tribal and gothique belly dance, dancing in general, being crafty and creative, RPG computer games, LARP, reading everything from fantasy to science, music, Celtic art and legends, travelling, science, astronomy, astrology, earthquakes, crop circles, menhirs, myths and legends, Medieval history - Europe and Middle East especially, waves and the ocean, thunderstorms, jewellery making, mendhi and henna art, dark victoriana, steampunk, dark cabaret, old fashioned burlesque and vaudeville, dark faeries, pixies, the sidhe, ogham, runes, trees - especially birches and oaks, mad hats - the more the better, spirals,
Rachel Brice, Sharon Kiharan (well, I actually met them)and all the fantastic belly dancers out there
knitters and crocheters of the world
music lovers
Tori Amos, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett in a pub in the UK, discussing left over onion halves
Some politicians with the foot where the gardener never goes
Eclectic, to say the least. Aquired.
Only a small selection of what keeps me alive and sane:
good old rock: Dio, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Heroes del Silencio
folk music - especially Scandinavian and Celtic: Varttina;, Hedningarna, Garmarna, Mari Boine, Solas, Altan, Sileas, Runrig, Dervish, Clannad
progressive/melodic hard rock and metal: Ambeon, Ayreon, After Forever, Flowing Tears, Epica, Autumn, Kamelot, Queensryche, Metallica, Arcana, In Winter, Lacuna Coil, Within Temptation, Pain of Salvation (BE is just great), Mezarkabul, Sylvan, Abney Park, Opeth, Riverside
neo-folk: Faun, Schandmaul, Omnia, Corvus Corax, Schelmish, Cornix Maledictum, Qntal, Estampie, Oysterband, Urban Trad, Niyaz, Violet,
Middle East and Fusion: Pentaphobe, Turku, Solace, Dead Can Dance, Afro Celt Sound System, Azam Ali
80s: Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, Fischer-Z, Rainbirds, Marillion (with Fish)
Singer/Songwriter: Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Loreena McKennitt, Jennifer Rannells,
Classic: Johann Sebastian Bach, Vivaldi (especially when played by Nigel Kennedy), Mozart, Baroque and Renaissance,
ZEITGEIST, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Tankgirl, Immortelle, Wallace&Gromit films, MirrorMask, Mists of Avalon, Hackers, Hair, Almost famous, Save the last dance, Stardust, Elizabeth.
The ones I'm looking forward to: Beowulf, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Golden Compass
CSI - especially Miami!
Other than this I use the TV for news and documentaries mostly. I prefer a good book or conversation.
The other exception would be "Rome".
Mists of Avalon, anything by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, The Book of Merlin, The Eight, DaVinci Code, Neverending Story, Pippi Longstocking, Memoirs of a Geisha, Kim Harrison's series with Rachel, Ivy and Jenks, everything Brian Froud - and whatever else I can lay my hands on. I'm always open for suggestions :-)
Not heroes, but inspirations:
Rachel Brice, Sharon Kihara, Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth I, Mahatma Gandhi, Tori Amos, Brian Froud
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