The anatomy of horror

     Saturn Devouring His Son is a direct reference to the Roman mythology. In the myth titan named Saturn (in the original greek version, known as Cronos) would devour his newborn children to prevent his prophesied fall at the hands of his successor. Goya’s version does not show us a god like deity, what we see is a man. An old, maddened man slouching in a dark space, his hair in disarray, his face not filled with anger or satisfaction but with fear. His fingers clenched on a dead half-eaten body, not of a newborn, but of a full grown person. It's not known what the exact meaning of the painting is, it may represent the state of Spain at the time, falling deeper into autocracy and losing the ideas of enlightenment, or it may be a deeper reflection on human nature and the inability to let the new replace the old (perfectly visible in today's politics filled with elderly man barely recognising the world that constantly changes).      -Saturn Devouring His ...

     Art is a form of expression. Throughout the centuries it took different shapes and forms but one that has accompanied humanity from the beginning is painting. Starting with cave drawings of animals or hand prints, and moving on to the abstract forms of Pollock and Rothko, we can see that it has been used to express the widest range of emotions and ideas.       With the main focus of this blog, naturally may come a question: what is the best representation of horror in the world of painting? The most obvious answer would place us either in the modern days, with the works in the likes of the ones of Beksinski, which are the interpretation of the literal nightmares of the author, or in the medieval visions of Hell created by artists like Bosch.      But to me, the title of the most terrifying paintings goes to Francisco Goya’s series known as “Black Paintings” (esp. Pinturas Negras). Goya was always considered a master in his craft, hi...

       In today's post, I’d like to write a little about one of my favourite storytelling podcasts: Alice isn’t dead. The production form Welcome to Night Vale co-creators Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, starring Jasika Nicole, premiered on 8th of March 2016 giving to its listeners a story like no other.      Keisha is a truck driver, if one was to see her they probably would pay her no mind, just another trucker delivering cargo to God knows where or why. And in some way they would be right, but there is a difference, Keisha works for a very particular shipping company. The same company that Alice worked for. Alice who was supposed to be dead but apparently is not.      The biggest assets of the show are captivating story, amazing voice acting and a chance to see the USA from a different perspective. It's not very common in Europe to cover large distances by car, petrol is expensive, roads can be tight and bumpy and flying by airpl...