surrealism, dadaism, Brassai, Joel-Peter Witkin, Diane Arbus, Elysian Fields, Joy Division, Doves (the band), Lewis Carroll, Gorey, Dr. Seuss, Frida Kahlo, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, museums, travel, Jeanette Winterson, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Soda Stereo, Gustavo Cerati, bossa nova, Cusco, orchids, my cat, knitting, perfume, Tom Robbins, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Claude Cahun, DJ Krush, London, libraries, coffee, gelato, Bataille, Carl Jung, victorian grotesque, uk post-punk & new wave, etc etc etc