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"...being Goth, for me, is seeing beauty, and its coming destruction, at the
same time. For me...It's the last dance as the walls are crumbling around you..."
"[Goth] is the ability to find the art where art seems to be lacking; to find
the light in the darkness and embrace it for all its worth..."
| Its unique music, art and literature. |
 | The use of extreme black clothing, light colored makeup, unusual hair styles,
body piercing, bondage items, etc. |
| A fascination with medieval, Victorian and Edwardian history. |
| Wearing of symbols such as a Christian cross; an Egyptian ankh or
"Eye of Ra," or "Eye of Horus;" a Wiccan pentacle,
a Satanic inverted pentacle. etc. 14 |
| Goths tend to be non-violent, pacifistic, passive, and tolerant. Many in the media have
mistakenly associated Goth with extreme violence and hatred of minorities, white
supremacy, etc. |
| Many Goths write about being
depressed. Followers seem sullen and withdrawn, when in public. They are often
much more "happy and
carefree in the company of [other] Goths." 1
Examples of depression are:
 | "Tigriss," commenting on her own life, writes: "So my gothic
persona fit me quite well. My black clothing and dark music aptly
reflected my own depression, pain, and anger which was what I made
most of my life about. Most of my goth friends had dysfunctional
families and troubled childhoods as mine. We could identify with each
other through our dark make-up and painful pasts." 12 |
| Researcher Jasin Tamlin comments: "If you take a look at the
640 sites that are listed on the Gothic Web Ring, you will find many
of them filled with desperation, depression, anger, hatred, despair
and angst." 13 |
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| "A lot of people turn to the Gothic subculture after having a hard time in
school, feeling alienated, and looking for a way to express themselves that mirrors those
feelings. Others find the scene through literature, still others want to be shocking, and
some people just find black clothing slimming." 1 |
| Goth music often deals with thought-provoking topics, concentrating on societal evils,
like racism, war, hatred of groups, etc. They tend to concentrate on the very "nasty,
unhappy" topics that "North American culture" wants to "ignore
and forget." |
| A fascination with death. They try "to find a different way of thinking about
life, like trying to find beauty in life, pain and death. It's all a quest for
immortality." 2 |
| Some Goths enjoy playing role playing games. However, RPGs are
not an integral component of Goth culture. It is just that those intellectual and creative
challenges that draw them to the Goth scene make them more likely to enjoy RPGs as well. |
| Other interests: writings by authors like Dante, Byron, Tolstoy; German Expressionist
silent films; writing music; painting, etc. |
Mūzika: James Horner - Briseis And Achilles
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