Your favourite virtue ::
honesty
Your favourite qualities in a man ::
strength
Your favourite qualities in a woman ::
beauty and fortitude
Your favourite occupation ::
composer
Your idea of happiness ::
my garden
Your idea of misery ::
nyc
If not yourself, who would you be ::
David Bowie
Where would you like to live ::
Italy, maybe Sicily
Your favourite colour and flower ::
turquoise, gardenia
Your favourite prose authors ::
Proust, Genet
Your favourite poets
Walt Whitman
Your favourite heroes in fiction ::
Harry Potter (at the moment!)
Your favourite heroines in fiction ::
-
Your favourite painters and composers ::
James Elaine, Roger Justice, Brian Eno and Steve Reich, Arvo Part, Lauridson
Your favourite heroes in real life ::
Barack Obama at the moment
Your favourite heroines in real life ::
Susn Bryant, my studio manager
What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
-
Your favourite food and drink ::
beer cigarettes and coffee
Your favourite names ::
Vivian and Ondine
Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
nyc
The change you most anticipate ::
just did it
A gift of nature which I would like to have ::
rain ths winter in california
How I would like to die ::
gloriously and romantically...perhaps a car crash in my 1950 cadillac through no fault of my own
What is your present state of mind ::
happy
Of what fault are you most tolerant ::
inexperience
Your favourite motto ::
just because you can do it doesn't mean you should
9 septembre 2008
William Basinski is a classically trained musician and composer who has been working in experimental media for over 25 years. William is living in New York City.
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:: the questionnaire is based on the original "questionnaire of Marcel Proust", created by Antoinette Faure around 1890.