STEFAN ZAJONZ


Your favorite virtue ::
the ability to love

Your favorite qualities in a man ::
character and determination

Your favorite qualities in a woman ::
sensitivity and partnership

Your favorite occupation ::
artist, cooking for my girlfriend and visitors

Your idea of happiness ::
a fulfilled life

Your idea of misery ::
occupation

If not yourself, who would you like to be ::
a founder of culture or light dispenser

Where would you like to live ::
on the edge of the sea

Your favorite color ::
midnight blue

Your favorite flower ::
since 2018, white hortensia

Your favorite prose authors ::
Peter Handke, George Steiner, Olga Tokarczuk, Botho Strauß, Bruno Schulz

Your favorite poets ::
Ovid, François Villon, Matsuo Bashō, Hölderlin, Nelly Sachs,
Ezra Pound, Zbigniew Herbert, Joseph Brodsky, Bob Dylan, Karol Samsel

Your favorite heroes in fiction ::
the disciple of Emmaus

Your favorite heroines in fiction ::
the Parcae

Your favorite painters and composers ::
Caravaggio, Fra Angelico, Jean Arp, DADA, Alexandra Hinz-Wladyka
& Gesualdo, Philip Glass, Tomasz Stańko (Jazz), Brian Eno

Your favorite heroes in real life ::
the survivors of the Holocaust

Your favorite heroines in real life ::
the survivors of the Holocaust & personal Krystyna Żywulska

What character(s) in history do you most dislike ::
despots

Your favorite food and drink ::
mediterraean

Your favorite names ::
Esther, Siena, John, Boris

Your pet peeve (something that easily annoys you) ::
arrogance, vulgarity, wasting
The change you most anticipate ::
more justice and equality of opportunity 
A gift of nature I would like to have ::
straight posture

How I would like to die ::
to pass away gently

What is your present state of mind ::
in a concentrated manner

For what fault have you the most toleration ::
for bad manners

Your favorite motto ::
Veni Creator Spiritus

30 mars 2019 - 23:29

Poet & photographer, Stefan Zajonz is living in Bonn.

⊕ Stefan Zajonz

Photo by Alexandra Hinz-Wladyka