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Recently,\u00a0Brainpickings<\/a> put together a wonderful compendium of thirty+ \u00a07-word autobiographies of some of today\u2019s most celebrated writers, scientists, artists, philosophers, and musicians.\u00a0They are culled from\u00a0Paul Holdengr\u00e4ber<\/a>‘s\u00a0legendary\u00a0conversations with the world’s luminaries at\u00a0LIVE from the NYPL<\/a>; he always asks for a 7-word bio in the course of the conversation.
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Our three favorites:<\/p>\n

Musician, writer, ex-Talking Heads David Byrne (His is 10 words, defying the rules, which we love):<\/p>\n

unfinished, unprocessed, uncertain, unknown,<\/strong> unadorned, underarms, underpants, unfrozen, unsettled, unfussy\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Author Joan Didion:<\/p>\n

Seven\u00a0words\u00a0do not yet define me.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sculptor\u00a0Anish Kapoor\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(his work Healing is below):<\/p>\n

As if to celebrate I discovered a mountain<\/em><\/p>\n

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What an interesting thing to think about! How would you describe your life in 7 words?<\/p>\n

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\"anish<\/a><\/p>\n

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Recently,\u00a0Brainpickings put together a wonderful compendium of thirty+ \u00a07-word autobiographies of some of today\u2019s most celebrated writers, scientists, artists, philosophers, and musicians.\u00a0They are culled from\u00a0Paul Holdengr\u00e4ber‘s\u00a0legendary\u00a0conversations with the world’s luminaries at\u00a0LIVE from the NYPL; he always asks for a 7-word bio in the course of the conversation. 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