Farryl Purkiss
singer-songwriter, musician, 30, South Africa
photo by Deon Maritz
"The times they are a changin’"
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? To live a life in fear of love. The ultimate contradiction.
What is your idea of earthly happiness? Been blissfully unaware and uninfluenced to the "faults" the world has tagged you with. As well as learning how to be open to give more love than you are even able to receive.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent? Laziness. Criticism. KFC.
Who are your favorite characters in history? Jesus Christ, Mahatma Ghandi, Robert Johnson, Dr. Seuss.
Who are your favorite heroines/heroes in real life? Nelson Mandela, Bob Dylan, my mother.
Who are your favorite heroines/heroes of fiction? The Three Musketeers.
Your favorite painter? Van Gogh.
Your favorite musician? Bob Dylan.
The quality you most admire in a man? Friendship.
The quality you most admire in a woman? Motherhood.
Who would you have liked to be? Robert Johnson's best friend.
Your most marked characteristic? The inability to come up with an honest answer to this question.
How do you like to spend your free time? Lots of BBQ's, surfing, chasing chickens on the farm I live on, vinyls, and wondering around the farm with a cup of coffee, and a serious look of contemplation on my face.
What do you most value in your friends? Their loyalty.
What is your principle defect? My ability to cast judgment on others. I have absolutely no right.
Who are your favorite writers? Dr Seuss, Roald Dahl, John van der Ruit.
What is it you most dislike? Politics, bad drivers, tax.
What thing you learned the hardest way? To gain ones respect you have to earn it.
What event in history do you most admire? Any man or women who, without question or hesitation, gave their lives in pursuit of making the world a better place.
What natural gift would you most like to possess? The ability to be able to play any instrument I lay my hands on well.
What habit or characteristic you picked up during your early years? To raise one eyebrow when ever in deep thought, contemplation, or doubt.
What books or movies had a very strong impact on you? All movies by Wes Anderson. The Bible
How do you think, what is the biggest achievement of our time? The internet. Never again will we be bothered at our homes by encyclopedia salesmen.
What person or character can you call the role model or example for your generation? Nelson Mandela. A man who can be locked away for 27 years for simply defending human rights, and then be released as the new leader of a country, and not want revenge, takes a discipline I can't even imagine. He is the face of forgiveness and unity of our time.
What is your present state of mind? Hopeful.
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