Dark music, black, velvet and lace, make up, glam, christian death, attitude, cemeteries, cheesy, blood, vampires, standing up against the norm of society, taking a risk, kinky

1> the music scene
2> the clothing to match
3> modern grotesk
4> european (mainly french, german, english) pre-renaissance architecture

just a way to express yerself and become park of a unique group that not many understand but are as normal as any other person

and goth girl are kewl

It is the way you are, how you live, how you see life, but most important, how you feel!!!
I think it finds you, you can't find it and when it does, everything you have posted above is a comfort!!!

Hi. My name is Ariadne and I'm new here.

I think of Goth in the theories of Carl Jung, who once argued that inside everyone there is a Shadow, or dark, side. Some people repress it and end up doing horrid things (like serial killers). He argued that for a person to whole, they must accept their Shadow side.

I define Goths as people who have accepted their Shadow side, and feel no need to disguise it.

-Ariadne

opening up my darkside to come out and play!

Aside from Gothic Architecture and The Gothic Era, when we're speaking of people, I feel that Goth is something deep inside that cannot be changed, but just needs to be accepted. Its like water for fish, we can't live with out it. What "It" is, varies from individual to individual, as I think there are as many types of Goth as there are people who cling to the word... I don't like to sit around and say who is and who isn't goth, because I believe that the culture can embrace manson goths, matrix goths, victorian fashion goths and glitter goths. Sure, there are Gother than thous out here, who feel that being so, and putting down others makes them more Goth but you know something? It doesn't.
Now, on to my personal opinion...:D
for me, Goth is an intense state of mind, in which I find my dark creative nature. It's always present in my being, though sometimes, its more obvious than other times. I am a double capricorn, which I believe plays heavily into my gothic nature. I do run through short bouts of depression on occasion, like everyone does, but i don't think that being mopey and depressed all the time is what Goth is all about. Now, if you want to be mopey and depressed and wear nothing but black, because you are aching so and.....well you know, go right ahead, I won't judge you for it. I do love the dark fashion that crosses the lines between kink and culture though.:D K, rambled on enough for one night my pretties. heeee!
Zira