I am sure alot of you are wondering why now? You will be going into the workplace soon and a professional image is essential to be successful and to even get a job. I totally agree with you. At work I will not have blue hair, piercings all over and a tattoo on my face. One must be sensible at my age and maintain my professional integrity as well as my own.
When I am not at work, evenings and weekends then I can be who I want to be and wear what I want to. I am sure that some days I will be content in a hoodie and joggers. Other days I may feel like I don't have enough chains dangling from me. It is the internal as well as the external feelings that are important.
I watched an interesting Youtube video today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIrkXyIGFyw&feature=related
What Goth is Not! Most people ask 'so what is goth?'. I am sure I have not yet answered this question both correctly or entirely. Arguably there is no definition on what a goth is. There are perceptions and assumptions but no right or wrong answer. By assessing what goth is not, one can draw ideas concerning what goth is. This must then take its own form in your own mind. Goth can be unique and individual.
When I was in secondary school I owned a pair of spiky, chainy, baggy black pants. Uber goth lol. They were £40. I never wore them. I never had the courage to wear them. The looks and the comments was not worth the hassle, nor did I want to add to the hassle I was having in my early years. So the mindset remained but the clothes, for the most part were more skater style than anything. I was not willing to venture far from the comfort zone on a regular basis. Even at University, I never felt like I could be who or what I wanted to be. I am in my last term of my last year now and the last bastion of freedom is almost gone.
There will be people out there who would say 'boo hoo, get over it and grow up' and perhaps they are right. But I argue that happiness in ones self is better started late than not at all.
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