Who are your favorite poets? Most of the Beat Poets, also Sam Shephard, Andre Bjercke, Walter Whitman, Arnulf Øverland and Bob Dylan Who are your favorite painters? I love Jean Fouquet, Edvard Munch and Egon Schiele. The crazy colorists have always been my favorites. I also like several pop-art artists, like Basquiat, Warhol, Lichtenstein and Rauschenberg. My favorite conceptual installation artist at the moment is Chinese Ai weiwei. Who are your heroes in real life? I don’t have any heroes or heroines. What are your favorite names? I don’t have any What is it you most dislike? Lack of basic manners, environmental wastefulness and misuse of authority and power – hereunder suppression of knowledge and education. What historical figures do you most despise? Adolf Hitler What event in military history do you most admire?
None, in contrary, I admire the non-military and antiviolent events in history. What reform do you most admire? The abolition of slavery, and the introduction of female liberation in the Western World. What natural gift would you most like to possess? Healing powers, perhaps. How would you like to die? With a smile on my lips What is your present state of mind? Relaxed What is your motto? I have none, I just try to live from day to day, and gradually become a better person, take care of people around me, and be the best version of myself that I can. I still fail miserably from time to time, but I believe I am a nicer person now than 10 years ago, so I guess it is kind of working… slowly :-)