A blogspot dedicated to my existence as a full-time writer in the tradition of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch and Clark Ashton Smith, and celebrating the world of weird fiction and poetry.
It is (for me) compared to ye importance of Literature. For the majority of my adult life I have been known moftly for my outlandish queer-punk attire, especially before I had a car and replied on publick transit. I became semi-famous in Seattle because I looked like no one else and was instantly distinguishable. It is such fun being an exhibitionist, and as Quentin Crisp so wisely wrote, "Exhibitionism is a drug--you get hooked." But I began wearing lipstick and dresses at age five, and for me there has always been a childish innocence connected to dressing up, and a feeling of being utterly natural, true to my inner self. People ask why I dress up, and rarely seem to understand when I reply, "There is no 'reason'--this is who I am." I relate it to my obsessive need to write Lovecraftian weird fiction. People have tried to tell me, "Stopping trying to be Lovecraft--be yourself." And they don't understand me when I reply, "When I am Lovecraftian, I am MYSELF absolutely." At MythosCon we were invited, at one group meeting. to tell one important thing about ourselves, and I stood up and said, with effeminate emphasis, "I want to be remembered for my prose style, not my fashion sense." Got a bit laugh, so it did; but I was being absolutely truthful.
Personal adornment is not trivial! :D
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It is (for me) compared to ye importance of Literature. For the majority of my adult life I have been known moftly for my outlandish queer-punk attire, especially before I had a car and replied on publick transit. I became semi-famous in Seattle because I looked like no one else and was instantly distinguishable. It is such fun being an exhibitionist, and as Quentin Crisp so wisely wrote, "Exhibitionism is a drug--you get hooked." But I began wearing lipstick and dresses at age five, and for me there has always been a childish innocence connected to dressing up, and a feeling of being utterly natural, true to my inner self. People ask why I dress up, and rarely seem to understand when I reply, "There is no 'reason'--this is who I am." I relate it to my obsessive need to write Lovecraftian weird fiction. People have tried to tell me, "Stopping trying to be Lovecraft--be yourself." And they don't understand me when I reply, "When I am Lovecraftian, I am MYSELF absolutely." At MythosCon we were invited, at one group meeting. to tell one important thing about ourselves, and I stood up and said, with effeminate emphasis, "I want to be remembered for my prose style, not my fashion sense." Got a bit laugh, so it did; but I was being absolutely truthful.
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