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With just one sound of your voice--

I get lost in the illusions of your story

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Music...

is the river in my soul that keeps me moving

is what helps me express emotions that I did not know existed

is what connect me to others

is what helps me live.

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I'm back

There's been a lot going on in my life but I suddenly feel the inspiration to come back and share my work with everyone.

Did anyone miss me? ;)

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Happy Valentine's Day

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What about GACKT... (Happy Birthday GACKT Project)

What about GACKT's music attracted you?

What attracted me to GACKT’s music is his ability to express emotions despite a language barrier. I feel that his music reaches my soul. I compare his music to a river that helps me keep moving. He’s one of the reasons I managed to persevere through so many thing in my life. It just depends my love for him and his music.

Why did you become his fan?

  I became a devoted fan of his because I felt connected to his philosophies and views on life along with his music. There are very few musicians in the world that have this type of effect on me in which their very existence and presence makes all the difference in the world. It is in his ability to bring feelings and emotions back into my life that I had previously thought that I had lost. Also his quirky behavior also makes me realize that I am not alone in the world because on some level I feel like I can relate to him.

  What words would you use to describe him? Why those words?

The words that I would use to describe GACKT are soul, samurai, and heart. The reason I choose these words is because when I listen to his music, I feel my soul move in so many ways that when I close my eyes I feel him take me on a journey which connects to my heart. This is how I feel when I hear his voice. Samurai clearly describes him because of his hard work and dedication to everything in life and how he charges forward in life.

  If you could tell him something, face to face, what would you say?

You have helped save my life in so many times and have helped change my life just by being you and learning about your viewpoints in life. Your music has a healing effect on me and helps me experience life on a whole different level.  

  What does he mean to you?

It is hard to express what he means to me which is why I wrote the poem. Every time someone asks me why I am such a huge fan I am almost at loss for words. Normally all I can manage to say is that he has helped change my life and that he is not just anything. Without his presence in my life, I would not be the way I am now and stronger.

  Is there anything special that you like to do for his birthday?

For GACKT’s birthday, I want to enjoy life, smile and find a way to prove my dedication to him

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My Other GACKT story

When I slowly starting researching GACKT and started actively listening to his music while looking up things like his background and such. I started to realize something about my taste in music, I am a very visual with my music. I connect more when I can feel and watch the movements that artists show.

Even though my first visual introduction to the Jrock world was Nightmare, GACKT is what made me truly fall in love with Jrock. There was just something in his performances and movements that always caught my attention.

When I started reading about his chronic state of exhaustion and how he pushed himself to the point where he needs to be hospitalized, I don't really freak out like most people. I normally just shake my head. I mean I do worry but I don't really panic. It is more like a brief state of panic and then I just shake my head. This is probably because I understand. When you grow up with a weak body, you know what it's like to deal with limitations on what you can and can't do. And when you are able to do things, you push yourself even further because you feel like this is your chance to do those things that you couldn't when you aren't able to.

This is probably why I feel connected to not just GACKT but also Yoshiki from X Japan. I guess I know how it's like to not be normal. I feel like I am not alone. I know I keep saying that but it's true.

I always say that Silverchair is my foundation while GACKT is the river that helps my emotions flow while Yoshiki helps the river glide smoothly in my soul. It's hard to describe the impact that music in general has on my life.

I knew this fact when it came to Silverchair and my love for Daniel Johns but I never knew the full level of it's impact until I started connecting with GACKT. For this reason, I don't deny everything that I have invested in him and never will.

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GACKT isn't just anything.

Let me start off this little rant, as some would say that it is, by saying that I didn't officially enter the fandom on many of the beloved j-rockers that I listen to until maybe a year or two ago. However, that does not mean that I have only been a fan for a year or two. When I say I entered the fandom maybe 2 or so years ago, I mean connecting to others like myself.

When I first started listening to GACKT, my friend introduced me to his music because of his ridiculous voice range. She was amazed and she practically said," you have to listen!!" This song was called Ares. This was back in around 2001-ish. After that I started randomly listening to his music, however I didn't know what he looked like until I got to college in 2005. Before that, I literally had no idea. When my friend introduced me to him, she had no real interest in guys--in other words, she didn't start gushing over his looks.

I mean I will have to admit that I fell even more for GACKT when I felt physically attracted to him. But it was so much more than that on why I feel like he has impacted me so much in my life. Because of his strong abilities to convey his emotions and stories through his words and the power he has in his voice, I know that he's saved me from myself in many different ways.

From what GACKT has shared with his fans over the years, I feel like I can connect to him on a spiritual and philosophical level which is sometimes hard for me to explain. I feel like I have grown as a person on such a huge level because I feel his words and he helped me feel at a time when I felt that my emotions had disappeared.

Every time I feel weak and that my body is falling apart, which with all my medical issues this happens often. I can close my eyes, listen to his music and even just his voice and I feel a sense of calmness. It's like his very presence is enough, in a way.

I won't lie and say that I don't stare at his pictures and swoon over his looks---well a lot. That would be a huge lie and a pretty bad one at that. However, I know that GACKT isn't just anything. He's so much more. That is all I really can say.

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<3

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together <3

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and that's how you rock it!

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The Light Within

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Feel the music

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<3 hot

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<3

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In light of recent breaking news of D'espairay and their breakup, I just wanted to say:

D'ESPAIRAY FOREVER!!!! PLEASE GET BETTER HIZUMI! I STILL AND ALWAYS WILL LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

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The roots go deep... feel the soul