36 QUESTIONS FOR 36 CHAMBERS with Mike Giant author of Muerte...

A. Tell us your favorite

1. Musician/band
- Metallica

2. Movie
– Ghost Dog

3. Book/writer
  – “The Secret Teachings of All Ages” by Manley P. Hall

4. Food
– Pizza

5. Artist
– Ed Hardy

6. Place you’ve been
– San Francisco

B. Tell us your worst

7. Musician/band
– David Hasselhoff

8. Movie
– Anything that features gratuitous violence

9. Book/writer
– The Bible

10. Food
- Meat

11. Artist
– I can’t hate on any artist.  Nothing but love

12. Place you’ve been
– San Salvador, El Salvador

C. Tell us one thing...

13. …you would like to see change
– The US prison system

14. …you would like to remain the same
  – Easy access to marijuana

15. …you would like to try
– Group sex

16. …you would never do again
– Own a car

17. …you would like to do before you die
  – Master yoga

18. … you would like to do right now
- Draw
 
19. Who’s your Mona Lisa?  
- Megan Louise Torres

20. Who’s your hero?
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

21. Who’s your antihero?  
- George W. Bush

22. Who’s your sexual icon?
- Manuel Ferrara

23. Who would you like to bring back from the dead?
- Aubrey Beardsley

24. Whom would you be interested in doing a collaboration with?  
- Charles Burns

25. What did you want to be when you were a child?  
- An architect.

26. What was your first job?
- Cashier at McDonald’s

27. What was your last dream/nightmare?
- I never remember them.

28. What is your definition of success?  
- A healthy body and mind.

29. What are your projects for the future?
- REBEL8 will keep me busy for a LONG time, and I’ll continue to pursue various publishing projects and collaborations.

30. What would someone have to do for you to fall in love with him/her?
  - My Buddhist practice has shown me that it is incredibly important to love everyone and everything.  Love is the base energy of life.  It heals and nourishes.  I try to keep my heart open to the love that is always available in the present moment.  For me to “fall in love” with someone simply means that I am allowed to sink into another person who has also opened their heart.  Deep down, we all want to love each other.  It’s a shame that we don’t.

31. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?  
- Right here in San Francisco, drawing and cycling every day.

32. Where do you look for creative inspiration?
- I feel like as long as I’ve been alive my senses have been constantly collecting inspirational material.  So a lot of times I’ll just look within.  I settle my mind in meditation and wait for the next image to coalesce.  Simple as that.

33. Where would you like to do your next show?
- I don’t really care to show in galleries anymore.  I’m pretty content just showing my work here in San Francisco.  At this point, doing a show for a gallery is kind of a personal favor.  It’s not something I’m pursuing.  I deal with my tattoo business in much the same way.

34. When was the last time you cried?
- Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #4 brought me to tears yesterday.

35. When was the first time you realized you were no longer a child?
- When I lost my virginity.

36. When you wake up in the morning what is the first thing that comes to mind?  
- “Damn, what time is it?”

VIA: DRAGOLAB