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xardox
xardox aka Dark is a 34.25 year old boy, has been a member since April 18, 2007, has scored 323 submissions, giving an average score of 4.37, helping 6 designs get printed.
Its a hard thing to explain, Ive been in love with the dark for quite a while. Recently ive had a taste first hand, from somone who came from the darkest corner of life. I see beauty in her, in all her aspects, even her terrible memories, and the harm she has done to herself. I love her wholly, and it saddens me when others cannot see her pain, and make her place in life harder than it is already.

I have days where things are just hard. Hard for me to hold her back from falling into the abyss. Im a dark person, and i used to be as miserable as she was. I know and i am strong now for her. I put aside my own darkness, to help her with hers.

I dont deny that i have an affinity for the dark and things that are gloomy and torn by pain. Like i said i can find beauty in things most cannot. I just try and share that with people. To see something for more than what everyone else sees, to see beyond into the person who created it, to see the darkness and light that it was born from. To see the death and the life of things. And learn Balance and acceptance from these things.

To only see the up, the positive, the bright, denys and leave out the down the negative the dark. The dark things feel abandoned, they feel left out.

Im saying this. If you see a bigger homely girl, give her a hug, tell her she is ok and she is amazing.. If you see a anorexic used up tired whore, tell her she is loved and she is beautiful. If you see a broken abused child, give them a way out and help them. Dont look at the down and out as something we all should avoid. It happens... people fall, every single day. But they still have a soul, they are still beautiful they are still amazing and worth our time.

Bramish
   Bramish on May 11 '07 at 10:23am
That's a catchy slogan you got there.
chelly
chelly on May 11 '07 at 10:24am
feel better now?



13strong
13strong on May 11 '07 at 10:30am
I don't have any problems with any of that, except that to anthropomorphise pain and depression and sadness ("The dark things feel abandoned, they feel left out"), is pretty misguided. You make them sound like demons or living things. They're feelings, and while everyone feels them, they are also, in most cases, very destructive.



I don't only see the up, the positive, the bright. I work in human rights campaigning, and pretty much every day see the horrible things happening to people all over the world. But I don't care what you say - pain and misery are bad things, and they should be avoided and struggled against.



I agree with everything you say in your last sentence (except that I'm not gonna go around hugging fat girls - it's both patronising and presumes they want a hug from a stranger.) Oh - that and I don't believe in "the soul".



But yeah - we're generally agreed.



I just find the way that your phrase things very confusing, and misleading. You perhaps need to learn to express your ideas more clearly, and in a less excluding, obtuse way, so that people can enter into a dialogue with you.
Torakamikaze
   Torakamikaze on May 11 '07 at 10:31am
I watch Dark Angel while listening to the Darkness and eating Dark Chocolate with my pals Donnie Darko and Darkwing Duck
xardox
xardox on May 11 '07 at 11:39am
Im not saying Pain and Misery are good things, im saying those with Pain and Misery in their lives shouldnt be avoided, because they have these things. And art is the same. Art is the voice of humanity, and beauty can be found in these dark places. To find places of pain and misery, and to find the sliver of hope in those places. Thats what i do. To find somone whos Pain and Misery is bigger than they are, and help them find a way to keep going.



Why is it patronising to hug somone? Usually thats a sign you care. I guess you mean who's to say they dont already feel loved. Any why should i make it sound like no one loves them. That wasnt my point. Im saying people that some look down upon are worthy of love as much as anyone else. To show someone that people generally ignore, that someone sees them, is just a way to offer some hope.



I will agree i do not express myself clearly, and a lot of what i say people dont like to hear, and many dont agree with what I see as art, and beauty. I still speak from my heart...
Vindemiatrix
Vindemiatrix on May 11 '07 at 11:54am
Okay, after reading your comments on the sub that sparked this whole thing, my first thoughts were "stop liking a band I like, you're making sane fans like me look bad and missing the inherent irony in a lot of their songs, you pretentious emo twat-head". However, after reading this blog, I now rather like you. Though I still think your manner of expression is a little bit pretentious. ;)
xardox
xardox on May 11 '07 at 12:04pm
Why thanks Vind. Yea im kinda on edge with my comments, i tend to speak first and repair people's perspective of me after ive understood their point of view. I speak from the heart, and sometimes the heart is pretentious. I make wild statements and step beyond boundaries, and sometimes im sure that makes me seem like i know more than i do. ... Im just trying to express my passion and emotion as clearly as i can. ... Yea i said emo. ... crap. Now im labeled.
Vindemiatrix
Vindemiatrix on May 11 '07 at 12:21pm
Hmm. :/ I'm wavering again now...



What was the deal with your Shadow blog? :s
xardox
xardox on May 11 '07 at 12:23pm
originally It was somthing i put down to fill the empty space in my profile. People commented. So i commented.
Vindemiatrix
Vindemiatrix on May 11 '07 at 12:28pm
M'kay. :)
jackanapes
jackanapes on May 11 '07 at 12:55pm
That was an odd sounding fart I had just right there.
38 days later
Christoph Jenkins
Christoph Jenkins on Jun 18 '07 at 5:00pm
You seem like a interesting person. Dont agree with you about darkness, but thanks for agreeing with my design advise!



Hmm... you don't seem that pretentious...
ISABOA
   ISABOA on Jun 18 '07 at 5:31pm
is this blog about barely legal gangsta hunnies?
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I am a dark person. My art is dark. My life is dark. I crave the depths of the human condition. Brazen i tread down dangerous paths, just to see...

... Everybody here, with me. Got no camera, to see. Dont think im "all-in" this world. Dont think ill be here to long. ... If our body doesnt love our soul. ...The electronic wont let me go.