Air’s last post made me smile. I love these things. Would you like to know some facts about me? Well, I can’t promise they’ll be worth knowing but i’ll give it a good go.
1. My default frame of mind is bright and optimistic. I have shorter fuse than most though. Not something i’m proud of.
2. My mind absorbs numbers and superfluous data like a fat kid absorbs chips. I know most telephone numbers i’ve looked at a few times off by heart. Al’s old number in Saudi was 00966501613115, Aaron’s old number was 07900423577. I went on a date with a doctor once. She told me I was ‘on the autistic spectrum’. That’s not good date chat.
3. Catchy one-liners and concise phrasing turn me on and always have. I remember clearly standing up in the shopping trolley at pre-school age telling my mum to buy Vortex because ‘It Kills All Known Germs DEAD’. I loved thinking up clever taglines for ads at uni.
4. Being in the sea makes me feel elated. I grew up in the water. It’s the most magical element.
5. I learn most quickly when out of my comfort zone. I’d love to be more prolific with the gifts that I have. Lazyness is less acceptable the older you get.
6. My friend Lauren is always happy. Her philosophy is catchy and concise. ‘People are more important than things, relationships are more important than money’. She is wiser than me.
7. Hearing is on a par with sight. Music is more important to me than most things.
8. Erratic artwork appeals to me most. Pollock, Basquiat, Cabellut. Order terrifies me. I understand that it’s necessary but it freaks me out.
9. I can understand the argument for polyamory. Some people genuinely experience a need to be with more than one partner and are resolute about their partner’s right to do the same. I’m not one of them.
10. I have an irrational fear of the supernatural. It’s very silly but it genuinely terrifies me.
05-Feb-09 at 7:20 pm | Permalink
Eenteresting.
> #8, #10
Fingers crossed you never see Mondrian’s ghost *shivers*
Just for the record #3 made me think of, “Total heating with total control!” spoken in squeaky ned accent.
06-Feb-09 at 12:47 pm | Permalink
8 – I didn’t really think much about it until my mate Emily pointed out that I always have the joygasm at the really messy stuff. I think she likes the ordered stuff. Thoughtful, allegorical, witty. My friend Sarah loves Mondrian. He did those grids all his life you know. I don’t gets it.
10. Mmyeah. Definitely phobic. My mates at school all loved the Ouija Board and messing around with mirrors in the dark and all that. I would be under the sofa with the cat.
26-Feb-09 at 12:07 pm | Permalink
I love getting up close to a Mondrian and examining the imperfections. A postcard doesn’t show this.
I genuinely enjoy both messy, ‘expressionist’ art and the more ordered and measured stuff. If it’s good, I like it.