I used to like watching Inside the Actor’s Studio in high school (before James Lipton started interviewing people like JL0), and my favorite part was the questionnaire at the end; I wanted to be on the show just so I could answer the questions. Accordingly, I always turn to the last page of Vanity Fair magazine first, so I can read the similarly-styled Q&A feature (both are derived from the Proust questionnaire). And big thanks to Kate for turning me on to yet another questionnaire, this one on the website for the Leonard Lopate show, a public radio show in NYC.
I’ll be posting a few questions from these questionnaires each day for the next however-many days it takes to get through them all. I’ll post my answers, and hope you’ll post yours, too.
Beyond answering the questions, think about using them as prompts to get you writing/composing/painting/insert-verb-here-ing. Let me know how it goes/what you come up with!
First questions, courtesy of the Leonard Lopate show:
What have you read or seen recently (book, play, film, etc.) that moved or surprised you?
At the risk of being redundant (since I wrote about it the other day): this online video
What are you listening to?
A playlist that includes tracks from Bruce Springsteen, Neko Case, Garden State soundtrack, Paul Simon, Fiona Apple, and Lightspeed Champion
What are you currently reading?
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
What’s one thing you’re a fan of that people might not expect?
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OMG! i remember that special. they went to London and were caught up in intrigue! something about a hairbrush! (blushing)
1. The Lives of Others; Paprika
2. Devotchka, David Byrne, Ella Fitzgerald, Robert Earl Keen, Postal Service, Pogues, Eisley, Ben Kweller …
3. Enchantment – Orson Scott Card
4. hymns – some people might be surprised; other than that: dunno.
1. Your blog
2. NPR
3. Lincoln Kirstein’s biography
4. Bowling
xo The Muralist
just love to have fun