Proust Questionnaire

Ren said:
Steppenwolf was insane! Have you read that one?

Edit: I'm sure you've told me before.
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I'm going to sound like an arrogant asshole for a second, but I read Siddhartha in sixth grade and then read a good chunk of Hesse in 7th and 8th.
So it's been a while, but yea.

Ren said:
INFJ for sure! :p
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Yea at the time I didn't really think about that or wasn't really aware of me being an INFJ but I knew what he was writing was similar to what was in my mind. I don't think I fully understood a lot of it but I got a lot out of what I did read and I felt connected to what he was saying even though I didn't grasp a lot of the depth probably.
 
I'm not all that surprised, actually @Wyote. I thought about you a lot while reading Siddartha.

And yet a while back I'm pretty sure you called the book "okay", which surprises me now that I've read it, and thought about you reading it.
 
Ren said:
And yet a while back I'm pretty sure you called the book "okay", which surprises me now that I've read it, and thought about you reading it.
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lol I think it was due to my teacher being way more into it than I was which kind of annoyed me. I found it pretty interesting, but I was also young and found the pacing a bit slow, which I may actually appreciate a little more today. A child's mind is hard to keep entertained for long periods haha.
 
Wyote said:
lol I think it was due to my teacher being way more into it than I was which kind of annoyed me. I found it pretty interesting, but I was also young and found the pacing a bit slow, which I may actually appreciate a little more today. A child's mind is hard to keep entertained for long periods haha.
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Ah yeah, at the time I didn't know you were so young when you read the book. It would be interesting to know what you would think now. Only a few days are enough to read it, so consider it and if you do, let me know! ;)

The book really made me feel like seeking to become a sage, though whether a Stoic one like @Rowan Tree remains to be determined.
 
Ren said:
Only a few days are enough to read it, so consider it and if you do, let me know! ;)
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Ren said:
Vasudeva
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1. The principal aspect of my personality:

Curiosity

2. The quality that I desire in a man:

Strength, devotion and steadfastness

3. The quality that I desire in a woman:

Prudence & Vivaciousness

4. What I appreciate most about my friends:

Trust and support

5. My main fault:

The delusion that I understand how the world works, inaction, sloth, willful ignorance.

6. My favourite occupation:

Discovering new things that make me feel like the world is amazing. Coming up with new angles to old issues and thinking of new ways to see things I already feel confident of knowing.

7. My dream of happiness:

Comfort, excitement and contentment.

8. What would be my greatest misfortune?

Deterioration and abandonment.

9. What I should like to be:

Strong and with a commanding presence.

10.The country where I should like to live:

A futuristic semi utopian but foreign Universe, such as for instance the fictional world of Star Trek.

11.My favourite colour:

Purple

12.The flower that I like:

Paeonia spp., Hyacinth spp., Syringa spp.

13.My favourite bird:

n/a

14.My favourite prose authors:

n/a

15.My favourite poets:

To be honest, poetry is one of those things that are not of a particular interest.

16.My heroes in fiction:

I've never had a "hero" and I even dislike the concept.

17.My favourite heroines in fiction:

n/a

18.My favourite composers:

Kaijura Yuki

Stanislav Biničkski, solely for the March on Drina
 
Ren said:
Personally, I'm more into heterotopias.
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I don't go along with Foucault's definition of utopia, and for me, his definition of heterotopia is compatible with various forms of utopia. Have you read Samuel R. Delany Trouble on Triton? Foucaultian utopia.
 
Rowan Tree said:
I don't go along with Foucault's definition of utopia, and for me, his definition of heterotopia is compatible with various forms of utopia. Have you read Samuel R. Delany Trouble on Triton? Foucaultian utopia.
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I have not, but I will take note! I was joking btw, but I would still be very curious to discover a Foucauldian utopia. :)
 
1. The principal aspect of my personality:
quirkiness

2. The quality that I desire in a man:
gentleness, unpretentiousness

3. The quality that I desire in a woman:
strength of character

4. What I appreciate most about my friends:
always there, even when I think I don't need them

5. My main fault:
rose colored glasses

6. My favorite occupation:
creating

7. My dream of happiness:
my kids

8. What would be my greatest misfortune?
to lose my passion

9. What I should like to be:
a good person

10.The country where I should like to live:
Canada

11.My favourite colour:
excruciatingly annoying hot pink

12.The flower that I like:
Orchid

13.My favourite bird:
Hummingbird

14.My favourite prose authors:
Virginia Woolf

15.My favourite poets:
Dickenson, Ono no Komachi, Sappho

16.My heroes in fiction:
Atticus Finch

17.My favourite heroines in fiction:
Alice in Through the Looking Glass

18.My favourite composers:
Eminem
 
Misadventure said:
14.My favourite prose authors:
Virginia Woolf

15.My favourite poets:
Dickenson, Ono no Komachi, Sappho
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Wonderful choices. I live near London's Kew Gardens and visiting it always makes me think of Woolf.
 
Verlaine is ze best poète, zough. :p

I take it he's not very well known in the English-speaking world. Difficult to translate.

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1. The principal aspect of my personality:

Curiosity, truth seeking

2. The quality that I desire in a man:

Nobility

3. The quality that I desire in a woman:

Generosity

4. What I appreciate most about my friends:

They are authentic and inspiring, and they like me for who I am.

5. My main fault:

Dispassion -- I wish I could be more ambitious and passionate.

6. My favourite occupation:

Designing, especially when it comes to living space or stories

7. My dream of happiness:

Being completely self-sufficient to the point I can efficiently help others as well. Have someone who understands and loves me for who I am.

8. What would be my greatest misfortune?

Drifting through life never realizing my purpose

9. What I should like to be:

Happy, strong, and enlightened (I'm so greedy, lol)

10.The country where I should like to live:

Peaceful and environment-friendly country, with its population both intelligent and caring at the same times.

11.My favourite colour:

Blended shades of blue, pink, purples and a splash of yellow, and probably black

12.The flower that I like:

Any flowers that are not poisonous or stinky

13.My favourite bird:

The swallows, the eagles, the hawks, and the vultures---birds of prey

14.My favourite prose authors:

JRR Tolkien, Homer, Dickens, David Eddings

15.My favourite poets:

Emily Dickinson, William Blake, Robert Frost, E.E. Cummings

16.My heroes in fiction:

Jean Valjean, Olaf (Frozen), Atticus Finch

17.My favourite heroines in fiction:

Guan Yin

18.My favourite composers:

Debussy, Schumann, Satie, Chopin, Mozart, Thomas Newman
 
bonfire said:
5. My main fault:

Dispassion -- I wish I could be more ambitious and passionate.

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8. What would be my greatest misfortune?

Drifting through life never realizing my purpose
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I can relate.

bonfire said:
Emily Dickinson, William Blake, Robert Frost, E.E. Cummings
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Wonderful choices.
 
Should I try to answer the 13 year old one as if I were 13 again or as I am now? Or should I not even bother?
 
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