Here you'll find oddities, curiosities, and every flavor of freakish fascination, pulled straight from the abyssal dredges of my restless cranium! Prepare to be amazed by my curated collection of maddening musings! Atrocious art! And of course, the occasional cat video! Step right up... if you dare!
A little bit about myself:
I like spooky stuff, I write and draw, and I play violin here and there. I'm obsessed with old movies, weird music, and endless research spirals. I explode into viscera on occasion. The rest is an enigma.
Ask box is periodically open. Art account is @sixtysilverwishes-art. Want to commission me? See here!
And now, a handy guide to this cacophonous carnival! A list of some of my interests, which you may catch me posting about:
Movies
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Metropolis (1927)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Pinocchio (2022, dir. Guillermo Del Toro)
Recent watches (usually horror and art films, but also silly stuff too!)
Art
Otto Dix
Albert Birkle
Egon Schiele
Remedios Varo
Junji Ito
Stephen Gammell
Thomas Ott
Edward Gorey
Vincent van Gogh
Music
Tom Waits
Dmitri Shostakovich
Gustav Mahler
Will Wood
Maurice Ravel
Alban Berg
Cab Calloway
Al Bowlly
Aurelio Voltaire
Klaus Nomi
Circus Contraption Band
Screamin Jay Hawkins
Books and Literature
Isaac Asimov
Nikolai Gogol
Shirley Jackson
J.R.R. Tolkien
A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Dracula
Frankenstein
House of Leaves
Misc.
Opera and musical theatre
Bones!
Fashion
Academic media criticism
Animals and nature
History (especially classical music history of the mid 19th-20th centuries)
Dolls, puppets, robots, etc
Bioshock (not really a gamer, so it goes here)
Current Events and Social Issues
Politics- mainly using my platform to be hopeful, and not cynical when it comes to politics, both in the US and abroad. The world is a mess right now, and I want to focus on what gets us through it.
Palestine- I'll share links for humanitarian aid orgs, but not individual fundraisers for now. I've seen a rise in scam bots recently, so I want to ensure that any money I encourage people to donate is guaranteed to help people who need it.
Intersectionality- I try to view social issues through an intersectional lens. I'm mainly interested in how they impact one another, both with regards to real life and media.
After watching the recent Tale Foundry video, “The Fan Theory Spiral”, TaleBot of @talefoundry proves to us how fun theorizing can be through the greatest hyperfixation in the indie animated industry, and the world, no matter how bizarre or unpredictable they are…
gonna try to be on tumblr way less because I'm getting really sick of the internet in general. so if you wanna talk to me there's my discord server but I'm not on there 24/7 either
so this post has blown up; turns out a lot of people feel the same way I do. If you're feeling conflicted or upset over 4th of July, I've compiled a list of educational resources and charities, both regarding US and international issues, which you can look into if you'd like. Issues here include humanitarian aid to Gaza, Ukraine, and the Caribbean, as well as reproductive, LGBT, BIPOC, and disability rights in the US.
woke up and saw people were reblogging this again. anyway, yeah. america is still being really mean and I do not want to go to its birthday party today
if you would like to spite the really mean people even more today, consider donating to raices con voz. they're a student-led organization in los angeles, who deliver food and essential supplies to immigrant families who can't leave their homes due to the ICE raids. More information about them here
EDIT: Had to fix the link! please reblog this version instead
another year of not wanting to go to america's birthday party in two days. because it's really mean. so we should help the people that america is being really mean to
in keeping with tradition, here is a link to unicef's fund for emergency health supplies and services for survivors of the venezuela earthquakes.
here is another link for manos in action, an organization that delivers supplies, such as food and childcare items, to latin american immigrants in central florida. I've participated in one of their local food drives; they're great. if you're not local to central florida, you can always donate money.
the other links are still available too, so feel free to check those out!
