From Darkness to Rainbows

Personally I am fascinated with the amount of things a human being can be, or appreciate. The vast quantity of subjects that are dear to our hearts, no matter if they have any connection.

Being someone with so many interests, tastes, preferences, ideals, I found myself reading lots of articles and interviews about someone well known in the Black Metal scene, and I am sure loads of other people heard of him, even if that's because of his most famous statement: ...Satan!

So yes I am talking about the evil, trve icon Gaahl, Gorgoroth's former vocalist. I guess by now, everyone acquainted to the BM scene must know he revelead his Homosexuality. This is not new to me too, but  I am very surprised with all the man said.


Not only he came up with this very naturally, refusing to say he "came out" justifying it with something as simple as "I just never felt in love before", he had kept a relationship with someone connected to the fashion scene in Norway, in which he got involved too, being the co-founder of the female clothing line Wynjo (means Joy/Happiness in ancient Norwegian).

Isn't this AWESOME? I honestly couldn't conceive this, not even in my wildest dreams, but I can't stop to be amazed by it. This restores all my faith in humanity, this just makes me want to live more and to know more about so many things. We are so vast and in constant evolution that it is, unarguably, impossible to close ourselves in our comfort zone. Who would imagine the scariest man alive, who lives isolated in the mountains, to be gay, and to create a female clothing line which name means happiness?

The more I know about people, the more I despise prejudice and judgemental thoughts, the more I want to open wide my eyes to everything around me and give it my soul to rejoice. I want to embrace the diversity and become part of it, live it, breathe it.

So to many people, Gaahl's revealing could be shocking, or disappointing, but to me it was a reason to admire him. I do not agree with a lot of his ideals, but I am glad he can be that free.