The Proust Questionnaire, Part II
All the cool kids get vulnerable.
Welcome back, and a warm hello to the newcomers.
Today brings the second section of the Proust questionnaire. Each prompt gets a haiku and 8 bars of music, meant to be enjoyed as one.
If any of the music or poetry speaks to you, I’d love to read your reflections in the comments!
Let’s dive in.
12.) What is the quality you most like in a person?
Peaceful, waveless lake.
Slow, steady, relaxed, and calm.
No sudden movements.
13.) Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
“Self-awareness” and
“Emotionally mature”
Are two that I’ll own.
14.) What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My current partner
Is the open door to love
And a kinder life.
15.) When and where were you happiest?
Walking up the hill,
Crunching through the autumn leaves
At the hobbit house.
16.) Which talent would you most like to have?
The social graces
Would be a great set of skills
To add to the bag.
17.) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Slower reactions
To perceived wrongs and insults.
Think before I speak.
18.) What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My sobriety
Is the key to everything
That I was seeking.
19.) If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
I would be a book.
My home, a big library.
Sunshine streaming in.
Thank you for reading and listening.
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All my best,
Wow, thanks for your kind and thoughtful words! Really nice to hear some validation from a kickass writer. (Also, tag yourself everyone, I’m “walls for strength”😂)
I see you doing a lot of hard and worthy work, Lizzy, for yourself and in your art.
In particular, self-awareness and emotional maturity are deeply lacking in the world, at least in our "traditional" Western culture, which so often confuses money for wealth, walls for strength, memorization for learning, tantrums for sharing, and diluted mass media art for vulnerability. If you're saying them more often than usual, that's a very good thing. I hope people listen to you and learn from you.
Thank you for fighting the good fight! You're doing great!