Paxgothica
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Female
47 years old
Michigan, Michigan
United States



Last Login: 11/30/2009
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Favorite Quotes:
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire
"It is the sign of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."- Aristotle
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
"Any day above ground is a good day."
"Curiosity is a sign of intelligence."- Ben Kidd
"Just do your best."- Ben Kidd
"There's nothing tragic about being 50...not unless you are trying to be 25."- Joe Gillis in "Sunset Boulevard"
"I love being on the other side of the camera- it's much more fun!"- Betty Schaefer in "Sunset Boulevard"
"Ohio has spawned 22 astronauts, what is it about your state that makes people want to flee the earth?" - Stephen Colbert
"I spent a week in (Findley)Ohio one night." - Me

Interests:
Jewelry Making, Gemology, Costuming, Historical reenacting, Digital Photography (just click "view more pics" for this profile to see samples of my photography), Astronomy, Travel, Paris (I'm a Francophile), cemeteries (I'm a taphophile), the 1920s, Bunnies (as in *pet* bunnies...teehee), History, Historical reenacting/re-creation, Goth Culture, Costuming, Props, Spina Bifida, Independent Films, Gemology, Paleontology, Geology, Community Theatre, Art, S.C.A., Animal behavior, Astronomy, Freemasonry, Interesting people, Interesting and/or new experiences...(I have lots of interests, so it may take me a long time to compile this list...
Here's a link to my jewelry sales on ebay:


Mourning Rose Cameo Necklace
Here's a link to join one of my Yahoo groups, GothBunnies (for rabbits and their gothy owners who love 'em):
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Here's my hubby (check out that handsome Dandy!) and I at Dalley in The Alley '97:
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My handsome hubby is a Past Master of his "blue" lodge, and currently High Priest of his Royal Arch lodge:
(do I sound like I'm bragging? Yeah, I guess I am- I'm so proud of him! ::smile::)


mason

Here's a photo of our Bichon Frise, "Lillias", and our bunny "Batty":
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..La Mode Gothique
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Music

So much music, so little time.....

Movies

Vampire flicks (perhaps I have a vampire fetish?...), sci fi, horror (especially cheezy old b-list horror flicks), Ed Wood, Ridley Scott, Tim Burton, Ray Harryhausen, Brothers Quay, John Waters, independent films, avante garde, silent movies, historical era movies, stop motion animation, "Pink Flamingos", "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", "The Hunger", "BladeRunner", "Legend", "Freaks", "Smithereens", "Rear Window" (the original!), "Nosferatu", "Monty Pyton and The Holy Grail", "Bucket of Blood", "The Howling 2", "After Hours", "A Christmas Story", "Bound", "Iron Man", "Nightmare B4 Xmas", movies that make you think...


The Movie Of Your Life Is Film Noir
So what if you're a little nihilistic at times?
Life with meaning is highly over-rated.

Your best movie matches: Sin City, L. A. Confidential, Blade Runner

Television

(attempting my best snooty, sarcastic Monty Python-esque accent) Oh, I don't watch the telly- in fact, I *flung* my telly out the *window* and hung its *carcass* on a *tree* in front of my house to show the world how *little* television I watch!... :oD
("Wolfman Mac's Chiller Drive-In", "The Dog Whisperer" and "Cash Cab" are current addictions...and the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet is an annual favorite...I miss "The Young Ones" & "SCTV" from the 80s...and "Addams Family" has always been one of my faves..always felt like I'd fit right in with them...)

Books

"The Forbidden Best Sellers of Pre-Revolutionary France" by Robert Darnton, "Ain't Nobody's Business if You Do" by Peter McWilliams, "The Ethical Slut" by Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt, and "Spite, Malice and Revenge- The Complete Guide to Getting Even" by M. Nelson Chunder and George Hayduke ::lol::

Heroes

Is there really such a thing? Be your own "hero"- by doing the best you can at whatever you do (within the ethical boundaries of the 'Golden Rule', of course)...

Groups: Promote Yourself!Carpe Mortem RecordsMidwest Creatives & Vigilante ArtistsDetroit Artists WorkshopAbandoned In DetroitLeLand City ClubGothic LifestyleGoths

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     Paxgothica's Details
Status:In a Relationship
Here for:Networking, Friends
Hometown:Pennsylvania
Religion:Other
Zodiac Sign:Sagittarius
Children:I don't want kids
Education:College graduate

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Photography - Other - Photographer
Past exhibits: "Dirty Show"/Detroit/MI/2009, "Damned" art exhibit/Detroit/2008 & 2009, "Art Attack" exhibit/Detroit/2006, "Retro Art Exhibit"/Detroit/2007, "Studio Seen, Take One" exhibit/Detroit/2006
Fashion - Design - Designer
"Visions of Spring" art exhibit and charity auction, Royal Oak, MI, 1989


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About me:


Thank you for visiting my profile. Please keep in mind that this is my personal myspace profile page, as well as a networking page for my photographic efforts. If I don't know you or haven't met you, then please be aware that I may not acknowledge your friend request (without emailing me first). If you have me on your 'Top Friends' list and would like to be added to mine, please just send me an email to let me know...
I was quite pleased to have one of my photos selected for an art show called "Damned", which was held on Oct. 30th, 2008 at the Tangent Gallery in Detroit:

I have also recently had one of my photos accepted into the Dirty Show Fine Art Exhibit in Detroit:
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I was born with Spina Bifida, and struggle with the effects of SB (particularly as I age). However, I try to not let that fact hold me back too much. (Information about Spina Bifida can be found at www.sbaa.org )
I enjoy many different activities including photography (digital and 35mm), photo manipulation, jewelry making, costuming, historical reenacting (particularly Civil War era and Midieval), props, community theatre, art, gemology, astronomy, crafts, and a few other odd things...
I have a bit of an entrepreneurial spirit,and I'm a D.I.Y. type of person. For example, many years ago I decided to create and distribute my own line of greeting cards. Instead of looking for a job with Hallmark, I decided to find out for myself how to copyright my own designs and then I 'hit the pavement', selling my cards to local gift shops and art galleries.
I have exhibited my artwork (assemblages) as well as my photography. I have experience in community theatre (props, costuming, makeup, playbill, set dressing, lighting, sound, and hospitality), television production (certified by Southwestern Oakland Cable Commission and worked several positions as production crew for a local public access tv show called "On the Scene"), and Midieval as well as Victorian historical reenactment groups. (I'm a card carrying member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, and let's just say I've done a Renn fair or two...) Here's a link to my wardrobing profile:



This summer I had the wonderful opportunity to work on wardrobe for a short film which was an official selection of Christopher Coppola's PAH Fest 2008 film festival:


My increasing health problems have made it extremely difficult for me to continue to live as actively as I used to be able to do. However, I still consider myself quite fortunate despite my physical challenges. I have many varied life experiences- mainly because I'd rather try something and fail than to regret never having tried something which interested me. I am able to balance that 'joi de vivre' with a dose of pragmatism, though...After surviving the corporate rat race in an assortment of different jobs (advertising agency, insurance companies, and even the Sisters of Mercy- the Provicial Offices of the real S.O.M., not the band), I spent 12 years at one job 'putting in my time' in the corporate world until I had to go on disability a few years ago.

A few words regarding my photography efforts:
I love to see beauty in unusual things and to portray the beauty of the faded and worn, the overlooked, the neglected...often with a nod to dark topics (This theme also follows through to my jewelry making efforts).
The japanese term "wabi sabi" could describe my work. Here's a partial description of the term, from the www.nobleharbor.com website:
"Pared down to its barest essence, wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature, of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death. It's simple, slow, and uncluttered-and it reveres authenticity above all. Wabi-sabi is flea markets, not warehouse stores; aged wood, not Pergo; rice paper, not glass. It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather, and loving use leave behind. It reminds us that we are all but transient beings on this planet-that our bodies as well as the material world around us are in the process of returning to the dust from which we came."
I find it interesting that photography uniquely enables an artist to be a voyeur and an exhibitionist at the same time. I may seem to be peering into places, people and things, but the end result often exposes more about me and my perspective than about the subject of the photos...
Many of my photographs are architectural or editorial, although this is not deliberate. My interest in art and history draws me to places like cemeteries (I'm a taphophile), museums, old buildings and old towns which time seems to have forgotten.
I have a passion for costuming and props, and have enjoyed shooting theme photos. I have also enjoyed just attempting to capture things as I see them, allowing the viewer to see the world through my (sometimes twisted?) eyes. (It would be great fun sometime to incorporate more of the items in my vast costume and prop collection into a photo shoot!)
I do not create the subjects of my photographs, but I usually attempt to showcase the beauty of them. I find it challenging to show the extra-ordinary in the ordinary, rather than simply photographing subjects which already meet societal standards of beauty.

A more extensive selection of my photography (along with my art and photographic exhibition resume) can be seen at links elsewhere on this profile page. My jewelry making efforts can be viewed at: THIS LINK and HERE. (also, please check my "Interests"...)

~ A few words regarding Model Mayhem:
Ever noticed how the ModelMayhem site hardly ever works? Well, I have. And any site which claims to be a site for professional photogs and models, while permitting "GWC" as an option for profiles and allowing profiles for cats/dogs/teddy bears/etc. can't really be *that* serious about modeling and photography... I am currently looking at other photography/modeling sites whose members are more professional people.

~ Here's a vid from that "Phantom of the Opera" movie remake, which apparently features the Garnier Opera in Paris- it is *so* cool to have been able to see an opera from one of the box seats shown in the film!! The Garnier is even more beautiful in person than it looks in the film, though! (my eternal thanks to my dear friend, Lee, for making that wonderful night happen!!). To see my photos of the Garnier Opera House, check out my "An American in Paris" photo album.


I am 71% Tortured Artist.
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Art is significant in my life, people are scum but I have the capicity to deal with it. Give it a few more years and I will either forget about art or hate the world.




(Here's a Gregorian chant version of Depeche Mode's "Blasphemous Rumors"- how cool is that?!)

You scored as Nosferatu. You belong to the Nosferatu bloodline. The Nosferatu are the spies and theives of the vampire underworld who prefer to go without being seen. This is fitting as their bloodline has twisted them into hideous, loathesome creatures. As such, most other vampires only speak to them when they absolutely must, making them quite the social outcasts. At least the sewer rats seem to like you.

Nosferatu

92%

Tremere

75%

Malkavian

63%

Brujah

63%

Gangrel

58%

Ventrue

25%

Toreador

25%

What vampire clan do you belong to?
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You Are 89% Feminist
You are a total feminist. This doesn't mean you're a man hater (in fact, you may be a man).
You just think that men and women should be treated equally. It's a simple idea but somehow complicated for the world to put into action.

Your Ideal Relationship is Polyamory
You want to have your cake... and everyone else's.
Which isn't a bad thing, if everyone else gets to eat too!
You're too much of a free spirit to be tied down by a traditional relationship.
You think relationships should be open and free, with few restrictions.

You Are 60% Emo
You're not emo, but you're plenty thoughtful, unique, and even a little angsty.



You scored as The Trainer. You're a teacher, a trainer. You can take any man on the planet and transform him into Your personnal slave. You use punishments and rewards intelligently. You want Your slave to always improve himself and to be the best slave he can be. And You want him to be well mannered and totally respectful.

The Trainer

75%

Teasing and "bitchy"

74%

Sadistic but indulgent

74%

Lifestyler

73%

Fussy and demanding

67%

Psychologist

65%

Humiliatrix

60%

The Player

59%

Kinky and sex driven

58%

Possessive and controlling

57%

Cold and distant

53%

Loving, caring and with submissive tendencies

53%

Female supremacist

44%

Extremely sadistic, twisted and pitiless

24%

Which kind of Domme are You?
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Who I'd like to meet:

Frida Kahlo, Johnny Depp, Dave Vanian, Bettie Page, Mike Halloran, Gloria Swanson, Cecil Beaton, Anais Nin, Louise Brooks, Rudolf Valentino, Bruce Campbell, Howard Stern, Vincent Price, Stephen Hawking, Mike Rowe, Christopher Reeve, Ben Bailey, and last, but certainly not least, You!




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Jul 27 2009 7:16 AM

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Lee

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Jul 25 2009 9:24 PM

Just stopping by to say hi. Miss you.

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Jul 22 2009 12:50 AM

It was a pleasure meeting you! Hope to see you soon on a Monday! Remember to let me know before hand and I can take of ya!!
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Jul 14 2009 2:01 PM

have a great day!
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