Tatjana Patitz Quotes

I loved making 'Rising Sun'. I got into the psychology of why she liked to get strangled and tied up in plastic bags. It has to do with low self-worth.

Tatjana Patitz

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• Self-Worth
• Rising Sun
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  • Self-Worth