Five questions: Audra Boxberger and Mirah

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Mirah is an indie-folk singer-songwriter based in Portland, Ore. She was in Lawrence last weekend, when she played at the Jackpot Music Hall. Her newest album (a)spera, was released in March.

Who are your favorite authors? Poets? Artists?

Mary Oliver, Patti Smith, Yoko Ono, many more. I don't believe in favorites.

If you could learn how to do anything in seconds, what would it be?

Speak every language.

What is something that you feel you haven’t achieved in your life so far?

Enlightenment. Or, wait — how about an excellent sense of humor.

What do you feel is one of your greatest achievements?

I would never ask myself that question as answering it would push all other contenders for the position either up or down. And any more responding with my thoughts about this question would require me to use the word achievement over and over and then the word would start sounding too weird to even be a good thing at all. Better to just leave it alone.

If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be?

It's OK here.

Audra Boxberger, Olathe junior, Speech-language-hearing major

Barbra Kingsolver, Emily Dickinson (cliche?), Dave Bazan
I'd learn another language. Wait — is there a limit? Can I learn like five or 12?
World peace. Seriously. Want to join my revolution?
I was raised in Johnson County and still somehow manage to be a relatively stable, healthy and intelligent person.
Seattle, Seoul, Scandinavia, South Africa, Sydney. You know, whatever.

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