Today’s student group presentation in Red Burns’ Applications class at ITP was called Redslist, which created as a reaction to last week’s guest speaker, Craig Newmark of Craigslist. Everybody in the class was requested to submit one or more items, services or experiences that they wanted to exchange with others in class. I offered up some beginning piano lessons, a bespoke dining experience, and a Proust Questionnaire-style interview. Funny enough, people only took me up on the Proust Questionnaire interview. I interviewed Ted and Sarah in exchange for some gyokuro tea leaves (from Ted) and a can of Bud Light (from Sarah). Check out their answers after the jump.
Sarah
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Anxiety
Where would you like to live?
Berlin
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Comfort
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Impatience
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
The Man in Black
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Dorothy Parker
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Susan B. Anthony
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Nancy Drew
Your favorite painter?
Matisse
Your favorite musician?
Tchaikovsky
The quality you most admire in a man?
Fearlessness
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Fearlessness
Your favorite virtue?
Patience
Your favorite occupation?
Walking
Who would you have liked to be?
Jackie Onassis
Ted
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Banality
Where would you like to live?
Berlin
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Sublime beauty
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Procrastination
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Captain Ahab
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Herman Melville
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Gertrude Stein
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Harriet the Spy
Your favorite painter?
Gerhard Richter
Your favorite musician?
Philip Glass
The quality you most admire in a man?
Good kisser
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Brilliance
Your favorite virtue?
Sexuality
Your favorite occupation?
Musical composition
Who would you have liked to be?
Myself in the future