From the Archives: A Little Spooky Fun

 


A slight departure from my usual ramblings, I decided to also offer something for the more spooky, whimsical and romantic souls. In 2011 I started a blog called “Etiquette and the Victorian Gothic Aesthetic”.  It was a very busy endeavor for a couple years before the usual happened: Life shifted. I managed to come back to it a few times up until 2015 and may well begin to add to it again (time permitting) as I still occasionally hear from the wonderfully dark and creative souls who used to follow it.

I offer this peek into the archives as insight into how the Darkness has its beauty and its inhabitants are some of the most amazingly loving people I have ever met.  Many, if not most, have overcome incredible situations while others are simply shadowy in the best possible way. 

Much of the blog showcases artists I’d come across, some I know, many still plying their wares while others may have closed shop and moved on.  All of them offered, and do offer, brilliant depictions of those things that go bump in the night, and the aesthetically mesmerizing backdrops that haunt some of our best dreams.  There is a romance to the Shadow, and this is a culture that celebrates it with panache.

The best part of my time creating the EVGA blog was the many times I was blessed with being called “GothMother”. You may find in some of my entries the result of conversations leading to that role. Many parents approached me to understand their Gothling offspring, and those spooky spawn became my nieces and nephews. You will find that I am adamantly against generalizations and stereotypes, and to this day will showcase the broad spectrum of “types” and styles in an amazing subculture.  And like any culture or subculture, it has its good and bad actors, but by understanding we tip the scales for the better.

I completely understand that this is not everyone’s cup of tea (or glass of absinthe), but if it is yours, I invite you to wander through, let me know what you enjoy and by all means, feel free to ask questions.

Just scroll down the main page of my site to “From the Archives: Etiquette and the Victorian Gothic Aesthetic” and click “Enter”, or simply go here: Etiquette and the Victorian Gothic Aesthetic: And so it begins... (ravensexton-evga.blogspot.com)  I have queued it up to take you to the very first entry; sort of a Welcome mat to get you started.

I hope you enjoy

R

 

 

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