22.5.12

time for another Proust Questionnaire IV

The Proust Questionnaire IV

(2012//2011//2010//2009)




Favorite virtue, integrity, elegance and humor // courage and integrity // honesty // forgiveness

Favorite qualities in a man, lightness // naiveness // simplicity // humor

Favorite qualities in a woman, intuition // creation // intuition // strength

Your chief characteristic, honesty // imagination // curiosity // commitment

What you appreciate most in your friends, openness // sharing // trust //

Your main fault, doubt // doubt // doubt // doubt

Your favorite occupation, traveling // creating and sharing // making ideas happen: "producing" // acting, singing, dancing

Your idea of happiness, sharing and beauty // Freedom of being and freedom of expression // Being present // love and peace

Your idea of misery, envy and jealousy // sickness in mind, heart and/or body // Loneliness (physically, mentally, emotionally) // paralyzing fear

If not yourself, who would you be, maybe a water plant // A tree! // It is nice being in myself. I will work on my strength and flexibility. // I am glad to say this but I like myself today and I'd like to be more myself in the future

Where would you like to live, in a beautiful house with a garden, a balcony and a great bath tub! // new york city, Paris and Berlin // i like living in myself wherever although i am enthusiastic about us (me and I) going to NYC and Paris for now. // NYC, pairs and Tokyo

Your favorite color and flower, black and not sure // black and trees! // all! all! // all, all (hehe the punctuation changed!)

Favorite Prose authors,  no new, I believe // many! // Lispector, Kundera, Heidegger // Kundera, Heidegger

Favorite Poets, Shakespeare, Whitman, Elliott, also some tweets are good // Shakespeare // Cummings, Sor Juana, Shakespeare, Eielson // Shakespeare and Sor Juana

Heroes and Heroines in fiction, none // Can't think of anything // Don't have... I like yoda. He is funny and wise but a "heroe-type" mhmm... nop, I don't. Maybe scientists, they start from fiction and they become it real! // yoda

Favorite painters and composers, artists: Rothko, Abramovic, Turrell, Marclay, so many! c: Cardin, Wagner, Mahler, Beethoven, Dvorak,  // artists: abramovic, turrel, rothko, martin margiella, alexander wang, kapoor, sophie calle, ono, ...and many many more! composers: wagner, cage, mahler and beethoven // Many! (thank you for this question) // Still looking for my favorite, John Cage, La Monte Young, Bach

Heroes in real life, All creators, innovators, teachers, dancers and funny people // Any person who wants to become his or her better self // Don't have. I have learned mostly from ordinary people and ordinary stuff. They are all very wise! // Lennon

Heroines in real life, mothers + teachers // mom and grandma // I admire my grandma a lot! She is awesome! // Mom

What characters in history you mostly dislike, cowards, dishonest, abusive, irresponsible, selfish // dishonest, cowards and selfish leaders // I don't like cowards // irresponsible leaders

Favorite food and drink, snacks and any drink with soda excepts for soda // small food and earl grey french blue tea! // ice cream and fruit juice // chili, chocolate, mole, strawberry milkshake, black tea

Favorite names, merci // venue // lea // rainbow, lea

What i hate the most, injustice and liars // trying to be other than myself (sometimes I do) // i don't like hate // people hurting others

World history characters I hate the most, none // none // -// I don't like hate

The military event I admire the most, - // surrendering to peace // surrendering to peace // surrendering to peace

The reform I admire the most, small epiphanies // freedom of expression // the change of oneself's opinion // equal rights

The natural talent i'd like to be gifted with, memory, improvisation and adventure spirit // memoria, lightness, y hacer reír! // ubicuidad, memoria y hacer rerír a las personas // making people laugh

How I wish to die, all of the above + quietly // beautifully // happy // peacefully

What is your present state of mind, grateful // I am in a new york state of mind // my mind is not myself but we speak quite often // jamming

For what fault have you most toleration, lack of confidence // I do not consider myself Tolerant I prefer openness, honesty and acceptance // I am not "tolerant", I prefer honesty // shyness

Your favorite motto, "he who seeks for beauty will always find it" // "give birth to what you believe in" // "enjoy the beauty of the present" "it just happened" // "peace and love", "imagine"

16.5.12

a little terrified but weirdly confident

the 20s, full of crossroads






1609 Hudson!




I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night 
-Galileo Galilei

is this your heartbeat or is it mine?


create your rituals

recorreré todas tus edades

a place without any center

almost levitate, invite another to do it with you


2028 blocks, Manhattanism

"en eso que te metes a la ducha por mucho tiempo y sabes que está mal" -m.

heartbroken (the heart is a muscle)

me sentí tantito rebelde 

changuitos por el nuevo #zip

"the power of will makes me what I am by making me other than what I have been"

"Shame, I explain, is regret for having done what you ought not have done, and guilt is regret for not having done what you ought to have done. My own experience leaves me little doubt - guilt trumps shame every time"

intimacy takes - and gives time

i have fantasies

"tu peor es nada" #loosingpatterns

"birth is always traumatic"








Einstein on the beach

def. want to see this,

back in the new york groove


deschamps


let the walls speak


baroque

In a far away land

festive mood

finding butterflies

7.5.12

First Position

"it's finally my dream, my life is going to change"

2.5.12

Condensation Cube
Hans Haacke



23.4.12

romanticism


the murder of crows

physical & sculptural sound

Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller


que te pasa?

for everyone,
Yuri

me marcho a NY

tararear y cambiar lyrics #tip

by Mecano

22.4.12

i've always thought that rain is pretty surreal.
today was definitely a rainy day




shame

by Steve McQueen

Lotus Flower

Radiohead

18.4.12

Transistor /Ohm Sweet Ohm
Kraftwerk 
at MoMA


the clock

The Clock
Christian Marclay



17.4.12

mi telenovela favorita

#deoso

Agujetas de Color de Rosa

on in.visibility

Morning Cleaning
Jeff Wall

“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary 
so that the necessary may speak.
 -Hans Hoffman

Los Amantes
Los Clubes, México DF
By: Barragán





8.4.12

timing

Gracias, Gracias, Gracias!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


lucky me

23.2.12

thank you old rose,


8.2.12

every moment has a gentle end

sometimes i am surprised of how nerdy i've become. maybe someday i'll be a teacher... daydreaming.

a city's soul

me gusta ir al post office #fun

servir es mi nuevo placer favorito! :)

sea sea sea sea sea sea 

si yo diera un consejo sería, viajar! #tip

yesterday i was there. today i am here. the two are light years apart.

"déjame me echo un coyotito"

the 7th train is my favorite line :) specially when you get to five pointz

today i want life, all of it.

sometimes you will experience the unimaginable

alone
all one

vegetarian day #5 (ONLY because vegetarians can eat sea food!)
watch food inc #tipforpeoplewhowanttobecomevegetariansandvegans

i dance with a friend,
holding her hand realize,
how disconnected I have become
from the simple beauty of touch

"little in life can compare to feeling like we deserve what we've earned"

limpiar el TL #tip

and suddenly i stopped looking

like any other story, this one has a beginning,







To one of my beautiful teachers. Thank you s. 

Mahler auf der Couch
Percy Adlon

28.1.12

The Iron Lady

Watch your thoughts for they become words. 
Watch your words for they become actions. 
Watch your actions for they become...habits. 
Watch your habits, for they become your character. 
And watch your character, for it becomes your destiny! 
What we think we become. 
-The Iron Lady


Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.



The Iron Lady




25.1.12

mientras trabajo, #MEGAguiltypleasure!!

Eres Sirena
Sin Bandera


23.1.12

the singing debut

one night i ended up singing Karaoke. This is what I sang,

"if love was red then she was colour-blind" #profound

To the Moon and Back
Savage Garden


afterwards, it started snowing!
do not forget this moment of happiness
you will remember it when it comes back

answers from God's prayers:
1. YES!
2. Not Yet
3. I have something better on mind 

"... and the power was in his choice" -Schwartz

en una conversación, "i came to NY to find life and so I found it"

conti(nu)ity

i like having seasons!!! #nyc

Happy New Year!!! The Year of the Dragon!

after death, a journey

po(b)session

think about your ending #tip imagine how beautiful it could be

luck is strange

thank (you) for giving me back something i treasure and i lost 


and then suddenly it happened...

circles are strange too

en una conversación, "You cannot ask someone to be somewhere that s(he) is not"

accident has invited Truth, a certitude except, art

bring your senses to play

form is the restricting yourself to a contain set of possibilities

"our lives are a constant act of creation even though we have decided that we have created enough"

loss lead me into movement, led me into a new world

a choice,






After all, what weight could be greater than the weight of nothing?

Quote:

The miracle: Almost having after having had not. The indifference to indifference harbors duplicity. In a world where nothing matters, nothing is every what it seems. Having is a having-not is, perhaps, the only way of having. Nothing seems more grave than indifference; indeed, the burden of "Nothing matters" can plunge one into a fathomless abyss of despair. After all, what weight could be greater than the weight of nothing? Yet "nothing matters" is light-terribly light. The recognition of the insubstantially of it all can prepare the way for overcoming gravity. In this new physics, which is no longer a metaphysics, equations must be rewritten and calculations refigured:

Gravity= Everything matters
Levity= Nothing matters 

With the loss of gravity, nothing remains serious. When nothing weighs us down, we lose our moorings and are left to float freely. The levity that allows levitation is not measured by our distance from the ground but by the way we walk the earth. Paradoxically, the loss of gravity allows us to remain earthbound.

The lightness of touch signals-albeit indirectly- a serious grasp of nothing. To walk the earth with  indifference, we must hold on by letting go. If we are not to sink under the weight of responsibility for making a difference, our holding must be a releasing. Having is a miracle because our having is always a having-not. When we have by having.not, we are able to hold on by letting go. If levity is what allows us to remain earthbound, then nothing is more serious than the lack of gravity. Far from insignificant, levity is nothing more and nothing less than the bearable lightness of being not. 


18.1.12

i'm mortality

do not use beauty as a knife

despertemos

"we will do it short and sweet" -b.

"being on a diet isn't a piece of cake" -n.

my favorite nickname for a dog, the "beso-machine"

 une maison de beurre!



black tea shopping!


decidida a comenzar a escribir mi libro


no one to blame -Erica Jong
Absolutely! #newfavoriteword




monday of feeling like a smelly hippie :)


Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it -Bill Cosby


Ask and you shall receive


pheeew!


soñé. me di cuenta que era un sueño y por primera vez no desperté. 
decidí volar y volé.  #abeginning


God only gives three answers to prayer: 1. 'Yes!' 2. 'Not yet.' 3. 'I have something better in mind.


5 #odd ;)


Once you have learned to love, You will have learned to live -Unknown


God-sends!



un pisa corbatas,

16.1.12

panchioda

‎"size matters not,... Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?...
 For my ally is the Force..."




14.1.12

On Tom Ford

Immigrant Song
Karen O with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Born to Die
Lana del Rey

10.1.12

First time I blog from my iPhone!

"Time seems to slow as perception sharpens"

Vendrá la primavera pero nada como un sol de invierno

Café con leche

Trois portobellos au goût!

Descansé para tres siglos

You don't need anyone. You choose someone. :)

Pancho juega con su uva! #melting

A partner is not about making you happy. It is about learning.

I learn from reflection A (:) world.

1.3c +.o4 x 2 :)

Que tierno mr. Chow!

Por un momento olvidé lo que se siente estar aquí.

I <3 u Steve Jobs!

a promise made,






7.1.12

a Liza Minelli day

New York, New York
Liza Minelli and Frank Sinatra

Rosca de Reyes from Queens!

thank you sis,


thank you r,


from one dimension to another

"i came here because yesterday i changed my name
-Rosalie

after tonight, my business cards will never be the same

y no pude llorar

personalize it!

en mis historias efímeras

surrounded by people who love what i love!

and suddenly you are in a jazz place full with dancing people! #walkingdownnyc

back to school! #definitelysuchanerd

a sonreír que algún día estaremos chimuelos!

testigos de que una historia no pudo continuar

y entonces pensé que sería la última vez que nos veríamos. y por primera vez estuve bien con la idea.

"esto es lo que siento cuando estoy contigo"...y entonces paró el tiempo!

to a.l and a. "now" and "embrace" happy2012 to you!

oh! yes, it is a silent movie! :) #iforgottomention

can't wait to go back home and Cook! #moiunechef

Wednesday to do list: please do not open Pandora's box



pantuflitas,

6.1.12

the most amazing tea cup... Ever!

please, submerge in tea!!! #fun


Design by: Esther Horchner
 

2.1.12

i've been singing this song

Respect
Aretha Franklin


Ps. Today I fell in love with NY... once again.

1.1.12

strength and beauty

what an artist!

PINA BAUSCH

"I am not interested in how people move but what moves them" -p.b.

Love


Lean on me


Life


Wet


Fun


30.12.11

ThAnk you 2011 !!!!


Take me home, to the place I belong

"Strange, it's as if I have known you for a long time"

Whispers of the Heart
Miyazaki



Country Roads
Yoko Honna



Country Roads
Olivia Newton John

27.12.11

Coco et Igor

“It hits him again with the strength of a revelation. 
Rhythm rather than harmony is the organizing principle. 
Rhythm is what connects everything together. 
We all walk to a melody we hear inside our heads, he thinks. 
But that rhythm beats differently for each of us. 
Perhaps love, then, he considers, 
is where an absolute synchrony 
establishes itself between two people. ”
-Chris Greenhalgh 


Sacrificial Dance
Le Sacre du Printemps
Stravinsky





The Opening
Le Sacre du Printemps
Stravinsky
Directed by: Bill Roberts and Paul Satterfield 
  

the stars have moved closer

que mi cuerpo sirva a mi alma


paths that cross will cross again


"of all your work, you are still your most beautiful.
 the most beautiful work of all
-p.smith


seulment le noir


on the Bowery


reveal your vulnerability


"in all the world one may always hope to recapture something lost 
but sometimes we are obliged to set the memory of certain things 
in a dresser of small regrets
-p.s.


estamos prestados -R.


ascend into the sky and descend into a new earth 


alacrán #scarymotif


white medias #tip


stability is a state of mind


all the answers are inside you


in order to change the answer, change the question #tip


feel the possibilities




silk ribbons,

26.12.11

drops reflect the moonlight




sketched by the Zen monk Sengai Osho (1750-1837) to illustrate one of the most essential principals of Zen: the journey to bring meaning out of something that seems to have none.

24.12.11

laundry time!

I got you babe
Sonny & Cher

as if we were made of clay

roles will reverse many times!


there is no pure evil, no pure good, only purity.


"un buen marinero no se hace en aguas tranquilas" -dicho japonés


nada como un bubble bath!
#jugandoaserunpezglobo


un mosquito ambicioso
una abeja confundida


como si el tiempo se suspende. lo paralelo! #


cuando te libero, me libero. 


"some of us are born rebellious" 


my dad loves sunsets! :) 


me sigue impresionando poder volar! 


my tears live inside me


-Hey, what is your situation?
-On Earth or in the Universe?


eat a hol(e)y doughnut!


translate a song and sing it!


sweet 16 my oldest friend r. !


who can know the heart of youth but youth itself? -p.s.


I am free, I am free #mandala


mi tatuaje, la continuación :


a plot twist,

be merry!

when my grandfather died, a zillion stars were born! 
tonight you will all dance more!
please, keep close to me

merry x mas to everyone! :) I hope you all share, laugh and love!


21.12.11

the desire to stir

Lamat
power: channel
action: inspire
essence: attunement
action: beautifies
power: elegance
essence: art


lo que hubo ya no será


admiro a mis abuelos. honrar mi pasado.


nada como un ponchecito. si, un ponchito. no, un panchito. hugs from r to u!


the weight of a sin. 
let's become lighter.


we contain opposing principles


kitchen wisdoms:
-boil as much stuff as you can!
-taste dish until finished
-you always want to eat best things first! (dessert!!)
-measure ingredients à l'intuition
-1 cup of rice= 2 cups of water


me he vuelto platicona! #quetantoestantito


breathe in your life
breathe out your death


celebrate the beauty of sexuality!


"quita tu chivita de aquí" ;)


what is to live by the sea?


back in Mexico City! 


daogv, so happy for you! :) gracias!


aquellos que siguen preguntándose y contestándose por si mismos


el cómo, la forma, lo espiritual
ignorar olímpicamente


"Swan...a desire to speak of the swan, to say something of its whiteness, 
the explosive nature of its movement, and the slow beating of its wings" 
-p.s.




a journey into the body


never become anything but yourself


congruency: so damn hot!


DO, the path


excited about ---> 2012!!!! 




a dandelion, 

14.12.11

sugar pie honey bunch!

to a-c my awesome 50's friend,


I can't help Myself
The Four Tops



10.12.11

words

let them find you


4.12.11

karate kid!

so they said, 


men who catch a fly with chopsticks can accomplish anything!

let's try!!! #fun


... oh the 80s!

3.12.11

tell me the story about us

Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore

Vissi d'Arte
Maria Callas
Puccini




1.12.11

shivers

Shivers
Zola Jesus