Scenarios such as this are always fun to ponder:
You are invited to join a group of people forming an experiment in community living. Each person will bring certain things to the group and they will build a library, movie theater, art museum and concert hall and restaurant.
1. What 5 (or 10?) books would you bring to make sure they are included?
2. What 5 (or 10?) movies would you contribute?
3. What 5 (or 10?) great pieces of art would you want to bring? (Maybe not originals, but good reproductions.)
4. What 5 (or 10?) artists or recordings or compositions would you include?
5. What 5 of your favorite recipes would you bring to the menu of the restaurant?
Bonus question: What 5 practical skills and/or personal attributes would you add to the mix that would make the success of your venture likely?
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1. In the interest of getting this done quickly, I'll keep it to 5: The Bible, the complete works of Shakespeare, the complete works of Jane Austen, A Tale of Two Cities, Huck Finn and an old hymnal.
2. It's a Wonderful Life, Enchanted April, Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Napoleon Dynamite.
3. Something ancient http://www.ancient-greece.org/images/museums/eretria-mus/pages/eretria-014.html
something medieval http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=5475&handle=li something Renaissance http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vinci/lastsupp.jpg something Van Gogh http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/Painting/92/Cypresses.html and something modern http://www.artnet.com/PDB/PublicLotDetails.aspx?lot_id=425536733&page=1
4. Tennessee Ernie Ford, U2, Brahms and Copland.
5. Taco salad, Cybill burgers, Sunday muffins, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, crispy chicken tenders http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/chicken-tenders-with-creamy-honey-mustard?autonomy_kw=crispy%20chicken&rsc=header_10
1. I could design, build and maintain a state of the art data warehouse.
2. I can think outside the box.
3. I like to cook.
4. I know how to let other people be.
5. I like getting up early so I could handle the morning shift at the restaurant.
Ok I can't count - that's 6 books.
And only 4 for the music category :)
Avoiding repeats:
1. The complete works of Rainer Maria Rilke, Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather, Jane Eyre, The Secret Garden, a world atlas, the OED, An Interrupted Life by Ettie Hillesum.
2. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, Rear Window, Bread and Tulips, Italian for Beginners, The Girl in the Cafe, Strictly Ballroom.
3. The return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt, something Monet, also Camille Pisarro, a Dutch Master, and a sculpture by Rodin.
4. Mozart, Handel's Messiah, Gershwin, Elvis, 2nd Chapter of Acts.
5. My rolls, cornbread, chicken a la king, Mexican Bean salad, "secret" marinade for grilling chicken, exploding dip, spaghetti carbonara, Grandma's pumpkin pie, saffron buns.
Bonus question: I "play well with others", I am cheerful, good at organizing tasks and space, like leading discussions and dreaming up ideas, good writing skills, lots of energy.
1. The Bible, 1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers, Lincoln's Speeches, Plato's Republic, Sophocles' Theban Trilogy, and the Oxford Anthology of Poetry.
2. Hmm...Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Casablanca, Patton, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and Napoleon Dynamite.
3. Hmm..Chuck Close's Frank, Monet's Waterlilies, Girl with the Pearl Earring by Vermeer, J.M.W. Turner's The Fighting Temeraire, and Van Gogh's Starry Night.
4. Copeland's Third Symphony, "Hi-Fi Revival" by the O.C. Supertones, Mosaique by the Gypsy Kings, Heart of the Heartland by Peter Ostroushko, and Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits.
5. Pasta Alfredo, Mom's olive-oil pressed panini things, apple pie, chocolate ice cream, and French toast.
Bonus: Reading, Intelligence, leadership, cohesion, and sticktoitiveness.
That was fun!
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