What is your present state of mind?: pensive.
What is your motto?: it is as it is.

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