Woodland dwellings ,moonlight and intense weather - lightning,Paris, Norway's beautiful natural landscape,the highlands,art nouveau, all things elfin and faerie,American McGee's Alice PC GAME,Labyrinths, optical illusions, trompe l’oeil, riddles and rhymes, deep red wine,black comedy,antique auctions,cross-stitch, animals, walking in forests,natural healing ,natural beauty,yoga, herbs ,lotions, potions,ancient medicine and the tree of life, painting dark and moody portraits , reading everywhere, playing chess,mahjong and scrabble,18th century plays,dandy men, atmospheric music, medieval archery, visiting museums,castles and art gallerys, tarot and astrology,Divination, sewing,costume making, Wytchcraft (the old ways), Arthurian Mysteries,Halloween, Being Cozy, Bonfires, Autumntide, The smell of grass and leaves, Dreaming, Old World Romanticism,Wicked boots, Romantic clothing, Hearth and Home, Family, Ancestry, Shopping for unusual pieces, Art (making it as well as appreciating it), Caves, Deep Mossy Forests, Ancient Cultures, The Full Moon, The beauty of the star-lit sky at night, Naughtiness (in the boudoir and anywhere else), All things Celtic and Eighteenth century, Hauntings & Highwaymen (The Old World kind)- dandy rebels wearing breeches on horses - too hot for words!(faints), Bohemian lifestyle, Poetry, The Sun, the beauty of the passing seasons, Earthworks and Megaliths, Loyalty, Truth, Beauty, and LOVE, magical art which expresses and expands the limits of the imagination (why simply reproduce what is in front of you when you can create what is in front of your minds eye?)
I'd like to meet:
All those who dwell in the wildwood...Fellow Pixies and Faery Folk ,crafters, artists, illustrators and intersting people.
Music:
I like sounds such as wind up music boxes, toy pianos, Sad, slow violins, harp, deep oboe, elegant Harpsichord and all manner of things innocently sinister. Anything that isn't just noise. Music that I can either dance to or I can sit, contemplate and feel some real emotion for.
Movies:
Labyrinth(best film for goblin lovers ever!),Bright young things, charlie and the chocolate factory (the original),ghostbusters, all the monty python films, army of darkness, secret garden,shrek 1 and 2, Snow White,dark crystal,Jan Svankmajer's Alice, alice in wonderland (disney), interview with the vampire, a hazard of hearts, ooooh and loads of gorgeous lavish costume dramas!Hammer Horror, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, silent/ vamp films ,Sleepy Hollow, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Plunkett and Macleane, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Harry Potter (all of them), The Illusionist, the village, Mirror mask, Beetlejuice, Romeo and Juliet (modern version), Bram Stoker's Dracula, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Merlin, The Doors, The Fifth Element, The Matrix, Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Adams Family, Narnia, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, Van Helsing, the prestige, hot fuzz.
Television:
Bernard cornwell's sharpe, black books, the mighty boosh, fraggle rock, steptoe & son, ripping yarns, the story teller, narnia, red dwarf, jeeves and wooster, monty python, frasier, family guy, the real ghostbusters, simpsons, knightmare,the crystal maze, absolutely fabulous, malcolm in the middle,father ted, spaced , qi, black adder, 3rd rock from the sun, farscape, doctor who.
Books:
Too many to list but mainly art and craft, myths and legends, fantasy, history of art, religion and culture .NO CHIC LIT!
Heroes:
Mother Nature, My mum and dad, Ann Sudworth, Jim Henson, Maurits Cornelis Escher, Paul Kidby, Arthur Rackham, Neil Hannon, Helena Bonham Carter, Brian Froud and last but not least my beautiful man!
