Dark Artsy Stuff

And not to pull your halo down

Around your neck and tug you off your cloud

But I'm more than just a little curious

How you're planning to go about making your amends

It weights on your mind.

Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.

"One of the key things I found interesting from the books was that when [Hannibal] rips out the tongue of a nurse, his pulse does not get above 60. But in our version, his heart does beat sometimes, when he chooses." — Mads Mikkelsen

During your exploration you stumble upon a shrine.

The electricity fills the air.

The Deity is present.

Would you like to leave an offering?

A sweet treat from a friend.

A paper star.

A broken pencil.

A piece of lint from your pocket.

Blood.

Nosferatu, dir. Robert Eggers, 2024

I wanna watch the way.

ring of dancing, 

mindless fervor, 

hunting party and swift murder, 

deep in dreams of moss and trees,

wicked things are running free.