I am a strange and curiously artistic woman from another century trapped in the body of a thirty eight old girl living in a bizarre modern world.I'm endlessly fascinated with mementos of yesteryear. I have an ongoing love affair with vintage photos, and petit tresors. I'm a treasure hunter, a modern- day pirate - intent on finding a diamond in the rough and envisioning it's transformation. it's imagining the possibilities. I believe in subtle depth. I appear observant, sensitive, and reflective, meditating on the events swirling around me even as I act impulsively. when i was young i used to hide in closets. I'm fascinated with the theme of transformation and metamorphosis. i adore fantastical fiction with the flavor of Kafka, Borges, Abe and the like. i love illustrations of dancing bears. i'm drawn to rich mixtures of folklore and contemporary surrealism. I often fall into dream states where I encounter the Buddha and his dogs, a moment of enlightenment, and a journey as a mouse. sometimes i feel like sleeping beauty waiting to wake up. i have a fondness for cemeteries and myths of the four elements. i love the mystery of abandoned places and found objects, and the secret lives of insects, birds, and animals (especially deer). i like to invent haunted dream worlds,
with mythical androgen creatures that stem from cracks and crevices in which a mysterious veiled figure in a feathered gown puts an end to all wars. i wish i knew how to play chess. i sometimes find myself at the center of a dangerous mystery where I unravel the secrets of my mother's past. i recently discovered my father comes from a long line of distinguished freemasons.
I'm interested in lace and Victorian hair. The Victorians created whole pictures out of human hair, which I find both fascinating and macabre. I like to wonder about what it would look like if people's hair just grew that way, into intricate flowers and branches where birds could just land.i surround myself with decaying elegance. it's chandeliers and peeling, faded paint. pools of creamy velvet curtains and layers of sheer muted silks. i'm drawn to pale tan, cream, sepia, gray, slate blue and moss green.for many years i thought that my career would be in writing. my major artistic influences include the works of the Flemish Masters, the art & ideas of the Pre-Raphaelites and Surrealists, alchemy, mythology, symbology, dreams, and the writings of Carl Jung. i haven't lost my ideals. I think beauty affects people in important ways. attempting to create beauty in contemporary American culture, where aesthetic needs, human needs, are always given a back seat to profit and the bottom line, is meaningful. i relate thusly to the early Alchemists, who were trying to make sense of the universe through symbolism.i live for glamour. it's about dressing for dinner. it's about tucking a flower in your hair. it's about dance cards and calling cards. i find beauty in the details. I adore bias-cut silk velvets aged to antique perfection, dressing tables and bead work from the roaring 20's. i lived la vie boheme. it's about delicate lingerie and silk stockings. it's risque. i live in a fairytale world where nothing is discrete, tidy or expected. i remember running about in capes and gothic skirts with lace blouses that have huge ruffled cuffs.it's all who i am.