For this post, I read A Fable for the Living (Kevin Brockmeier) to frame my blogging content. I found that his ideas on connecting to my author-self would make a great frame work in order for me to successfully achieve this.
Dear Fitzgerald, I know that you and I are often at odds. Even when if we worked together it would be better for us as a whole. The two of us together could do so much more than when we are apart. Unfortunately, we butt heads to often, like a pair of rams dueling. You want to be freer and want to be more creative than me. Whereas I wish you were more methodical and logical when you are working. I feel that we are almost always at odds. But you are too scared to come take control when I need you too. Is that because I force you away? I force you to hide? Am I too overbearing? Please tell me. I need to know. You and I together could reach the stars we both yearn for. We could be the change we both wish to see in this crazy world. We could achieve so much together. I’m sorry if I have been too much or if I have been crazy in the past. I want this to change for the both of us together. We are both here so why not work together? We can change the world together. My Three step plan to reach my author self is simple, the first step is open-up more. I often close out things that I find weird or things that I do not like. My author-self used to be ones of these things that I excluded from taking part in my life before. If I open-up more with not only myself but the world around me, I think I can start reaching my author-self more. My next step involves turning myself off. I feel that in order to reach my author-self, I must turn off my logical brain and reach more into my emotional and open side. I feel that it is there that my author-self lives. My final step to reach you is to have more fun, too often am I bored or tired with myself, yet I do nothing in order to change it. If I truly want to reach you, I must have fun with these experiences that you come out. Sincerely, Daniel
2 Comments
This is The Proust Questionnaire, it was said that using this test helps explain a person’s lifestyle and personality better than a person explaining it themselves. Because of this, I hope this gives you a better insight on me as a person and writer.
__1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness? My Idea of perfect happiness is being able to do nothing. Being able to just completely unwind and not care about the outside world is my ideal of happiness. __2.__What is your greatest fear? Living too long is my biggest fear. Not that I don’t want to live long, but there is such a thing as living too long especially now. I would rather live my life to the fullest rather than partially but for a longer time. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My complaisance is the trait I deplore the most in myself. I think that this maybe one of the weirdest things that comes to mind, but I feel that I get in my own head too much and that I don’t push myself hard enough. __4.__What is the trait you most deplore in others? I hate when people are loud for no reason and force people into weird situations. That and greed. Loud people are more of a pet peeve of mine rather than something that truly frightens me in the world. Someone’s greed tells me more about the person than anything else. __5.__Which living person do you most admire? I admire Elon Musk’s commitment to humanity and saving the planet. He sets his mind to something and he strives to make the change in the world that he wants. I also got really inspired when he made the design for Tesla cars public knowledge to help reduce carbon emissions. __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? My greatest extravagance is technology. I love learning about new technologies and how they work. It’s the thing I spend the most money on myself. __7.__What is your current state of mind? I’m just constantly over it. I’m honestly just rolling with the punches because that’s how I go through life. __8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Caring in my mind walks a very thin line between being a good or bad trait, it depends on how the person acts. Too much caring can make a person annoying to me but it little makes them apathetic. __9.__On what occasion do you lie? I lie the most to try and get myself out of trouble. I don’t like getting in trouble, as I’m sure most people don’t so I lie to keep myself out of trouble. __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? I dislike my torso; I think it’s too long which makes it a little harder to find shirts that I like in my size. If there was a way to have be normal proportioned it would be great. __11.__Which living person do you most despise? I don’t inherently hate anyone, I guess people that are popular that have no real reason to be popular. I do like the idea of not having Cardi B as a rapper anymore. __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? Dependability or humor. I find that these traits are the ones that I am attracted to the most in another guy. __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? Humor and smile are the most attractive features in a female. Being able to joke around with someone is what makes me more attracted to them. __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? I overuse a lot of generic single use words the most out of all the words in my vocabulary. I don’t normally enjoy short conversations that get to the point. __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? My dog is my greatest love. Animals are better than humans I love the innocence of animals and I really hate to see my dog sick or unhappy or lonely. __16.__When and where were you happiest? Happiest when I’m left alone and not bothered. I don’t really like deep conversations with random people. I’d rather be left alone to think to myself or take to someone that I care about. __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? Singing, my only realistic flaw is that I’m tone deaf. I don’t really think that there is too much that I would want to improve on but not to make myself into a celebrity but just to impress people in karaoke. __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Be able to read minds or stop time. Superpowers are just better I don’t dislike anything too much to the point where I would want to change something about myself over having a superpower. __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? I’m an eagle scout which is cool. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done and I’m glad that I did it. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? I’d come back as a bear; they don’t really do much other than eat and sleep. Bears are also cool because they just hang around and don’t really do much other than eat and they also get to sleep for 6 months. __21.__Where would you most like to live? I’d come back as a bear; they don’t really do much other than eat and sleep. Bears are also cool because they just hang around and don’t really do much other than eat and they also get to sleep for 6 months. __22.__What is your most treasured possession? My bed, it’s my most used object I love to sleep. It’s my favorite part of the day is when I go to sleep and it’s also my most prized possession. __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? For me, I’m miserable almost all the times that I’m forced to have a conversation when I don’t want to. __24.__What is your favorite occupation? By far politician because you get paid to lie which I am pretty good at, but I also love entrepreneur because it so vague and spans such a wide variety of lifestyles and incomes. __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? My shortness when I talk to others. I don’t enjoy long conversations because they don’t allow me to think about what exactly I want to say. __26.__What do you most value in your friends? Well put together conversations that are interesting and not just small talk. And I also enjoy a person’s dependability and humor over most other things that a person can offer. These two aspects of a person mean a lot to me. __27.__Who are your favorite writers? Mel Brooks, that man had a whole different view on how to consume and perceive media. He honestly one of the most brilliant comedy writers and he is also underrated. __28.__Who is your hero of fiction? Captain Nemo, he’s just a general badass in all the books and I love the adaptation of him in any movie. __29.__Which historical figure do you most identify with? Diogenes, the father of cynicism. Hands down not only one of my favorite historical people but also not well known. __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? My mom and my dad. They mean the world to me and I look up to them every day for inspiration in my life. They also guide me everyday with what I want to what I want to do. __31.__What are your favorite names? Dan. It’s my name don’t wear it out. __32.__What is it that you most dislike? People as a wide generalization, more specifically annoying or greedy people. __33.__What is your greatest regret? Not trying harder. There are many points in my life where I should have and could have tried a lot harder to further my life but I didn’t and that’s on me. __34.__How would you like to die? In a humorous way so at least it’s funny to read about. __35.__What is your motto? My motto is just be adaptable. You never know what life is going to throw at you on any day so just be accepting of changes I guess. |
Daniel Kamowski
This blog will be used to explore the messy processes of writing and to make meaning. ArchivesCategories |