I have been an introverted, isolated, over-analytical pantheist, for many a day, while others...just plain isolated. Truly, though I still can hold idealism dear to my heart, I must differ from Donne in saying that every man is indeed his own island, for though we are connected, we, at times remain scattered in painful, yet esoteric pieces. As for being "Goth"?* I must admit:it is an interesting term. I have been classified under it, and I'd like to think of myself as one. Though I cannot state in a few lines a couple of centuries of history, this is the best I can do to make amends: Gothicism is not a color, but a state of mind. Anyone who does not understand this and has no point of view in the historical sense, yet uses the term still, is not far from being with Paolo & Francesca..in my book,*wink*

Student-History of Art & Lit.

I suffer from a deep fascination with Music (mostly Doom Metal, Celtic & Classical, though I hold nothing against alternative & grunge); Art (its history, elements, & plain grandeur); Literature (anything from Medieval writings to the Romantics & Victorians); and The Craft of the Wise (for I find a haven in it).