◊💎🧬 Currently, I’m creating a new Instagram that combines my lifelong passion for design as visionary intermedia art, along with self-portrait photography in the mirror — wearing the incredibly intelligent lingerie designs of Dita Von Teese (the former wife of Marilyn Manson). This exploration of being both photographer and model, using only the mirror, has become a poetic meditation on the universal nature of perception — which originates always from within. In this vein, I’ve long been philosophically inspired by Marilyn Manson’s current wife, Lindsay Usich-Warner, who is herself both model and photographer. In light of Manson’s recurring focus on the eyes, her work has felt like a mirror to my own artistic truth.
◊🌸 It’s been a long journey working with these self-portraits — one that has finally brought me to a point where I’m proud enough to share this work with the world, on equal footing with my other visual art. Coming from a background in visionary and psychedelic art, I’ve bonded with some of my earliest influences — artists, painters, digital creators, and members of a deeply inspiring scene. Within that lineage, I’ve found myself drawn to discussing textile art — especially lace — as an artistic medium in its own right.
◊🤍 I must admit, I’m constantly tempted to go to fashion school, just to learn how to create my own textiles. Again and again, I find that the mainstream fashion industry falls short. New types of lace often feel soulless and uninspired. It’s only vintage lace that has ever truly captured my imagination — that, and the timeless reimagining of vintage aesthetics by Dita Von Teese and her self-titled brand. So much lace on the market today feels tacky or generic, lacking the nuance and artistry that I believe this medium deserves. In contrast, the finest lace I ever owned was a vintage white camisole with a wide heart-shaped lace panel over the chest — adorned with a central butterfly, delicate embroidery, and a few scattered gems. It made me feel like a goddess of the heart.
◊🖤 Sadly, there is nothing remotely like it available online today. Still, I occasionally stumble upon rare finds — for instance, a simple vintage camisole that featured diamond motifs arranged by the Fibonacci Golden Ratio. The symmetrical, centered pattern suggested petals or leaves in bloom, accented with fine dots tracing the edges of each botanical shape. It was quietly exquisite, meeting my desire as an artist for symmetry, spacing, and evocative designs rooted in nature and spiritual geometry, even within a basic design.
◊💎 The unique vintage-inspired designs of Dita Von Teese have had a profound psychological impact on me. One standout example is her Fantastique set — a lace design that evokes the architectural grace of ancient European cathedrals, while also calling to mind a sacred form of tattooing found only in Bali. These Balinese tattoos — performed ritually by traditional artists — always follow a specific aesthetic: chains of gems or droplets, embedded with spiritual information expressed through symbols, geometry, and visual language. Lindsay Usich-Warner has had some of these tattoos herself. For me, Fantastique speaks directly to this aesthetic, and to the divine logic of the Fibonacci Golden Ratio.
◊🌹 For those unfamiliar, the Fibonacci Golden Ratio is a mathematical proportion found throughout nature. It governs the elegant spirals of roses, seashells, pinecones, and fern fronds, and forms the structural logic behind much of Earth’s most beautiful organic life. Famous artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo structured many of their masterpieces — such as Vitruvian Man and The Creation of Adam in the Sistine Chapel — according to this sacred proportion. The ratio itself is roughly 1.6180339887 and goes on for infinity… it is symbolized by the Greek letter φ (phi).
◊🔥 Not all of Dita Von Teese’s designs follow strict proportional logic — yet even her asymmetrical pieces radiate intention and integrity. Take the Evelina set, for example. Here, hexagonal geometry forms the visual foundation, while softly lopsided flowers bloom subtly to one side. The design feels minimal, but its thoughtful alignment, spacing, and color names all speak volumes. When lace is designed with reverence — even a “simple” arrangement of shapes — it can become a language of its own. And that language can touch the heart on deep levels.
◊📸 Since my earliest days as a Dita Von Teese admirer, I’ve been profoundly moved by the artistry of her custom lingerie campaigns — especially those incorporating geometry (as well as deeply intentional fabric and hair styling to compliment it). Each campaign showcased a different sacred shape, behind her, like a portal of visionary intention and multidimensional pattern language of most loving significance which spoke volumes of information. That recurring theme — geometry in visual storytelling — has spoken to my deepest awareness from the very beginning. As an artist, I view geometry not just as the architecture of physical life, but as one of the most powerful vessels for spiritual and emotional communication.
◊🧬 As a visual artist who lives in the in-between — blending genres as a visionary, intermedia, digital, and psychedelic creator — I can’t overstate how much it means to include Dita Von Teese’s lingerie design as part of my own artistic presentation. Especially now, as I launch a new website and Instagram platform, this blend of lace, geometry, and mirror-based self-portraiture is such an emotional and depth-level expression of what I am creating.
Love,Ba
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