Our rendition of the Proust Questionnaire is our unique take on the famous parlor game that gained popularity, although it was not originally created, by Marcel Proust, the renowned French essayist and novelist.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being in love.
What is your greatest extravagance?
I love beautiful cars.
Which living person do you most despise?
The owner of the dog that barks like a possessed demon across the street of my studio. Also, the physicist Richard Dawkins.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My OCD. (It is also my favorite trait)
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My cat Bongo.
When and where were you happiest?
Right now, in NYC.
What is your favorite occupation?
Painting.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Thrift.
On what occasion do you lie?
Only when answering questionnaires.
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Little hairs growing in the wrong places now that I’m older.
Which talent would you most like to have?
The talent to download and play the music I hear in my mind.
Which living person do you most admire?
I admire many artists and a few scientists. I would say David Altmejd is pretty awesome.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Their infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
What is your favorite journey?
The inner journey.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
I suppose I say “Cosmic” a lot. And I don’t regret it.
What is your greatest regret?
All the time I lost trying to be not me.
What is your current state of mind?
Elated.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would love to worry less.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Lao Tsé.
How would you like to die?
Like Aldous Huxley did.
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
I would go back in time and let them know it’s all ok.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
The mural I painted for the Cathedral of the Faena Hotel in New York.
What is it that you most dislike?
Violence in all its forms.
If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
A cat.
What is your most treasured possession?
A Shiva Nataraja statue.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Living inside a purely rational materialistic mind. That sounds like Hell to me.
Where would you like to live?
In many places, but I would love to have a studio house in Patagonia for sure.
What is your most marked characteristic?
My insatiable curiosity for everything.
What do you most value in your friends?
That sense of humor that only comes from wisdom.
Who are your favorite writers?
Borges, Whitman, Huxley, Blake, Eco, …
Who are your heroes in real life?
Every human being is on a hero journey, I know we all have Dragons to slay. With that said: Terence McKenna ranks very high among my personal heroes.
What is your greatest fear?
Not living long enough to see the day AI saves humanity from all its miseries. Joking. I am terrified of the depth of the Oceans.
What is your motto?
Follow your bliss.
