I was asked recently if I had a motto. That prompted me to make the following list:
- Qui aime juste s’attire un destin
- I never look at you but there is some new virtue born in me, some new courage
- A comma not an exclamation mark
- Dulcius ex asperis
- Nemo me impune lacessit
It made me think of the Salon. If you were to pick a motto what would it be? Is it more importnat that it capture the essence of your being, or should it be something that you strive to attain?
Discussing this with Natarajan, we came up with a game. For a given motto, what sort of person would have that motto? (’I would buy your book’) Could that be the center of a collaborative short story?