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diamonds & daisies no. 2

Only 3 paints used in this one—viridian green, naphthol red, & light cadmium yellow (plus titanium white). Sharing because I’m always interested in other artists’ limited palettes and the wide spectrum they manage to provide.

Available here: https://leahgardner.art/collections/originals/products/diamonds-daisies-no-2

Leah Gardner Art

Diamonds & Daisies no. 2

12x12 inches, oil on cradled wood panel (~7/8 inch depth)

Horror Short Films You Can Watch For Free - Right Now!

Just a 'small' post collecting some less well known horror short films that you can find mostly on youtube & vimeo! All worth a look!

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SUNGAZER 9min, 2020 (You'll have to log in to vimeo to watch this one!) "A short, wordless horror film about the terrors lurking just beyond the veil of reality." - Or, a man waits, and performs a ritual. Wicked atmospheric, manages to really paint a world despite the run-time. Looks great as well. [TW: flashing lights, body horror, harsh noise]

The Color Out of Space 5min, 2017 "A meteorite, strange vegetation, a colour: an experimental take on H.P. Lovecraft's spiral into madness, shot with a vintage camera on truly unique LomoChrome 16mm film." <- All accurate! Eerie little film.

My House Walk-through: 12min, 2016

Short, sweet, and unnerving!! The person who made this has done a tonne of other (more classical) 'internet horror' shorts, but this is a really wonderful & understated piece. Visually it feels very PT inspired, but its even more about atmosphere and repetition. Worth checking out the making of as well, pretty much the whole thing was done practically!! [TW: unsanitary conditions, blood]

Possibly in Michigan 12min, 1983

Cecilia Condit mostly does weird, dreamy short films. They have a kind of cake with a worm inside feeling, if you get me; things are rotting inside. This one is a cannibal musical! [TW: cannibalism, unreality, insects, murder, animal death]

The Black Tower 23min, 1987

More unsettling than scary. A man finds himself followed by a mysterious building. I really love how this one gets built up visually. The most like a tma episode out of all of these, or something out of Blue Jam. You can read more stuff about it here! [TW: unreality, talk of mental institutions, disordered eating]

Heck 29min, 2020 If you've seen any of these, I think it'll probably be this one. Its the short that originally inspired Skinamarink. I personally kind of prefer this. Digitally gritty and mean. [TW: Same warnings as skinamarink for the most part, there's a kid in danger, a little body horror].

Juliet in Paris 18min, 1967

Juliet moves to Paris for college, is lonely, and keeps losing blood. Kind of a vampire thing? But also not a vampire thing. Vibes and vignette heavy.

[TW: blood, animal death, self harm]

Dawn of an Evil Millennium 20min, 1988 (in 3 parts!)

A palette cleanser! Getting a honourary nomination through me hearing about it on a found footage podcast (lol). A trailer for an 18hr movie that doesn't exist; staring demons, 'olds mobiles', space-travel and cops. Deeply 80s, kind of ooey-gooey, pretty fun! [TW: some vomiting, a lot of fake blood gets splashed about]

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some recent-(ish) reads: (faves are bolded)

when buildings kill, places journal

The Psychology, Geography, and Architecture of Horror: How Places Creep Us Out, evolutionary studies in imaginative culture

influencer creep, real-life mag

mommy issues: unlearning inherited pain, human parts

it’s not a child’s job to heal their wounded mother, medium

don’t eat before reading this, anthony bourdain on the new yorker

eye culture: how the cult lab became the hub for london’s photographers, wepresent

the great beyond, real life mag

stop hyperbolizing language, substack

the family that would not live, colin dickey on longreads

abject permanence, larissa phan

how American culture ate the world, the new republic

queer readings of the lord of the rings are not accidents, polygon

the falling man, esquire

the dogs that grew wool and the people who loved them, hakai magazine

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