My Beginnings

         HI! This is my first post here on my blog. I have decided that I am going to focus my blog on how literature and movies have affected my interests today. I read a lot as a child and I think the stories that I read really shaped the view of the world that I have now. I lived in a "magical fairy tale kingdom" for a lot of my life as a kid and as an adult it has evolved in me seeking more Romantic aspects in my life. One of these in my interests in sports that are not common, or everyday, like fencing and archery. As I got older and became a pre-teen I geared my interests more into movies but they were always movies that kept in a fantasy world. Some of the movies that were my favorite as a child are movies like Beetlejuice, Batman and Edward Scissorhands. These movies had a Gothic aesthetic to them which also had to do with my love of darker fairy tales and books like Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. When I became a teenager the Gothic aesthetic completely took over my life, but as I got older it took a darker tone and instead of being interested in ghosts and vampires I became interested in Science Fiction and the questions that sci-fi books and movies asked about humanity. Being surrounded by fantasy worlds created in me the desire to bring them to live in my own world which evolved into a want to create my own stories on paper, but also by trying to reproduce fantasy and period costumes.

         Today I have built my life around my favorite imaginary worlds and while I like to think that I don't have head in the clouds all the time, I at least have the certainty that my inner child lives and thrives within me happily. In my blog I will like to explore some of the more significant works of literature and film that have really inspired me through out my life beginning from childhood until now.