If I were to go through the personal and psychological history that led to the creation of this blog we would both be here all night!!!! Here's the short version:
I've always been into vampires...since I was a little kid. I was a total goth kid in high school. I got my BFA in studio art and most of my work deals with the documentation, obsession with, and visual representation of daily events. I'm also really into food and wine. A series of cultural influences, personal events, and the nocturnal lifestyle that results from working in restaurants have together given me a renewed interest in vampires.
When I first read "Dracula" as an 18 year old I was interested in the representation of good, evil, religion, and love. I always found it boring when Jonathan Harker would drone on about the boring details of his supper that evening. Now that I am 26 and a man of this world, I see things differently. All I crave is more details about WHAT KIND of cakes Mina had with her afternoon tea and which varietal of wine Van Helsing sent the boys to drink to calm their nerves.
I don't plan on making a bunch of fascist rules about exactly how I have to perform these recreations, but will try my best to enjoy something along the lines of whatever I believe they may have enjoyed in "Dracula." Enjoy!
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