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Update: September/October, lots of deaths big and little to deal with. Good news, getting married at the end of January 2010!

Welcome to the swap-bot profile of artist Temple Terkildsen, specializing in occult collages, nightscapes and oil painted pet portraits.

Certified Bob Ross Instructor, spiritual healer, dreamer, believer, optimist, idealist, astrologer, painter, collage alchemist, student of the occult...

A paradox of definitions...I give a lot of hearts.

I've been a mailart artist/participant for more than 9 years, have pieces in museums in both the US and abroad, teach "the joy of painting" painting to willing students, and am a very grounding force with a huge mock-up for the freedom for all people to experience love.

If you have not received something from me in a swap where I have been assigned as your partner, LET ME KNOW. I always take photos of stuff before it ships out and can send you an e-mail image if the Post Office is later than expected.

Dark themes, heavy romance filled with intense choices, armchair travel with Globetrekker, messy collage, layers, hidden meanings, double entendre, puns through poetry, religious icons, recontextualized items, upcycled clothing, alchemy, occult images, voodoo, spells, witchcraft, mind-expansion, spiritual growth...

Other things I love:

• Spiders, CATS, moths, tiny owls, seahorses, ferrets, fennec fox
• Vintage Erotica, black and white movie stars, Theda Bara, Gloria Swanson
• Sunset photos, images of Buddha, East Indian divine iconography
• Distressed text, altered books, obsessive texture, fur, feathers, glitter covered twice over
• Altars, magick, HANDMADE TAROT CARDS, ancient alchemical drawings, magic potions, books on all kinds of folk and chaos magics
• Couture boots, nude fishnets
• Kuromi
• Underwear size 6 boyshorts are my favorites
• Pronoia practice, www.freewillastrology.com
• Pirates, Vampires, Asian Horror
• Tiny glass bottles, tarnished silver, sepia photos, old schematics, watch parts, blueprints...
• Handmade cards and ATCs both creating and receiving

Lustmord, Muslimgauze, Haus Arafna, Toxic Avenger, Adam Ant, Blondie, Siouxsie, Sparks, T.Rex, FSOL, Witchman, Speedy J [darkwave, jungle, grindc0re, n0ise, IDM, glam rock, old-wave, electroclash, funeral lounge, darksurf, 606]

Blade Runner, Brazil, The Golden Compass, Marie Antoinette, Lost in Translation, Stranger than Fiction, Legend, Dracula 92, Romeo & Juliet 96, Moulin Rouge!, The Pillow Book, The Cook the Theif his Wife and her Lover, Avalon

Favorite Directors: Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, David Lynch, Baz Lurman, Peter Greenaway

Red Orange like my name DANGERINE, Phalo Green/Teal Blue, Violet Blue, Violet Red, Metallics - Silver, Gold, any color...woo shiny! Leopard print, Black lace, Victorian wallpaper, Steampunk sepia

what I pledged
loans that change lives

• Magazines and newspaper clippings from non-English speaking countries
• Small coins from strange lands to go on my wealth altar
• Stamped alphabets on printed or plain papers for ATCs and other crafting
• Broken jewelry and non-digital watches for my collages
• Old tarnished mirrors that distort images
• Teas, I adore herbal and black teas of all kinds
• Gluten and peanut free cookies and scones! Oh, what I wouldn't give for a tearoom that served gluten free goodies and high tea
• Battery operated typewriter
• A bar stool for the computer desk I built from found wood
• For someone to come over and help me organize my room/closet
• Swing sheet music for B-Flat Clarinet
• Mixed CDs of MP3s of just about any kind of music, especially electronica and uber-dark n0ize
• Polaroid camera and film
• Thumbdrive memory sticks of any size
• An iPod device of any size
• Noise reducing headphones with a standard headphone jack
• Hotel stationery