Tag: Goth Zen
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Goth Zen and the Art of Melancholy: Living Disguised as Loss
Read time 2 minutes. The Art of Melancholy is a stand alone article in our ongoing Goth Zen series. We chase light.We idealize positivity as if it is synonymous with living. Meanwhile, every tradition whispers of balance, equality, and the middle way. There’s a feeling that washes in when summer turns to fall—a sense of satisfaction, of being…
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Goth Zen: Cleopatra Eyes—Drawing the Line Before Crossing It
Read time 2 minutes. Goth Zen isn’t costume worship. It’s the same instinct that made the ancients draw a sacred outline around the window of perception. Cleopatra Eyes is a stand alone article in our ongoing Goth Zen series. Goth Zen? Seems silly, right? Maybe.Until you realize that some rituals are as old as the pyramids. You know…
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Big Misunderstandings
“All good” is not the absence of darkness —but the confidence to move through it. Because what passes away is never truly lost. There are magicians and there are those who show up to watch the magic act.Here’s the deal: Everyone who sees through the illusion is a magician. So which one are you? Follow…
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Lenore: Black No. 1—Goth Zen Mind’s Hymn to Awareness
Read time 2 minutes. Lenore: Black No. 1 is a stand alone article in our ongoing Goth Zen series. Type O Negative’s iconic song Black No. 1 idolizes and mocks in the same breath. Steeped in goth culture, lead singer Peter Steele sounds in love.But perhaps, deep down, he knows he can never have her.So he teases and jeers—“She…
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Wednesday Addams Is Not-Not Zen: 004 (Even in Season 2)
Read time 2 minutes. In season 2, Wednesday Addams sharpens stillness like a blade. This is the first installment in our ongoing Goth Zen series. Some say she’s morbid. Others say she’s just Wednesday. Underneath it all, a deeper truth—Death is beauty unfolding. Silence as strength “I’m most comfortable with uncomfortable silence.” — Wednesday Addams…