"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
"Unable to discern the form of You,
I see Your presence all around.
Filling my eyes with the love of You,
my heart is humbled,
for You are everywhere."
- Sana'i Ghaznavi, The Book of Everything: Journey of the Heart’s Desire: Hakim Sanai’s Walled Garden of the Truth
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (also known as Dracula: Voyage of the Demeter) by André Øvredal.
Based on "The Captain's Log", a chapter from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Gorgeous, lavish and vicious!!
Sometimes I think that without the first Blade movie and Dark City (1998), there would have been no Matrix as we know it. It wouldn't have been a thing.
Satanism and Witchcraft: The Classic Study of Medieval Superstition by Jules Michelet.
Originally published in Paris as "La Sorcière ("The Sorceress"): The Witch of the Middle Ages" in 1862.
A turning point on the 19th century politics and perception surrounding witchcraft.
Fun Fact:
Appearances can be deceiving. So whatever you do, do NOT mess with a kelpie. You're not gonna want to pay the price to escape.
A long time ago in Scotland, there was a string of disappearances. Nine children went missing, and no one knew who to blame. One day, a little boy was playing by the water where the children were said to have vanished when he saw a black horse emerge from the water dripping with every step it took towards him and sporting a mane made of kelp. The boy was fascinated and wanted to take the horse out for a ride, but when he stroked its nose, he realized his mistake. His finger was stuck to the beast, meaning this horse was actually a kelpie, a creature known for drowning and devouring anyone who dares to ride it. The kelpie started to pull the boy back towards the lake, but he refused to become its snack. Left with no other choice, he took out his pocketknife and chopped off his finger, allowing him to escape a watery grave.
"Neanderthal" by Frank Frazetta.
"This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel." - Horace Walpole, The Letters of Horace Walpole
Le Roi et l'Oiseau (The King and the Mockingbird) by Paul Grimault.
The first animated surrealist film.
An animator's animated film. The King and the Mockingbird was at the forefront of animation as an art. Influenced Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris, meaning "Our Lady of Paris" originally titled "Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482") by Victor Hugo.
Echoes of Gothic Romance mixed with scathing social/religious criticism.
A profoundly moving book.
"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing." - Oscar Wilde
20s. A young tachrán who has dedicated his life to becoming a filmmaker and comic artist/writer. This website is a mystery to me...
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