Hmn, well honestly, in my case, I've spent considerable time being less than happy in my life for various reasons as well as time being happy/ocasionally cheerful, whatever- The less than happy (occassionally quite bleak) part can be attributed to my whacky brain chemistry and accompanying sleep disorder (a disfunction most people apparently don't "enjoy"), my lack of true success at living up to my eccentic value system, dissapointment with other people, lol (especially the many who can't deal with honest communication and/or eccentricity), the state of the world/country and the general mentality of Americans re that ect. Except for the first one, you yourself have mentioned all those here in your journal or on message boards here and there.
I like the goofy, friendly, happy, non-conforming (sometimes), not-over-serious aspect of goths, or people generally, but, in my case, I also like to think of (romanticize?) goth as a culture having an acceptance/compassion for and desire to understand both/all sides of things, including people and the human condition, and not to necessarilly idealize what is stereotypically viewed as either the "positive" or the "negative" in people. I like music that's "dark" like alot of industrial music is, and I think that's because it sometimes resonates with me on some personal level, and sometimes has either a comforting or cathartic effect. I love alot of Skinny Puppy for example, and the music and lyrics are very dark, but at the same time I find it kind of funny- even while Ogre is singer "Why don't you CAAARE?" there is something very amusing and laughable in the way he says it...
(If this wasn't written well it's cause I couldn't sleep well last night- now I'm feeling depressed- time to go hide in the closet, away from the light, the dreadful light, lol)
dana
("When you have a song to sing it never seems as bad" Stevie Wonder)
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I like the goofy, friendly, happy, non-conforming (sometimes), not-over-serious aspect of goths, or people generally, but, in my case, I also like to think of (romanticize?) goth as a culture having an acceptance/compassion for and desire to understand both/all sides of things, including people and the human condition, and not to necessarilly idealize what is stereotypically viewed as either the "positive" or the "negative" in people. I like music that's "dark" like alot of industrial music is, and I think that's because it sometimes resonates with me on some personal level, and sometimes has either a comforting or cathartic effect. I love alot of Skinny Puppy for example, and the music and lyrics are very dark, but at the same time I find it kind of funny- even while Ogre is singer "Why don't you CAAARE?" there is something very amusing and laughable in the way he says it...
(If this wasn't written well it's cause I couldn't sleep well last night- now I'm feeling depressed- time to go hide in the closet, away from the light, the dreadful light, lol)
dana
("When you have a song to sing it never seems as bad" Stevie Wonder)