The scary side of life. (Personal Blog #1)

     When i was five or six, my mother would watch television shows like C.S.I. and Cold Cases. I reluctantly watched these shows with her, though they always gave me anxiety filled thoughts, especially around bedtime. But somehow I slowly became addicted to learning about the esoteric piece of the human mind. Something in my brain clicked, making disturbing crime scenes a fascinating puzzle, leaving me searching for even more gruesome stories. So, at the age of ten, I watched my first horror movie, The Grudge.  I chose this movie because the cover image had plagued my thoughts, sticking like a sticky note in mind. It took me at least a week to muster up the courage to watch it. When I finally did, i watched it alone and I was terrified at night for weeks, but being scared produced an adrenaline rush.  Ever since then I've loved scary movies that push my limits and create that unbeatable rush.

     In the last few years I've come to like following scripted television shows, so I was excited to see the combination of horror and scripted television in the American Horror Story trailer. It turned out to be just that, this perfect combination that ignored boundaries and left me asking, how did they even come up with that? Ryan Murphy, the creator of the show, fabricated this dark, unimaginable world which followed very little rules and left a bitter sweet after taste. 

 

                                                       

     After watching American Horror Story, a yearning for a unique creepiness in other areas of my life grew. And I found that in Ralph Eugene Meatyard, a photographer who died in 1972. Meatyard's pictures are eerie, but they also vibrate with his own brand of beauty. I love his use of nature and the way he plays with shadow. In all of Meatyard's pictures there is an element of poetry and tragedy, almost like a story could be written for every photo.