arielle

Likes/Loves: Rummaging around thrift shops; so many trinkets and treasures, trophies and traces of other people, other lives, odd vestiges of odd realities.. , Music; listening, collecting, making, memorizing, mesmerizing, replaying on the speakers and in my head, nostalgic memorandum, piano.., The smell of old books. Sneaking up to paintings in museums standing far too close for security guard's comfort and smelling the enamel. Writing till my hands hurt.. then doing so some more. Singing, screaming, rhyming, dreaming. Hand sewing in an "erratic" manner. Old clothing, vintage if you will, there's no class anymore and they don't mak'em like they used to. Playing dress up. Hat boxes filled with scarves. 50's bathing suits. Guitars.. Instruments of any kind really. My projector. Comic books. Electric cellos playing rock and roll metal fusion. Sara. Dancing; anything but ballet. Painting painting painting. Morbid pretty things. Good old horror movies. Old cars. Discarded fabric. Special boxes filled with special trinkets. Hip hop. Exploring other people's boxes. Old cigarette holders. Zombies. The human body under the skin. The human heart under the mind. Rosaries and other catholic charms and icons. Strange adventures. Mannequins. Musicians. Mutilated dollies. Jarred herbs. Bottled sand from far away lands. Sun-bleached bones. Big lips. Making things. Cooking. Devouring. Craving. Showering.. and baths too.. with bubbles on occasion. Tea box art. The smell of christmas without the actual christmas. Lemons oh lemons! Multi-medium creators.. and the poly ones as well. Theatres; indoor and out. Red lipstick. Passionate letters. Photographing girls in pretty dresses. Sometimes being photographed. Revolution. Muses. Randomly speaking in other dialects, sometimes for weeks or months at a time. Edward Gorey. Thievery. Piracy. Over analysis. Under analysis. Reading. Yards surrounded by blackberries. The woods. "Fantasy" creatures. Love. Debauchery. Jacky O glasses. Empty cigar boxes. Insanities. Research. Epiphanies. Being nakey.. and calling it nakey. Eroti-"cism" and "ca". Corsetry. Make believe. Words. words. words. Turbulence on the plane. Traveling as much as possible. Magical places. Making places that seem plain, magical. Old kitchen-wears. Books from childhood. and so so much more...Dislikes: Insufficient communicators, people who claim to be void of creativity, too girly girls, war, feeling that precious time is being wasted, the ebb of inspiration, cleaning up after painting, not believing an actor in their role, assumptions, tired rhymes, pleasentries, liver, bundling up.. eh. whatever.