Sunday, August 28, 2016

The Singer Luis Vagner


I was introduced to Luis Vagner by my friend Luis Carlos. Luis made me a cassette record playlist with music that was very special for him and that he loved very much. Within the tape there was this song, Mama África ,  that I myself was very fond of, and couldn't help to play it all the time.


                                         Mama África  -
One of the most beautiful pictures I have ever seen was in which Luis Vagner was embracing  his partner, the actress Angela Correia,  and his little son. The three were naked. I made a copy and put it in my house.


My girlfriend Simone Barros came to my home and was shocked when she saw the picture. Simone was the current partner of Luis; she would introduce me to Luis Vagner in person- and to Buddhism.
 In my opinion, every person has a word, like a mantra, that we associate with other people. In the case of Luis, it wasn't just a simple word. The word expressed an attitude: SMILE. Luis always had a  smile on his face, and we always felt as though a bright light shined on us bringing us joy.
But what is the history of this fascinating man?
Vagner Luis Dutra Lopes ( April 20, 1948), better known by the stage name Luis Vagner, is a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist. He was born in the city of  Bagé, son of Sulema and Vicente Lopes. His father played Jazz, Choro, Mambos, guitar, and was in Brazialian Copacabana Serenadors orchestra. 
His first guitar was present from his grandfather Romario Lopes Brazil, a photographer, minister  and flutist, and since then he sought music on his own way. Still young, he left home to live in University City in Santa Maria, where he met several musicians like Cauby Peixoto, Lupicínio Rodrigues, among others. During that time, he listened to Severino Araújo and Tabajara Orchestra, as well as musicians like Zé Bodega, which greatly influenced his choice of artistic career.

 Luis Vagner discovered Rock when he saw the film Rock Around the Clock, directed by Fred F. Sears, and started writing some songs.
In 1963, he moved with his family to Porto Alegre and formed the rock band The Jetsons.
In 1966, the band moved to São Paulo and became the band Os Brasas.  The original formation of the Jetsons, were only Edson da Rosa and Luis Vagner, with two members: Anires Mark and Franco Scornovacca (who came to record a samba-rock album in 1978). Today he is producer and musical entrepreneur, and father to brothers trio the KLB. The band had its own repertoire, and Luis Vagner and Tom Gomes (his most constant partner at the time) as the main composers. 

In 1967, the singer and composer Demetrios recorded the song "I hurt your heart," first music  written by Luiz Vagner recorded in  disc .
In 1968, Os Brasas recorded their only album with their own compositions. 
That same year, the singer Ronnie Von  recorded the music Sylvia: 20 hours Sunday, written by Luis Vagner and Tom Gomes.
 In 1969, with the end of Os Brasas, Luis Vagner began working in studios as a musician and producer. Participated in some albums (such as the disc of the band of soul Os Diagonais
and his songs were recorded by artists such as the Carioca singer Simonal and Trio Irmãos Esperança.
In 1971, he participated in the album Life and Works of Johnny McCartney as a singer and guitarist along with Potiguar Gileno (Lily Knapp's former partner; They were  a famous young duo - Leno and Lily). The Life and Works of Johnny McCartney was to be the first album recorded in 8 channels in Brazil.
In 1972, he composed one of his most memorable songs: Como?. It was first recorded by the singer and composer Pernambucano Paulo Diniz and later by many Brazilian musicians, including composer and guitarist of Samba-Rock Bebeto.
 Luis Vagner was a hippie, Black Power, beatnik, Rastafarian, and was always in search of happiness, self-knowledge, and realization of all his needs and dreams.
 In 1973, Vagner wrote another song that would make a great success, It is Camisa 10. Vagner wrote the song in partnership with the Carioca composer Helio Mateus, and the song was launched by Santos's Sambista Luiz Américo. The song also became a football anthem.
Luis Vagner has always been passionate about football. He played in his youth in the junior division of Grêmio of Porto Alegre, and in 1989, after the death of his friend Branca de Neve, he moved to France, where he played for a third division soccer club, the Vaux Sur Senne.
In 1974, Vagner recorded his first album, Simple, and fused together the rhythms and musical genres that had accompanied him since childhood. In this disc, the Samba-rock Mas tem zero pro Bedeu as  tribute to Moacir Jorge da Silva, known by popular culture as Bedeu. The song resonates well with ethnic music in Brazil. This album, like some others, is one hundred percent original. That same year he played guitar for the song Experiencia in the album Projeto Salva Terra, sang and composed by Erasmos Carlos.
 In 1975, Vagner recorded the album Cousas e Losas, which is out of print.

That same year Luis Vagner, together with Bebeto, created and composed Segura a Negra, which was part of the Paulistano guitarist's debut album. The song was rediscovered by DJs and twenty-first century Samba-rock groups.
Paulo Diniz recorded the song As Estradas, which was written and composed by Luis Vagner and Tom Gomes.
In 1976 he recorded the album Luis Vagner, which became known as Guitarreiro, because of the success of the song that opens the album, also an autobiography. During this period, he was known as guitarreiro gaucho, a nickname that still accompanies to this day. He continued on the path of musical fusion, with influenced soul, guarânia, and reggae, which still have a great market.
In 1978, Vagner participated in the  Franco Scornovacca disc as a guitarist and had his song Guitarreiro re-recorded in this album. 
. . .and composes Se Você Chora por Mim and. . .
Gandaia, together with singer-songwriter Wando 's songs in the album Eu Gosto de Maçã.
Vagner's composition Guria is part of the soundtrack of Rede Globo's soap opera Dancin' Days.
In 1979, he recorded another album: Fusão de Raças, a more pop culture line of work, while facing more musical diversity.
In 1981, he was honored by the Carioca singer and composer Jorge Ben, with whom he lived during the time of the Jovem Guarda. The song Luis Vagner Guitarreiro started the album Bem-vinda Amizade.
 The samba songs Embrulheira and Como? were recorded by Bebeto in their eponymous album.
 In 1982, he recorded the album Pelo Amor de Novas Pessoas (for love of the new people) and participates in the MPB samba festival Criollo Glorioso by Jorge Ben.
In 1983 Vagner recorded the song made by Jorge Ben named Gretchen, as a feature in the album that bears the name of the singer, and recorded a clip.
In 1985, Luis Vagner was featured in another Brazilian music festival.
In 1986, Vagner released his first live album O som da negadinha, rebuffing the success of his career.

In 1987, Vagner had his song Oi recorded by singer Branca de Neve. And started to practice Buddhism.


In 1988, Vagner recorded the reggae album Consciência.
Vagner joins Tony Tornado, Lady Zu, Carlinhos Trumpete, and Tony Bizarro to record the vinyl Alma Negra.
 In 1989, Vagner conducted a tour to southern Brazil, on release of the album Conciência, which was boycotted by Copacabana Label, which did not send the album to stores.
In 1990 Vagner and producer Mauro Pinheiro, at the invitation of loyal friend and musical producer and percussionist Luiz Carlos de Paula, decided to make a trip to France and there they recordes "Framed" with the band Amis Fidelis. This work has not been released in Brazil. The work was recorded in two stages. First it was recorded  live in Jazz à Vienne, one of the biggest music festivals in France and the second in a studio on the outskirts of Paris called John Lennon. From 1989 to 1991, the musician and producer settled in the city of Vaux Sur Senne, a small village 40 km away from Paris.

In 1992, returning to Brazil, Vagner opened a show at Aeroanta which received the band Os Chorões

In 1994, released "Go tell that he did not see me ...,"  Vagner came back to his old partnership with producer Nilton Ribeiro and wrote the Paradox Brasil Afrosurrealism with the constant presence of reggae and "Swingante" which returns to samba rock.


In 2001, with the return of samba-rock to the music scene, he managed new projects and performed in several houses in São Paulo and Porto Alegre. At such times, he often had special features of São Paulo's band Balance Club, which had in its three songs debut from vinil Guitarreiro.
In 2009 , Luis Vagner was invited by musician-percussionist and producer Luiz Paula Carlos, to participate in an international project, part of "The Jamming Caribbean Group", a Bob Marley Tribute, performing 12 shows in Monte-Carlo.
In  2010 Vagner returned to Monaco and was called by Groupo Sandalhas Prateadas to attend their shows.
In 2011, Vagner was part of the project A Companhia Samba e Funk, performing 10 shows in Monaco. That same year Vagner returned to Brazil and shared the stage with his group Amigos Leais, touring multiple Brazilian cities.
In 2014, he returned to the city of Porto Alegre, where he currently resides.
He now had a Radio show called Na Trilha Guitarreira.





Sunday, June 5, 2016

Dance in Movies Biographical and Documentaries



 
.Dreams in Motion "In the Footsteps of Pina Bausch"



Pina is a 2011 German 3D documentary film about the contemporary dance choreographer Pina Bausch. It was directed by Wim Wenders. The film premiered out of competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.


During the preparation of the documentary, Pina Bausch died unexpectedly. Wenders cancelled the film production, but the other dancers of Tanztheater Wuppertal convinced him to make the film anyway. It showcases these dancers, who talk about Pina and perform some of her best-known pieces inside the Tanztheater Wuppertal and in various outdoor locations around the city of Wuppertal.
Philippina "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director. With her unique style, a blend of movement, sound, and prominent stage sets, and with her elaborate collaboration with performers during the development of a piece (a style now known as Tanztheater), she became a leading influence in the field of modern dance from the 1970s on. She created the company Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, which performs internationally.



 
The Josephine Baker Story (1991) is an American television series . It stars Lynn Whitfield as Josephine Baker, who is regarded for being an international star. The film was generally well-received by critics and has become a success on home video and DVD. The original music score was composed by Georges Delerue. The film was nominated for several awards and won an Emmy Award for choreography by George Faison and for acting by Lynn Whitfield.

Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald (June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975) was a French americana-, dancer, singer and actress who became known in many circles as the "Black Pearl".
She was a  star in a major motion picture, Zouzou (1934) and become a world-famous artist. She refused to perform for segregated audiences in the United States and is known for his contributions to the civil rights movement. She also helped the French Resistance during World War II, and received the French military honor, the Croix de Guerre and was consecrated as a "Chevalier of the Legion of Honor" by General Charles de Gaulle.
In Josephine shows he had a couple of talented dancers Geoffrey and his wife Carmen. He did not believe the luck he was having to work with his idol and inspiration for many years. He was impressed by its simplicity and professionalism.
- "At the end of the show she never moved to the orchestra had finished playing, even if the curtain were lowered She did not leave the stage without apologizing for the driver to have gone out of tune.." said Geoffrey
                                          Geoffrey and Josephine
Josephine was also impressed with the couple, Geoffrey had told her:
- "I did not study, I can dance, I understand music I guess I learned by watching for theatrical analysis I want to work I want to dance like a child playing in the park...."
She saw Carmen as his natural successor.
- "Carmen, Paris will love you as they love me 40 years ago." said Josephine
                                          Carmen and Josephine
And Carmen admired Josephine even more.
- "Now she was a star Empress She already was in his 50s and was not jealous of me, around twenty years.." says Carmen
The next documentary film is about the couple
Carmen and Geoffrey this documentary follows the marriage five amazing decades of Carmen De Lavallade (06/03/1931) and Geoffrey Holder Lamont (08.20.1930 - 10.05.2014) and focuses on their careers as dancers, actors , choreographers and more.
  Packed with archive material depicting the artists at work, including clips from the 1950s and 1960s, as well as footage of their contemporary designs.
The greatest achievement of Carmen and Geoffrey was the passion for each other and for their art. This is what Geoffrey talks about his wife Carmen:
- "Carmen is my source of inspiration and  I preserve. Men when you marry keep his wife as beautiful as the first time you saw. Please do not change it ... Just hold she special. She.... is Carmen De Lavallade, she is not Carmen Holder. This title is from my mother. "
Brincante - Playful Self (2014) A musical journey in the work of Antonio Nobrega, led by the characters John Sidurino and Rosalina - parts of plays "Brincante" and "Second Stories." In a mix of fiction and documentary, presenting diverse cultural expressions like this artist is part of the Brazilian cultural imaginary.
The Soul of the People - Alma da Gente is a Brazilian documentary of 2013, directed by Helena Solberg and David Meyer, which shows the different destinations of people marked by transformation through art. His characters are the 60 adolescents Tide Dance Corps, group coordinated by choreographer and educator Ivaldo Bertazzo in Complex Maré. Em 2002, the choreographer Ivaldo Bertazzo coordinated a dance project with Favela residents adolescents Tide, leading to the presentation of show "Dance of Tides." The documentary shows the routine training and interaction among participants, revealing the dreams of these young people for the future. Ten years later, in 2012, the directors sought the dancers to understand the impact of this event in their lives, and to see if they were able to conquer childhood desires.

The Battle of Passinho - A Batalha do Passarinho (2013), Emílio Domingos, portrays the phenomenon of the Rio suburbs of culture known as small step. The funk dance style has existed since the early 2000s, but was known from the videos on the internet circulation. From there, the dancers began to appear even abroad.

São Paulo Dance Company -  São Paulo Companhia de Dança (2010), Evaldo Mocarzel depicts the hard work routine of the dancers. No interviews, the documentary focused on the visual account of the preparation for the choreographic creation of Polygon, Alessio Silvestrin.


Bolshoi Babylon (2015) A look at Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow, and the events surrounding an acid attack with acid against its director took place in 2013.



Mao's Last Dancer is a 2009 Australian film based on professional dancer Li Cunxin's autobiography of the same name. Li Cunxin is portrayed by Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Chi Cao ( Australian Ballet dancer Chengwu Guo ( and Huang Wen Bin. The film also stars Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen, Wang Shuangbao and Amanda Schull.

Li Cunxin (born 26 January 1961) is a Chinese-Australian former ballet dancer and stockbroker. He is currently the artistic director of the Queensland Ballet in Brisbane, Australia.

Mata Hari is a 1931 American film loosely based on the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer/courtesan executed for espionage during World War I. The film stars Greta Garbo in the title role. The film is credited with popularizing the legend of Mata Hari.
Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeodbetter known bythe stage name Mata Hari (7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), , was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy and executed by firing squad in France under charges of espionage for Germany during World War I.
Desert Dancer is a 2014 British biographical drama film directed by Richard Raymond and written by Jon Croker. Starring Reece Ritchie and Frieda Pinto, the film is based on the true story of Afshin Ghaffarian, a young, self-taught dancer in Iran, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.

Afshin Ghaffarian ( born 1986 in Mashhad) is an Iranian Choreographer, Director, Dancer, and Actor, participating primarily with the group "Rerformances".


The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is an American biographical musical comedy, released in 1939 and directed by H.C. Potter. The film stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, and Walter Brennan. The movie is based on the stories My Husband and My Memories of Vernon Castle, by Irene Castle. The movie was adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Yost and Richard Sherman.
 William "Vernon" Blyth (May 2, 1887 - February 15, 1918) Norfolk, England. and Irene Castle was born Irene Foote (April 17, 1893 - January 25, 1969) in New Rochelle, New York, were a husband and wife team of ballroom dancers and dance teachers who appeared on Broadway and silent movies in beginning of the early 20th century They are credited with reviving the popularity of modern dance.

Flamengo (1995) As a hall fills with performers, a narrator says that flamenco came from Andalucia, a mix of Greek psalms, Mozarabic dirges, Castilian ballads, Jewish laments, Gregorian chants, African rhythms, and Iranian and Romany melodies. The film presents thirteen rhythms of flamenco, each with song, guitar, and dance: the up-tempo bularías, a brooding farruca, an anguished martinete, and a satiric fandango de huelva. There are tangos, a taranta, alegrías, siguiriyas, soleás, a guajira of patrician women, a petenera about a sentence to death, villancicos, and a final rumba. Families present numbers, both festive and fierce. The camera and the other performers are the only audience

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

What Type of Home Is For You?



 

In each group of  five statements, choose the two things, but only two statements, from each group. Make two choices even if it may seem difficult in some instances.

When  you have chosen a statement, put it number on your blank piece of paper in scoring.


A- Thing you Like to do

1-  Go to a Parent- Teachers' committee meeting

2- Attend a neighborhood movie.

3- Go to a home furnishing exhibit.

5- Listen to a lecture on the international situation.


6- Read the local- society section of the newspaper.

7- Read the editorial section of the newspaper.

9- Read the local news in a newspaper

10- Read the household-hints section of a newspaper.


11- Shop for a spring hat

12- Browse through old stores for antiques

13- Shop for inexpensive secondhand chairs

15- Shop for a beautiful but simple oriental scroll


16- Work in your garden

17- Rummage through old boxe

18- Plan a dinner for a family or friends

19-write letters to relatives in others cities

20- Write an article or commentary for a professional journal.


21- Select the materials for making some new curtains

22- Make the curtains according to your taste, and hang them

23- Explain others how curtains are selected, made and hung

24- Show friends the room in which your new curtains are of central interest.

25- Find the best decorator to handle curtain problems.


B- Things you like or don't like

26- Admiration from your friends

27- Loyalty from your friends

28- Respect from your friends

30- Attention from your friends


31- Picnics

32- Cocktail parties

33- Cafeteria meals

34- Tea Room luncheon

35- Buffet diners


36 Mathematics

37- Literature

38- Dramatics

39- Social psychology

40- Applied sciences


41- Optimists

42- Polite people

43- Witty people

44- Logical people

45- Thrifty practical people


46- A job with a respectable-sounding title

47- Steady employment

48- Congenial personal relations on the job

49- Opportunity to try out your ideas.

50- Variety in the work to avoid monotony


Describe yourself


51- A good mixer socially

52- Thorough in every detail

53- Completely reliable

54- Quite aggressive

55- Always natural and at ease


56- Have a great many friends

57- Have few, but close, friends

58- Inclined to be quiet and a little self-effacing

59- Make friends casually under almost any conditions

60 Enjoy and depend, to some extent, on the attention of others


61- Like to argue, but even-tempered

62- Quixote conciliatory in most situations

63- Enjoy being different from the run of the mill

64- Go along with the crowd if personal matters are not involved

65. Make every effort to avoid or forestall disputes


66- Quite precise about details

67- Leave details to others whenever possible

68- Very good at conceiving and developing plans

69- Best at administering plans already established

70- Like to " plan as you go along"


71- Good at looking from every possible viewpoint

72- Good at adapting old ideas or materials to new uses

73- Good at thinking up unusual and new ideas quickly

74- Good at spotting defects or deficiencies in daily situations

75 Good at breaking away completely from habitual thinking


76- Are objective and open-minded

77- Have strong opinions and are not afraid to back them up

78- Enjoy telling jokes to groups of people

79- Like to play around with ideas, especially novel ones

80- Do not care much about other people's opinions about yourself.


81- Like to talk with two or three people with similar interests

82- Enjoy being a part of a fairly large social group

83- Like private chats with influential persons

84- Like to chat with old friends, one at a time.

85- Enjoy talking to anybody, if he is not pressed for time.


86- Like to live in the city, particularly New York

87- Prefer the characteristics of suburban life.

88- Life to be isolated from noise, people, centers of activity.

89- Restlessness urges change of location every few years.

90- Like " elbow room" even if the place may be a bit run down


91- Foreigners stimulate and enrich your life.

92- Distrustful of " foreigners" though perhaps you like some

93- Find it almost impossible to answer an ambiguous question

94- Have no trouble at all answering ambiguous questions.

95- Consider possible results before deciding questions of ethics.


96- Take life very seriously, regret that others don't' do so more

97- Take life lightly 's day at a time

98- Prefer to be a big frog in a little pond

99- Would rather be a little frog in a big pond

100- Look on life as an experiment- no one knows the answer


101- Outwardly a good loser, but it rankles for a long time inside

102- A hard loser in every respect- and show it.

103- Easy come, easy go-a good loser with no grudges

104- Act like a poor loser at the time, but really accept it philosophically

105- Very unemotional-act and feel almost the same whether you win or lose.


106- Consider most people, "the mass," rather stupide

107- Consider almost everyone, saint or sinner, basically good.

108- Consider all but friends potentially, if not actually, suspicious.

109- Accept everyone as a good person until proved wrong

110- Consider only people with personalities as "worthwhile"


111- Believe in an actual physical Hell in the hereafter

112- Thin most people should believe in Hell  for their own good

114- Feel that actually everybody will really go to Heaven

115- Do not care whether there is Hell or not.


116- Are tactful out of an inner sense of kindness

117- Want to be tactful, but in being earnest, sometimes lose tact

118-  Tact is an instrument- to be used where it will to be most good

119- Feel honesty comes before tact, except in special situations

120- Kindly-rarely conscious of the concept of tact


121- Thin-skinned feelings are fairly hurt

122- Thick-skinned; not bothered by what others say about you

123- Become flustered when under observation or supervision

124- Like sharing rewards and responsibility as member of a "team"

125- Accept supervision only if the supervisor is a qualified superior


Scoring Instructions For the Test


The scoring is based on five Types of homes. Each choice you made in the test counts one point for one or another of the types. Below are the home types with a brief description of each- and the test answer that count for that particular type


   Type A - Contemporary Conventional

This type of home is best exemplified by the average real estate dealer's offering in a city or suburban development. House is usually pretty new, though it may need some repairs. Designed for efficiency in modern life, although rooms are likely to be small and boxlike compared with older houses. Many electrical gadgets to reduce the drudgery of household chores. Often comparatively new materials will have been used. Ceilings likely to be low, and little space between your house and your neighbors'. You may be able to mutually "enjoy" home-clean, convenient- but not inspiring in spirit.

scoring points 1,9,11,18,24,26,31,39,41,46,54,56,64,69,71,78,83,87,95,99,101,107,112,118,124.



Type B - Old Fashioned

Usually found in smaller cities, or in the older sections of a city. Likely to be rather small in terms of number of rooms, but the rooms may be more spacious than in type A, the ceilings higher, and there may be both an attic and cellar. Antiques and heirlooms may dominate the furnishings. There is likely to be a piano, and perhaps no TV. There will be a tendency toward fussiness and ornamentation in furnishings. Bonheur or Landseer. Doilies, bric-a-brac, and quaint pieces of fur geared to the demands of modern life.

scoring points 3,6,13,19,22,27,34,37,42,48,53,58,65,66,74,77,84,88,92,96,102,108,11,116,121.


Type C - Modernistic, Sophisticated Severe Chic, efficient.

A minimum of ornamentation, and a maximum of built-in gadgets. An emphasis on efficiency and expensive elegance. Much glass used to bring in direct light from outside. Ingenius use of concealed artificial light. Straight and smooth sleek surfaces predominate, Objects of oriental origin often used for decoration. Interior itself may reflect a strong oriental influence. Severe, sophisticated and often charming.

scoring points: 5, 7,15,20,25,29,35,36,44,49,52,57,61,68,75,76,81,86,93,100,105,106,113,119,125.


Type D - " Barn into a House"

This house gives maximum expression to the owner's personality. House may be actually or figuratively made from a barn. Many old objects have been converted to uses entirely unrelated to their previous functions (i.e., a spinning wheel made over into a floor lamp). Extensive use often made of bargain materials, used originally. House usually in a state of change and alteration. Represents creative activity- High personalized.

scoring points 4,10,12,17,21,30,32,38,43,50,51,60,63,70,72,79,82,89,91,98,104,110,115,117,123.



Type E- " House into a Barn"

This type of house is large, amorphous and follows no set style or design- although at one time it may have. Occupant is one who wants room and freedom from restrictions and social pressures of all kinds. House may have been an old mansion in a currently unfashionable part of town, now repaired and functional, more than ever before. Very little reflection of the occupant's personality except for its practicableness and haphazard style. Has an air of informality- nothing done for the impression it will make. A good place to work, rest, and pursue special interests. maximum of space, minimum of planning and care.

scoring points 2,8,14,16,23,28,33,40,45,47,55,59,62,67,73,80,85,90,94,97,103,109,114,120,122.


Evaluate your test


21 or more points: A definite compatibility between your personality and interest pattern and the type of home indicated. Spend a good bit of time investigating these possibilities further in the light of your own situation.


16 to 20 points: This type of home should receive consideration too. But keep a wary eye open for characteristics in the house that might not quite suit you.


11 to 15 points: This type of home has both advantages and disadvantages about being evenly balanced for you.


6 to 10 points: There are substantial elements in your interest and personality patterns that do not fit this type of home very well. If this does not seem to agree with your personal feelings, check into the situation carefully.


0 to 5 points: Such a wide discrepancy between your personality and interest patterns and those that appear to be suited to this type of house suggests that you spend most of your time and effort considering types of houses on which you made higher scores.


From the book : Decorating Begins with You by Mary Jean Alexander