a peek into the pit II
Hello, lj land…it been awhile since I’ve gone ghost here.
Most of my online presence has been confined to the 140 character world of twitter since I became disenchanted with all the changes with lj…and I’ve dabbled a bit on google + and tumblr (mainly for art purposes, on tumblr). But nothing compares to the camaraderie I felt with my lj friends, and the intimacy of sharing one’s journal, or the freedom to simply keep my thoughts locked up to myself in a consistent place.
There’s been quite a few changes in my life over the past few years, and I’m sure there have been in yours too. I miss several of you terribly and even though I have the ways and means to contact you via snail mail or even telephone, I have felt like a bad friend for being silent here for so long.
But I miss you, and if you would take me back, let me know…I’m sure my friends list is incredibly outdated. You may even have new monikers!
BiTches-while admittedly I have not been over enthused with B-T’s music recently, I still treasure their 1985-2007 output and have hope that great things can still happen. I check in on the comm now and then even in my lj absence-- its so wonderful to see the love and support everyone has still. The spirit of this community is one of the best I’ve ever seen on the internet. Thanks so much to tigerpal for taking up my slack <3
I have been focused on an early passion of mine, drawing and painting, as well as indulging in creative writing. I have this penchant for old folk tales and southern gothic writing. After a lifetime of trying to imagine myself in a Brontean (or whatever the proper adjective is) or Byronian atmosphere, then breaking free a la the early 20th century Dadaists and other assorted magicians of the word, I am now settling into that old tried-and-true author’s cliché of “write what you know.” And while I know about a lot of things, rarely have I shared in fiction some of the most personal things I know of, such as, creepy southern towns and the nearly forgotten names of places and people there; esoteric spiritual practices hoarded through the centuries; and the cyclical nature of human experience. But its not a complete turn of face, for much of southern gothic has ties with old british folk, and so each complements the other.
I also have taken quite the sabbatical from one of my other passions in life-travel. While I am sad I am not indulging in the Devil Shack Tour quite yet (as I’d hope to in a few weeks), I have made it a point to take more trips, even short weekend ones, or long drives, to places I have not been in a while or to new places. On my flickr page you can see some photosets of recent trips to Arizona to see dead_relenaand a journey to Key West with sakurakurakura .
In more recent news, I have been obsessed with NYC’s production of “Sleep No More.” If you haven’t heard of this remarkable bit of immersive theatre-dance, I suggest you do a google search and read any of the articles. The website is: http://www.sleepnomorenyc.com It looks like it will be here for a while (for a moment there, I had to buy last minute tickets as they kept saying the run would come to an end!), so if you can scrape up the $, I cannot recommend it enough (and I am not at all a “theatre” or “musical” person, but I do adore set design and the aesthetic of this production is as close to my personal style of interior design you can get!).
So, allow me to reintroduce myself, old friends, and, I hope to find some new friends along the way.
~Mal
PS, any “must-join” communities out there on old books, creepy places, decadent writing, travel, etc? My community list is probably a complete shambles and should be purged!
Most of my online presence has been confined to the 140 character world of twitter since I became disenchanted with all the changes with lj…and I’ve dabbled a bit on google + and tumblr (mainly for art purposes, on tumblr). But nothing compares to the camaraderie I felt with my lj friends, and the intimacy of sharing one’s journal, or the freedom to simply keep my thoughts locked up to myself in a consistent place.
There’s been quite a few changes in my life over the past few years, and I’m sure there have been in yours too. I miss several of you terribly and even though I have the ways and means to contact you via snail mail or even telephone, I have felt like a bad friend for being silent here for so long.
But I miss you, and if you would take me back, let me know…I’m sure my friends list is incredibly outdated. You may even have new monikers!
BiTches-while admittedly I have not been over enthused with B-T’s music recently, I still treasure their 1985-2007 output and have hope that great things can still happen. I check in on the comm now and then even in my lj absence-- its so wonderful to see the love and support everyone has still. The spirit of this community is one of the best I’ve ever seen on the internet. Thanks so much to tigerpal for taking up my slack <3
I have been focused on an early passion of mine, drawing and painting, as well as indulging in creative writing. I have this penchant for old folk tales and southern gothic writing. After a lifetime of trying to imagine myself in a Brontean (or whatever the proper adjective is) or Byronian atmosphere, then breaking free a la the early 20th century Dadaists and other assorted magicians of the word, I am now settling into that old tried-and-true author’s cliché of “write what you know.” And while I know about a lot of things, rarely have I shared in fiction some of the most personal things I know of, such as, creepy southern towns and the nearly forgotten names of places and people there; esoteric spiritual practices hoarded through the centuries; and the cyclical nature of human experience. But its not a complete turn of face, for much of southern gothic has ties with old british folk, and so each complements the other.
I also have taken quite the sabbatical from one of my other passions in life-travel. While I am sad I am not indulging in the Devil Shack Tour quite yet (as I’d hope to in a few weeks), I have made it a point to take more trips, even short weekend ones, or long drives, to places I have not been in a while or to new places. On my flickr page you can see some photosets of recent trips to Arizona to see dead_relenaand a journey to Key West with sakurakurakura .
In more recent news, I have been obsessed with NYC’s production of “Sleep No More.” If you haven’t heard of this remarkable bit of immersive theatre-dance, I suggest you do a google search and read any of the articles. The website is: http://www.sleepnomorenyc.com It looks like it will be here for a while (for a moment there, I had to buy last minute tickets as they kept saying the run would come to an end!), so if you can scrape up the $, I cannot recommend it enough (and I am not at all a “theatre” or “musical” person, but I do adore set design and the aesthetic of this production is as close to my personal style of interior design you can get!).
So, allow me to reintroduce myself, old friends, and, I hope to find some new friends along the way.
~Mal
PS, any “must-join” communities out there on old books, creepy places, decadent writing, travel, etc? My community list is probably a complete shambles and should be purged!