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About Me


My name is not really Reve (said "rev" / french for "dream"). This is a stage name that was given to me by some friends in New Orleans. I have used it for that purpose ever since.
I am what some might consider an artist, though I am often overflowing with doubts about that. I paint, draw, sculpt and generally create by whatever means I might have at my disposal. I also dabble in computer generated art like music production, 3D animation, flash, photoshop and general web design. The creation of art is central to who I am as a person. When I am doing one thing I am generally easily distracted by the other. Without the ability to create I am nothing.
Besides that I am many other things. I am an emotional thinker, influenced mostly by the very dramatic revelations that occur in life. I have cried over a passing herd of clouds, marvelled at the alien that is a human being and spent a great deal of time picking apart every aspect of reality and every possible outcome of existence. I am a person who has thought deeply about what I believe and will not be told by other people what "truth" is. I believe in things we don't understand but not in things we can not see, even if it takes a microscope or a telescope to do so.
I believe in God but I think that God is a terribly misunderstood and also misrepresented thing. I believe God resides in every last one of us and every last one of us resides in God. Without any one of us God is incomplete. I believe in Karma.
I believe that time is not what it seems but rather is a stationary thing upon which we move. I do not believe in Heaven. At least not like most people do. Nor do I believe in reincarnation. At least not like most people do. To me the soul is like a raindrop and Heaven is like the ocean. Every drop that falls into the ocean becomes a part of every drop that is pulled out. No one drop can ever be pulled back out just as it fell in. In this sense I believe that we have all always been here and we have all been one another and we all ARE one another and we always will be.
Besides what I believe in I am still more. I am a deeply flawed and wounded person, just like any one else. I don't like to be questioned and I don't like to be watched. I am a loner in many ways and have always preferred it like that.
I am a twin. I have a semi-mild form of tourettes. I am a homosexual. I am easily addicted. I am a narcissist, an egotist and a genuine asshole. I am dellusioned. I am a monster. I am beautiful and sensual. I am perverse. I am real. I am judgemental and opinionated. I am genius. Disconnected. I am considerate. I am bitter. I am lost and I am right where I should be. I am everything that you are and everything that you're not.


My Interests

I take a great interest in many things. I prefer things that are hard to come by whether they be animate or inanimate, real or surreal, physical or metaphysical, you get the picture. I'm interested in:

apocolypse culture
past, present, future
midevil times on other planets
world music & opera
theatrics of every kind
costumery
the inner workings of the redneck mind
religious fanaticism
all things involving rusty machinery
music production
all aspects of outer space
inner space
architecture
mobile home culture
abnormal psychology
sexy twins
sexy anything
sledge hammers
small dogs
overweight cats
street maps
thoughtful and imaginative people
I will definately have to think about this one a bit more...

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet YOU...

Goldrfrapp (Happiness) yay!

(A&E)

siouxsie (into a swan)

frida (there's something going on)

nina hagen (so bad)

goldfrapp (train)

siouxsie (stargazer)

danielle dax (cathouse)

lisa gerrard (cantera) just watching her sing this nearly pulls me out of my skin :)

massive attack (teardrop) of course

this mortal coil (song to the siren)

diamanda galas w/ recoil (strange hours)

natacha atlas (Leysh Nat'Arak)

cranes (beautiful friend)

lene lovich (bird song)

shakespear's sister (stay) for goddess, where ever he may be

yaz (nobody's diary)

kate bush (hounds of love)

the sugarcubes (hit)

peter gabriel (digging in the dirt)

laurie anderson (excellent birds)

the breeders (divine hammer)

throwing muses (not too soon)

concrete blonde (everybody knows)

Music:

When It comes to music I mostly love the female voice. I love world rythms and percussion. I love highly dramatic and textured music and I almost always prefer some kind of hybrid / fusion style over something very straight forward. Of course I also still love the stuff that got me through high school. Some of my absolute favorites:

goldfrapp
siouxsie and the banshees
the creatures
cranes
dead can dance
lisa gerrard
ekova
azam ali
vas
niyaz
natacha atlas
transglobal underground
banco ge gaya
amina
sortun muld
garmarna
varttina
hedningarna
hector zazou
this mortal coil
massive attack
cocteau twins
the sugar cubes
shiela chandra
peter gabriel
pixies
yaz
midnight oil
the clash
public image ltd.
concrete blonde
patsy cline
tina turner
sinead o'connor
laurie anderson
nina hagen
lene lovich
danielle dax
rasputina
kate bush
grace jones
nico
kate bush
phillip glass
kronos quartet
arvo part
dadawa
attrition
bel canto
etc...

Movies:

Really anything dark / avante garde / beautiful / hilarious / sexy and well done... I love dramatic movies with costumes and make up. I love aliens. I love erotic films. Some of my favorites include:
close encounters
city of lost children
delicattesen
anything in the alien series
big fish
sleepy hollow
edward scissorhands
little miss sunshine
pan's labyrinth
lord of the rings
life is beautiful
happiness
war of the worlds (original)
the cell
what dreams may come
pleasantville
truman show
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
heavenly creatures
lilies
legend
mirror mask
running with scissors
silent hill
marie antoinette
elizabeth
powder
mad max (beyond thunderdome)
beloved
the secret of NIMH
the wizard of oz
death to smoochie
contact
prospero's books
memoirs of a geisha
house of yes
carrie
nightbreed
hellraiser
waiting for guffman
a mighty wind
dirty love
a dirty shame
hairspray
welcome to the dollhouse
anything from bruce la bruce
napolean dynamite
poltergeist
secretary
the life aquatic
the witches
foxes
grease
anything pornographic
office space
strangers with candy
the incredibles
eulogy
the craft
dark city

Television:

6 feet under

Books:

I wish I could say that I read all the time, because I enjoy it immensely. However, I really haven't read an amazing amount. Of what I have read I really enjoy:

other voices other rooms
music for chameleons
the hellbound heart
geek love
confederacy of dunces
the holy blood and the holy grail
running with scissors
magical thinking
dry
naked
mrs. brisbee and the rats of NIMH
lost souls
the wind in the willows
the wizard of oz
carrie
the stoned apocolypse
David Sedares

I also love to look though gigantic books of art and photography and I love to read the newspaper...

Heroes:

lisa gerrard, siouxsie sioux and my momma...

My Blog

Eat Yourself

I can't quite put my finger on this but this song is just about the most beautiful I've heard in ages. She sounds like an old time mountain country singer, I think. I can't stop listening to it. Gol...
Posted by reve on Wed, 07 May 2008 01:46:00 PST

Day 62

Day 62 and all is well. I wish I could explain all I have learned and all I have experienced over these 2 months. It hasn't all been easy but it's all been for the better. I guess I didn't realize how...
Posted by reve on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:00:00 PST

new music

{click here to visit the page for "never mind"}{click here to open "never mind" in media player}{click here to download "never mind"}I have to preface this track by saying that this is, without a doub...
Posted by reve on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:55:00 PST

naked

There is so much nudity in the world anymore that it's become a bore. What was once a thing of beauty to behold in rare occurances has become  a standard daily thing that is quite unexceptional.b...
Posted by reve on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:15:00 PST

radio jesus

radio jesus is a music project I have been working on. you can hear it at myspace.com/radiojesus2012. check it out.
Posted by reve on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:16:00 PST

if

    If you can read this then you are too close.
Posted by reve on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:11:00 PST

some

some might like to see all of the things along the way.i just want to get there...
Posted by reve on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:08:00 PST

In loving memory

I am utterly heartbroken. I just recieved the news today about someone who was my friend and who I had not seen in over three years. Before that I saw him every day and I was always happy to do so. H...
Posted by reve on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:39:00 PST

It's been a long time since I have seen you last

I have been doing very well, I thought you might like to know. Finding my way and seeking higher ground. Not so bad at all, really. I have been learning how to cook. Yesterday I made a quiche, which i...
Posted by reve on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:09:00 PST