Art, horror and beauty, in all their various forms. Creativity. Archaic objects, and practices. Writing on paper, with pen and ink. Candlelight. Gaslight. Kerosene lamps. Spectacles on a pretty face. Daguerrotypes. Tintypes. Females who wear gloves [ and goggles ]. Spyglass telescopes. Spurs. Whiskey. Mescal. Steam engines. Tesla coils. The camera obscura. Absinthe, after midnight. The Can Can. The Moulin Rouge. The Grand Guignol. Lapsang Souchong. Bronze patina. Victorian ladies. Clockwork dolls. Music boxes. Cowgirls. Saloon paintings. Desert twilights. Campfires. Airships. Ruins. Graveyards. Abandoned churches. Cemetery statuary. Connemara marble. Ancient swords. Pirate wenches. Belly dancers. Masques. Ballerinas. Veils. Toy theatres. Hourglasses. Gothic eyes. Winged females. Black kisses. Iron. Brass. Celtic silver. Archery. Crosses. Antique mirrors. Scarecrows. Barbed wire. Leather gauntlets. Old coins. Gas masks. French postcards. Skeleton keys. Pocket watches. Wanted posters. Pine boxes. Soiled Doves.........
Irish music. Country. Ethereal. Chamber music. Gregorian chant. Metal. Goth. Industrial. Opera.MY "three graces" - Kate Bush, Tori Amos & Regina Spektor. The jewel, Sarah Brightman
VERSAILLES
Black and white. Sepia tone. Silent. "La Belle et la Bete." The Great Train Robbery. Metropolis. Nosferatu. Le Voyage Dans La Lune. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. High Noon. The Bride of Frankenstein. Dead Man. The Fabulous World of Jules Verne. Seven Samurai.
Novels. Short story collections. Poetry. Picture books. Art catalogues. Language dictionaries. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland and Through The Looking-Glass. Jules Verne. Edgar Allen Poe. H.P. Lovecraft. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Charles Dickens. Jane Austen. The Brontes. William Shakespeare. Louis L'amour. Elmore Leonard.
Sir John Tenniel. Edward Gorey. Ernest H. Shepard. Julia Margaret Cameron. Clive Barker [ a true Renaissance man ].
Alfread Lord Tennyson, John William Waterhouse and Loreena McKennitt, for their perfection - The Lady of Shalott