Wednesday 16 September 2015

Gothique

Spellbound

Like many people I am more of an outsider than the leader of the pack. I am attracted to Gothic sub-culture. I've been to see Gothic bands and have a literary background in the indicated reading matter, but I always knew it was pointless to try and be a Goth.

One icon for me has been Siouxsie Sioux, eternally cool, eternally unattainable. I'd hate to be a music journalist trying to get her to open up, trying to find some way to penetrate her seamless armour.

Just lately I have fallen under the spell of Pantagruella I look at her photos and feel myself falling, subject to the gravity of an allure I can barely express.

They say the moon falls endlessly towards the Earth. I feel like that. I'm as close to the abyss as I can ever be. I need to be content with that.