Elizabeth

I like/am interested in:
Living, Seeking, Learning, Adventure (creative), Creation (artistic), Blaspheming, Challenging, Wisdom, Truth, Reformation, Society and culture, Sociolgy, Masculinism, Fine arts, Art history, criticism, curating and administration, Art galleries and exhibitions, Artists, Gaspard Ulliel, Jared Leto and Johnny Depp, Makeup and hair artistry, Makeup special effects and prosthetics, Oxide, Tattoo design, Piercings, Bodily modification, Innovation, Imagination, Allegories, Underlying meaning, Profound theories and quotations, Styling/hair/makeup/wardrobe/photographic and set, Design/costume and set, Mode/vintage and retro, Vintage stores, Parisian boutiques, Classically beautiful clothing, lingerie, accessories and jewellery, Lace, Velvet, Silk, Sapphires, Emeralds, Pearls, Decadence, Classic photographs, Dark, beautiful and fragile characters, Colour/red/green/purple and navy, Black, Cosmetics, Perfume, Hair dye, Film/violent/thought provoking/foreign/independent/alternative/arthouse/classic and classic horror, Black humour and comedy, Theatrics, Performance, Musicals, Theatre, Comedy, Commedia dell'arte, Parody, Satire, Nonsense, Post-Modernism, Fetish models, Burlesque, Cabaret, 1950s pin-up girls, Drag, Music/political, Dance, Movement, The Roman Catholic Church/origins/authority/propaganda pieces (visual and written)/opression/control etc., History, Hitorians, Historiography, Archaeologists, Archaeology, The art, architecture, fashion and society and culture (social paradigms, especially religious and spiritual) of ancient, middle and modern societies, particularly Persian/Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism, Jewish, Greek, Roman, Babylonian, Celtic/Samhain (Halloween), The Dark Ages, Medieval law, crime/punishment/torture devices, Gothic, Middle Ages, Elizabethan, Jacobean, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Victorian *especially the Industrial Revolution, Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper*, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Flapper/Art Deco, 1930s-1960s etc., Museums, Elaborate and ornate antiques/antique furniture and other odds, Cannibalistic tribes, families and rituals, Haunting masks, Bizarre costumes, Skin suits, lamps and books, Elaborate coffins, Mahogany wood, Fabergé, Gold, Blood red flowers, Victorian Aesthetics, Tea parties, Old pianos and other haunted instruments, Mechanisms of mayhem, Robotic and metal sculptures, Sideshows, Circus folk, Old, haunted ships and shipwrecks, Wax, creepy, broken and posessed dolls and puppets, Marionettes, Masquerade balls, Twins, Old poisons and alcoholic mixtures in cloudy, crystal jars, Antiseptics, Anaesthetics, Haunted trinkets, charms and jewels, crystals and precious metals, Hidden treasures, Blood stained effects, Rusty, caked blood, Filthy and cracked glass and mirrors, Barbed wire, Occult sounds and church/cathedral hymns, Haunting opera, organs and theatres, God fearing art, design, architecture and societies, Ancient and Medieval propaganda, Castles, Victorian Mansions, Gothic Cathedrals, Labyrinths, Religion/sacred texts, sacred times, sacred people, sacred places/rituals/symbology, Sects/Satanic, Ancient brotherhoods, Secret societies and philosophies, Spiritual freedom, Tribes, Tribal masks, rituals and spiritual ideologies, Tribal art, tattoos, sculpture and architecture, Militias, Gangs, Controversy, Philosophy, Chemical reactions and explosions, Mind altering substances/physcial and mental effects, Light Graffiti, Expansion of the mind, Solitude, Magic, Magicians, Illusions, Misdirection etc., Tarot cards, Oracles, Ouija boards, Dowsing, Palm reading, The Zodiac, Horoscopes, Incense, Candles, Oils, Crystals, Surrealism, Lucid dreaming and nightmares, Horrors and oddities, The occult, dark and macabre, strange, eerie, foreboding, uncanny, bizarre, mysterious and supersitious, Vampires, Zombies, Monsters of fantasy, myth, legend and folklore, Religious and ancient monsters, Fairies, Mermaids, Sorcerers/sorcery, Wizards, Witches/witchcraft, Witch doctors, Dark princes, Tyrannical Kings and Queens, Villainous Lords and Ladies, Treacherous mistresses, Mad doctors and scientists, Posessed/ghost children, Haunted and derelicte houses and mansions, Haunting Grandfather Clocks, Cabinets of mystery, Old, leather bound books, Rusty, ancient keys and homewares, Vintage silver and stainless steel, Vintage silver, stainless steel, marble, crystal and oak goblets, drinking glasses and eating untensils, Cloudy, opal elixirs and potions, Absinthe and the Bohemian Revolution, Old, creaky staircases and floor boards, Booby traps and shifting furniture, Distortion, Mutilation, Stitches, Nazi medicine and human experimentation, Our violent, insipid, prosthetic, mainstream and consumer driven culture, The brutality of man, Blood lust, Detective work, Dissection, Autopsies, Morgues, Serial killers, Sociopaths, The criminal mind, Criminology, Psychology, Human phobias, Mental Institutions/Why/how do we label the insane?, Misanthropy, Megalomania, Animalistic instincts and behaviour, Olfactory senses/exploration of the senses, Abandoned and derelicte factories, crypts and graves, Libraries, Anatomy, Foetus', Abortion, Birth, Life, Death, Specimens, Formaldehyde, Biology/disease and infection, Childhood comforts, memories, nostalgia and dreams, Learning new and inventing words, Colourful candy, Cakes, Pastries, Paganism, Pantheism, Native and ancient cultures and spiritual philosophies, Cosmos, Elements, Nature, Rocks, Minerals, Jungles, Forests, Caves/ice, Log cabins, Mountains, Geography, Animals/dragons/reptiles/amphibians/insects, Zoos, Aquariums, Reflections, Languages, Accents, Culture, Amnesty International, Theme parks, Reading, Creative writing, Writing letters, 19th Century Gothic poetry and literature, Lewis Carroll's poetry and literature, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass *the novels, the film/s and their dark and psychological underlying subtexts*, Lazers, Lightsabers, Inventors, Inventions, Sensuality, Romance, Unconditional love, *provocation of the senses, thought and action*.
Though they cannot be avoided, I do not like:
Assumption and misunderstanding, Authoritarian control and opression, Political and religious terrorism, in particular: The Roman Catholic Church, Abused power and greed, War, Economics, The abused powers of Industry and technological terrorism, subjugation, control and manipulation-"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." (Albert Einstein), Censorship, Sensationalism, Social Darwinism *its effects on the mentality of an uncouth society*- "It was at a particular moment in the history of my own rages that I saw the Western world conditioned by the images of Marx, Darwin and Freud; and Marx, Darwin and Freud are the three most crashing bores of the Western world. The simplistic popularization of their ideas has thrust our world into a mental straitjacket from which we can only escape by the most anarchic violence." (William G. Golding), Western politics, society and culture, Society's insipid, prosthetic, mainstream and consumer-driven values and ideals, Patriarchal and matriarchal ideals, Animal cruelty, Prejudice, Intolerance (racial, cultural and religious), Homophobia, Conservative ideals, Philistinism, Arrogance, Ignorance, Naivety, Narrow minded individuals, Procrastination, Boredom, Most forms of contemporary architecture.