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Armageddon: The Making of an Objet d’Art: Part 3
Part 3: Pause, Particulars, Push * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This painting was nearly three years in the making. But that doesn’t mean it is the...
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The Art of Horror
Years ago, in the golden age of Hollywood, movies were promoted with glorious, colourful posters, illustrated by artists who still worked with paint and a brush. Film posters are a somewhat...
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The “Divine” Art of Gustave Doré
Bible Engravings, 1866 His first book was published at the age of 15. A year later, he was the highest paid illustrator in France. During his lifetime, he was literally the most famous artist in the...
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The Devil Made Me Do It
“I know, it’s an incredible story. I of all people know this. And you won’t believe me – no, not at first. But I’m going to tell you the whole thing. Then you’ll believe – because you must, you must...
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Finding Peace
How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number—living things both large and...
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Once Upon a Midnight Dreary
Quoth the raven, “Nevermore”. An iconic line from a famous poem. Written by a man who was orphaned at the age of three, lost the love of his life to tuberculosis, and then died himself at only 40...
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Quoth the Raven . . .
Dénouement: the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work; the outcome of a complex sequence of events; the end result Nothing is more clear than that every plot, worth the...
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Freshly Pressed Frenzy
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci The smoke has cleared, the dust has settled. Things have finally returned to...
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Will My 25 Favourite TZs Please Stand Up?
◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the...
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One Year Later . . .
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ To blog, or not to blog… the modern day question. 365 days ago, that little play on Hamlet was how my blog, Seeker of Truth,...
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Seek and Ye Shall Find
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Fellow Seekers, there’s something new to discover on my blog. In the last month or so, I’ve added two new feature pages: “The Treasury” and “The Gallery”. In The...
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A Little More Faith
Next week on the Twilight Zone, we tell a story that we think might prove a rather haunting little item in the scheme of things. It tells of a small Mexican boy and a visitor from another planet. And...
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For the Love of Poe
Edgar Allan Poe may be the king of the macabre tale, but this troubled and tortured soul also had a serious romantic side. We’re all familiar with his works of suspense and horror: “The Raven”, ”The...
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The Artist’s Studio
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Every artist needs a space. A space to call their own. A place that inspires creativity and is conducive to productivity. Every artist needs a studio. Gather and...
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Templars and the Origins of Friday the 13th
When you hear “Friday the 13th”, what comes to mind? Bad luck? Superstition? Black cats? A gruesome movie franchise involving a serial killer in a hockey mask and fake blood by the bucket-full? Or...
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Ladies of the Fifth Dimension
The Twilight Zone has a little something for everyone. Mystery, drama, morality, redemption, and a touch of fun. At the helm was series’ creator Rod Serling, who along with a number of other supremely...
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The Art of Fear
… † … “You’ve got Poe, TZ, horror movie posters, and a pretty face. You’re like a classy, non-slutty-looking Elvira!” Hello, darlings. It’s me, your classy, pretty-faced, non-slutty-looking Elvira of...
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Terror Tuesday: Poe & Price
… † … There are many memorable pairings in the world of horror: Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee, Van Helsing & Dracula, Doctor Frankenstein & his Monster, Scooby Doo & Shaggy. And here...
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Vincent
20 years ago today, the world said goodbye to one of its most gifted actors. On October 25th, 1993, we mourned the loss of Vincent Price. Charismatic, magnificent, unmistakeable, and irreplaceable was...
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Dracula: The Hammer Years: Boobs, Blood & Bondage
You’re in a foreign land. A land filled with superstition. Ahead is a gloomy Gothic castle shadowed upon a hill top. The sun is setting, the darkness is closing in, the fog is obscuring your view. You...
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