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elrhiarhodan's journal several times
1. What is your favorite poem? Can you recite part of it from memory?
mine is "Correspondances" by Charles Baudelaire. It was published as part of his "Fleur du mal" poetry collection, containing a total of 100 poems (in the first edition from 1851, later editions had more. I read it first in school, and even though I didn't understand it at first (or at least not completely), there's something about this poem that draws me in.
2. What is your favorite work of visual art? Can you sketch some of it from memory?
I got several favorite paintings, e.g. the several Water Lillies paintings by Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec's posters for the Moulin Rouge, Da Vinci's "Last Supper",... but my most favorite among them is "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh. And no, I can't draw anything at all.
3. What is your favorite piece of music? Can you sing or hum any of it from memory? Bonus points if you can sing a line of harmony from it.
First of all, I have to say that most of my favorite music is from the two decades between the 1970's and the 1990's (to fans also known as the "Supernatural Soundtrack", since lots of the music used in the show originates from these periods of time). Listing them all here would kill LJ (and would never be complete), so I pick a song from that time that I love dearly - Bon Jovi, Livin' On A Prayer (1986):
In regards to classical music, the "Barcarole" from "The Tales Of Hoffmann" by Jacques Offenbach is my favorite piece and while it's not linked to a certain event or memory, it has accompanied me pretty much my whole life. Here is a video where it is sung by two of the best female opera voices today, Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanca.
4. What is your favorite dance form? Can you dance it yourself, however badly, or is it something for which you are mostly a spectator?
Pretty much everything latin. Samba, Cha-Cha-Cha, Paso Doble, Rumba, Jive. And since I have a) two mean left feet and b) health issues in my left ankle, I leave dancing to the pros and watch with awe and rapture.
5. What is your favorite work of literature? Have you committed any of it to memory?
I started with a French author, and I end it with a French author. My favorite work of literature is "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas. I read it for the first time back in the early 1990's, mainly for school, but after the first chapter or so, I was captured, both by the story itself and by the writing style of Dumas. Even though I read it several times since that, I can't remember a part of it.
elrhiarhodan's journal several times1. What is your favorite poem? Can you recite part of it from memory?
mine is "Correspondances" by Charles Baudelaire. It was published as part of his "Fleur du mal" poetry collection, containing a total of 100 poems (in the first edition from 1851, later editions had more. I read it first in school, and even though I didn't understand it at first (or at least not completely), there's something about this poem that draws me in.
2. What is your favorite work of visual art? Can you sketch some of it from memory?
I got several favorite paintings, e.g. the several Water Lillies paintings by Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec's posters for the Moulin Rouge, Da Vinci's "Last Supper",... but my most favorite among them is "Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh. And no, I can't draw anything at all.
3. What is your favorite piece of music? Can you sing or hum any of it from memory? Bonus points if you can sing a line of harmony from it.
First of all, I have to say that most of my favorite music is from the two decades between the 1970's and the 1990's (to fans also known as the "Supernatural Soundtrack", since lots of the music used in the show originates from these periods of time). Listing them all here would kill LJ (and would never be complete), so I pick a song from that time that I love dearly - Bon Jovi, Livin' On A Prayer (1986):
In regards to classical music, the "Barcarole" from "The Tales Of Hoffmann" by Jacques Offenbach is my favorite piece and while it's not linked to a certain event or memory, it has accompanied me pretty much my whole life. Here is a video where it is sung by two of the best female opera voices today, Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanca.
4. What is your favorite dance form? Can you dance it yourself, however badly, or is it something for which you are mostly a spectator?
Pretty much everything latin. Samba, Cha-Cha-Cha, Paso Doble, Rumba, Jive. And since I have a) two mean left feet and b) health issues in my left ankle, I leave dancing to the pros and watch with awe and rapture.
5. What is your favorite work of literature? Have you committed any of it to memory?
I started with a French author, and I end it with a French author. My favorite work of literature is "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas. I read it for the first time back in the early 1990's, mainly for school, but after the first chapter or so, I was captured, both by the story itself and by the writing style of Dumas. Even though I read it several times since that, I can't remember a part of it.
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