Julie Taymor
Theatre and film director
A fall day on the beach with Elliot and my dog, Luna, and the sea, sand, and sky.
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Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
In my bed, a hot-water bottle on my tummy, the windows are open, reading a book that I’m already into, chocolate at hand, all with the knowledge that everyone I love and know is happy.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 28 April 2020 source ↗
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Bonnie Raitt
Singer and guitarist
Being out in a gorgeous natural setting with time to enjoy.
Being totally present and at peace in the moment—and knowing that my children and grandchildren are all right.
Watching Foyle’s War in bed with my husband and the dogs.
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View profile →My mother. She’s 85 and rather than diminishing with age, she keeps surprising and growing more marvelous. She finds fun when most are jaded, wonder when most are cynical, and is curious when most are bored. She gave me life and continues to show me how to live it daily. And I know that everyone who meets her thinks the same.
Both of the days my children were born. It was like I’d stepped through a mirror and everything turned Technicolor.
The loss of anything, be it a loved one or a faculty—my sight, hearing, or mind.
My distractibility, diminishing memory, and capacity for sustained concentration. My English master once said I had the brain of a butterfly. I feel that 40 years later, I’ve evolved into Dory from Finding Nemo.
At the right time, and like my father—utterly without fear or pain, at home, with all whom I love. It was his last lesson as a parent to me.
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