dangerine

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

I leave for Barbados in early December and will not be playing along with swap-bot until February. You will be missed. I love this site.

An Oglala Sioux woman born and raised in San Jose, California, a paradox of definitions...

I've been a mailart artist/participant for more than 8 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 magic
• 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....

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

• Battery operated typewriter
• A bar stool for the computer desk I built from found wood
• 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.
• For someone to come over and help me organize my room/closet.
• A small size 4 goth girlfriend who I could send all of my old club clothes.
• Magazines from non-English speaking countries.
• Reeds for my B-flat clarinet, so that I might become the next Benny Goodman of NeoSwing.
• Mixed CDs of MP3s of just about any kind of music, especially electronica and uber-dark n0ize.
• Polaroid camera and film
• Small coins from strange lands to go on my wealth altar.