Playing around in my studio by myself, discovering the possibility of new ideas.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 January 2019 source ↗
The question
What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?Originally asked
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View all 158 →Cuddling in bed on a Sunday morning with the man I love. Also, applause and standing ovations.
Karl Ove Knausgård
Novelist
Being together with the ones I love on a Wednesday afternoon, washing the dishes, taking the garbage to the bin under a gray sky, hearing the distant sounds of children from upstairs, turning around and suddenly looking into the eyes of the one I love. It is the feeling of being alive I’m talking about. And of being in love.
Eating dan dan noodles with my wife.
A plate of fettuccine ragù with my kids.
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Sir David Attenborough, John Prendergast.
A little more self-confidence wouldn’t hurt.
They can take the piss out of me and it still feels like wisdom and loyalty.
Showing off onstage, with everyone laughing and applauding.
A world destroyed by science-denying mediocrity.
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