coeurdartichaut

I am 24year old art school defector who has had a very mixed upbringing that combined the unpredictable with the creative. We didn't have much money so most entertainments involved the re-usable; my mother, being an artist herself, made sure we always had means to experiment and produce. One sister is a musician, one sister is a dancer, and one sister makes tangible things with her hands: that last one is me. My personal tastes lean towards the whimsical, gold dusted, lace lined, feminine, and light of spirit, but I still enjoy all of the cute, Japanese items I've collected throughout the years. I'm also a junkie for 80's toys / cartoons / memorabilia.

I was with postcardx and nervousness before both went down. I had an account on swap-bot years ago but due to severe illness, I could not keep my commitments and canceled my acount. I am happy to say that my health is better now and I can once again enjoy that wonderful feeling of sending packages off into the unknown and receiving tidbits of other peoples lives.

PS I love peacocks and now have a full tattoo sleeve of an art nouveau peacock on my right arm.

A picture of me:

SPRING 2008

...The French expression avoir un cœur d'artichaut (to have an artichoke heart), which describes someone who falls in love with everything in sight.

"Vous, au moins, vous ne risquez pas d'être un légume : même un artichaut a du coeur." ~Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

Images found on the internet that I feel portray the sense the aesthetic I like to work within:

Au Revoir Simone, Yann Tiersen, Sigur Ros, Tori Amos, Django Reinhardt, Mirah, Billie Holiday, Low, Liz Janes, April March

Carnivale, Venture Bros, Heroes, Firefly, No Reservations

Amelie, Chocolate, Moulin Rouge, All About My Mother, Sleeping Beauty, Blood Tea and Red String, Alice

Flora: Cabbages . Pears . Artichokes . Acorns . Poppies . Roses . Wheat . Peas, Beans, and Bean Stalks . Sprouts and Moss . Clover Flowers . Persimmons . Apples

Fauna: Peacocks . Butterflies . Fallow Deer . Squirrels . Geese . Sheep . Owls . Ants . Crabs

Color: Poppy Red . Apple Green . Mauve . Robin's Egg . French Creme . Gold

Other: Accordions . Jars and Tins . Mythology . Homesteading . Art Nouveau . Coffe and Tea . Blue Glass . Ribbons . Skeleton Keys . Banjoes . Stars . Whimsy . Rivers

[ ! [ Whimsy ] (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v416/haileyhead/woodland.jpg ) ] (http://www.swap-bot.com/group/c3951319cedac786c19f5758460a5e05/about )