Getting to Know You... Dr. L.

Unbearable Lightness

by Jim Young

On Inside the Actors Studio at the end of the interview the host James Lipton asks the guest actor ten questions.  In Vanity Fair, they ask famous people a series of questions as well.  Both of these are a take on Proust Questionnaire names after the French writer Marcel Proust.

The Sensual 7 Seconds has decided to "borrow" both of these sets of questions and pose them to readers, fellow bloggers, artists, models and anyone interested in completing them.  My goal for this series is for me and the readers to get to know some important people a little better.  Today is the first installment of this new series.

Let me introduce the ever elegant, gracious and graceful, intelligent, artistic, and truly sexy beauty, Dr. L.  She was one of the first to post a comment on this blog and is a valued commenter, artist, social and artistic commentator, academic, advocate for the sensual,  friend, and all around great lady.   She co-writes the blog, What We Saw Today, contributes to many other online and print publications such as Carrie Leigh Nudes and has written a book or two or three as well.  I highly recommend you visit her blog to flesh out the answers she provided.

Here are the thirty questions and her answers.

1. What is your favorite word?  dog
2. What is your least favorite word? rejection
3. What turns you on?  the light
4. What turns you off?  The Seven Deadlies
5. What sound or noise do you love?  car traffic on a brick street
6. What sound or noise do you hate?  rap music
7. What is your favorite curse word?  f--- you
8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?  acting
9. What profession would you not like to do?  anything corporate
10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?  You've got some great gams, girl.
11. What is your idea of perfect happiness?  swimming in a spring-fed lake on a hot August day
12. What is your greatest fear?  people obsessed with control
13. Which historical figure do you most identify with?  Anne Boleyn
14. Which living person do you most admire?  my 93-year-old uncle
15. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?  None.  I've accepted them all.
16. What is the trait you most deplore in others?  superficiality
17. What is your greatest extravagance?  Great coffees
18. On what occasion do you lie?  When other people's feelings are at risk
19. What do you dislike most about your appearance?  The effects of gravity on a masterpiece (each human body is a masterpiece, by the way)
20. When and where were you happiest?  In the present moment which changes quite often
21. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?  Nothing.  I've accepted it all.
22. If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?  My father would still be here in this world with us
23. What do you consider your greatest achievement?  My self knowledge and self acceptance
24. If you died and came back as a person or thing what do you think it would be?  A prima ballerina
25. What is your most treasured possession?  My dog
26. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?  Losing your freedom
27. Who are your heroes in real life?  All people who fight for rights and risk their lives for others
28. What is it that you most dislike?  People who never fight for anything that matters
29. How would you like to die?  I wouldn't
30. What is your motto?  What's the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?  Just staying on, I guess.

Gracias Dr. L.  Your honest and interesting answers are greatly appreciated.

If you are interested in answering these questions, email me at sidebphotography@gmail.com.