interviewed by dyanearden

[cellio]

The interview parlor game is back. If you like, request a set of five questions and answer them in your own journal. You should then offer questions to your own readers.

1. Do you read any daily comic strips? What are they?

Online: Dilbert, Fox Trot, Frazz. (Frazz strikes me as similar to Calvin and Hobbes in many ways. if you've never heard of it, check it out!) In the newspaper, most of them except the ones that I actively dislike. Newspaper favorites include Bizarro, Hagar, and Wizard of Id. Oh, and I have a soft spot for Garfield. :-)

2. What is your all time favorite movie?

I don't have one. I like different movies at different times, and even within a given genre it can be hard to name just one. Sorry.

3. What is your "money is no object" dream vacation?

A month or two spent travelling through Europe, with focus on museums, historical sites, and pretty scenery, and including a far-north stop in Scandinavia near the summer solstice to see the midnight sun.

4. Do you have someone you look to as a role model?

Two: my father and my rabbi. My father taught me important principles like honesty, doing what's right (and not turning a blind eye when others do wrong), and love of learning. My rabbi has taught me additional ways to apply all of those and has also helped me work out my understanding of religion.

5. What is your favorite painting?

I'm sorry to wuss on you twice in five questions, but I don't have a single favorite here, either. But I'll at least talk a little about my likes and dislikes more generally.

For the most part, I like art that looks like things, not abstract art that's all about understanding the hidden meaning of this jagged red brush stroke across the canvas (or whatever). That said, I enjoy intricate geometric themes (like in Celtic knotwork), and the subjects of "art that looks like things" don't have to be real -- I've seen a lot of whimsical "space-scapes" that I quite like. I enjoy scenery and critters but am no so into portraits and "still life". (Exception: Robin Wood painted a gorgeous series of character portraits from Anne McCaffery's Pern bookx; I saw the original painting of the first (Robinton) and it was stunning.) I like bold colors.

Comments

[siderea]

There is no amount of money which can buy me a vacation from my vocation. :} That's the problem with being into stuff.

There was some famous (or should I say, notorious) psychoanalyst who took all his wealthy patients with him to some tropical island resort, so he could enjoy a vacation on a tropical island, but still continue treating them. This has been pointed out as a great ethical and boundaries breach. Frankly, it looks like a fantastic idea to me. :D

[cellio]

It's true that your "stuff" is less portable than some stuff is. (For instance, I assume "money is no object" would cover arrangements for bringing musical instruments along.)

This has been pointed out as a great ethical and boundaries breach. Frankly, it looks like a fantastic idea to me. :D

It sounds like a great idea to me, too! Does the ethics issue hinge on the wealthy patients (i.e. some got to go and some didn't), or on the trip itself? If the spychoanalyst was weathy and paid to bring all of his patients along, would that have been seen as a problem? (Assuming no patients with tropical-island phobis, of course.)