answers to questions

[percival]

again, these are answers to questions I was asked ... if you want to be interviewed by me, drop me a line.

from robertstheology:

1. What is your favorite book, and why?

This is difficult, I have so many favourites. In terms of escape: Harry Potter, without a doubt. Otherwise, the one I'm just finding unputdownable. I haven't zeroed in on a new candidate yet.

2. Where were you born?

I'll be vague here because I don't want to give too much about myself away.
In the Lower Rhineland, an hour north of Cologne and east of the Dutch border.

3. How did you meet your husband?
In a choir: he was a tenor, I was an alto. (I am an excruciatingly bad singer.) He struck me right from the start as being tres handsome.

4. Which historical character do you most admire?
Probably Teresa of Avila. Mystic, feminist, author.

5. How did you become interested in meditation?
My Ph.D. led me close to a nervous breakdown. Exercise couldn't keep me going, so I tried meditation. I found Zen immediately congenial.

from ssigrist:

1)from your username, what do you relate to most in the character,
or
story, of Perceval?
The search for the Grail.

2)I have asked this of several but dont know if you have had this
question before and it is not a bad one: a book or two you loved as
a
child and which perhaps told you something about the world?
Ronja the Robber's Daughter taught me about the dangers of separatism and factionalism.
And the Children of Bullerbue were the playmates I never had - I was a socially inept, dyspraxic child.

3)one teacher whom you particularly remember?
Johann Georg Juchem. A philosopher and free spirit who taught despite getting paid only
a pittance. He paid a high price for remaining in academia and not bowing to fashion.
I had the privilege to attend one of his courses. He died recently, I curse myself for not keeping in touch with him, believing he would still be there when I found the time to return to semiotics.

4)Japanese Haiku tend it seems to me(this is going to be a boring
question but it is in spite of appearances not a lecture but a
question!) to end with a sort of fall a little like Eeeyore or
Puddleglum in their way, the cherry bossoms are beautiful but of
course there they go, nothing pretty stays around Im sure you and I
wont
either. might summarize the substructure? (or I may be wrong)
do
your perceptions tend to go with this dying fall? or do they tend to
rise a bit? that is the question but now I ask myself a question
propose
a haiku on cherry blossoms(not sticking to syllable structure but
thought) going in an opposite direction... umm pink blossoms
fall
/leaving branch bare/ but see the new! However it was not a
leading
question, even though I have added an answer of my own...and as with
all
you may start from the thing and say anything else so it is open...
Hmmm ... I don't know much about Haikus, I'm afraid. Zen is about the only Japanese thing I actively cultivate.

5)Love is...?
Divine.

Comments

[piperx.livejournal.com]

Wow - great questions! They remind me that even though I know you, there really is so much I don't know about you.

Very interesting.

Piper

[perceval.livejournal.com]

would you liked to be asked some? :)

[piperx.livejournal.com]

If you like...

[perceval.livejournal.com]

1) When did you become interested in flying?

2) Who do you think will be cuter as an adult: Dan, Rupert or Tom?

3) When do you plan to start learning Russian?

4) Independent Financial Advisors - useful or crap? Discuss.

5) Who of the HP actors would you like to star in your next movie?

[shellebelle93.livejournal.com]

Oh, geez...ask me some questions. I succumb to the temptation.

:-)

[perceval.livejournal.com]

1) Do you think it's possible to accept the basic tenets of
an Eastern philosophy, such as Buddhism, while remaining
Christian?

2) Where did you get your icon from?

3) What would you like to do after Liam's headed off
to college/found himself a job?

4) What do you think about the hoopla surrounding the
release of Book V?

5) Do you think Liam will remain an only child?
(I am an only child myself, and research shows that only
children are definitely not at a disadvantage when compared
to kids with sibs ... so it's not a judgmental question
at all. If I'm lucky enough to get pregnant, I'd be happy
with just the one, if I shouldn't be able to fall pregnant
again.)

[swampfaye.livejournal.com]

I love it! Can I snatch these q's and borrow them? And if you have more... LMK! I love these things...

[perceval.livejournal.com]

or I can interview you!

:)

[swampfaye.livejournal.com]

feel free!

[perceval.livejournal.com]

1) What sort of values do you want to pass on to your children?

2) Will you tell your youngest about your post-natal depression?

3) What are you proudest of in your life?

4) What's more important to you - your art or your writing?

5) Women can forgive a man anything as long as he's fun to be with - as evidenced by Hillary Clinton, who said she stayed with Bill because he knew her so well and he was so much fun. Discuss.

Am glad to be your friend BTW :) ... I hope the postcard arrived safely.

Re:

[swampfaye.livejournal.com]

1) I'd much rather my kids be Hufflepuff than Gryffindor - Loyal and unaffraid of Toil. Though I feel like most of them are too brave to be anything but Gryff's (Bryce... who is extrodinarily bright, is rather a "follower" but has proved that there is no ladder too high to climb)

2) Probably. When he has grown and is complaining to me about his wife's moodiness.

3)Proudest? I don't know - that is hard. I guess it's my kids and the fact I'm still married after 15 years and much angst.

4) Writing - hands down. I can live without doing art, but I can't live without writing - sounds desperate, but it's true. Art is a "hobby" - writing is "life."

5)I don't believe that's true. Hillary is a liar. She's lying to us - because I'm certain she doesn't believe what she's saying. Either she is desperate for him (which I can't see in her) or he's a means to an ends and she just needs him like someone needs a checkbook. I couldn't forgive Ken if he cheated on me. I think it's fine to flirt - and even if he got "emotionally" close to someone, I think I could handle that - but if he had sex with someone - that would mean he broke our vows (which I take quite seriously) AND he put me and the kids in danger emotionally, financially and physically. I told him that if he ever cheated on me to not let me find out. If I found out. I would leave him because I have a higher opinion of myself than to be anything but the most important thing in his life. I can't believe Hillary doesn't feel the same - she strikes me as someone with an ego similar to mine... so... Hillary is a liar.

Got the postcard. Love it, still on my desk.

[perceval.livejournal.com]

I can't believe Hillary doesn't feel the same - she strikes me as someone with an ego similar to mine

Tough cookies, both of you *g*. My mom has the same attitude to infidelity. I'm different - I value honesty over the actual fidelity.

I really, really like your art, btw. The paper art you last posted was very good - so dynamic.

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[swampfaye.livejournal.com]

I am a bit of a hypocrite though, because I think that Ken is the most important thing in Ken's life. He still makes the effort to try and make me feel like that isn't the case though, from time to time. But - I do think that Hillary and Bill have the same sort of dynamic going. I can see staying with Bill because you believe in giving marriage a second chance, or you feel like you need to for social pressures - but not because he's FUN. That's a lie.