The Revelation
With my newly found self confidence I decided to explore further. For the longest time, I had secretly dreamed about dressing up as a female character, but always thought it was wrong. For years, I wasn't able to skake off this feeling of shame that came with this idea of female impersonation. When I was little, my Dad often made fun of me for being too feminine, and altough I know now he didn't mean to hurt me, it did. It took me a long time to deconstruct all those ideas that had been put in my head, not only by my Dad, but by society itself. Luckily with the new support system I had found within my passion, I decided to overcome these fears.
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A New Skill Set
Although Drag and Cosplay are very similar in certain aspects, they both have their own way of doing things and their own community. Cosplay focuses mostly on craftsmanship, people want to create and wear costumes to look like a character that they admire. Drag focuses mainly on performance, a Drag Queen has her very own personna and the goal is to showcase it on stage. Both imply wearing a costume, but the approach is fundamentaly different. A cosplayer chooses a character which determines the costume their going to wear. A Drag Queen wears whatever she wants according to the performance she's going to do on stage. This is just the tip of the iceberg, there are many differences between these two disciplines, and I have made it my mission to force them to coexist within my art.
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Discovering a New Community
Looking back, I wish I had started this a long time ago. I often wonder how my life would be if I had begun doing Drag and Cosplay when I was 20 years old. But I also believe that everything happens for a reason, and if I had to walk down that long road before arriving at my destination, it may be because I had to learn all these useful skills to be happy with my art. I have met so many people along the way and with Drag I have a lot of new friends in my life that I never thought I would. Friends who understand who I am and who celebrate me for what I love. I feel incredibly grateful and I couldn't wish for anything better. It took me 35 years to realise what I was looking for, and now that it is right in front me, there is nothing more to do than embrace it and make the absolute most of it!
This is not the end...it's the Beginning!
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My Drag Fantasy