The Cumin Clump

     This is what I wrote regarding horror video games, specifically related to the game Silent Hill (1999) and the book Silent Hill: The Terror Engine by Bernard Perron.      Throughout the entire game, we can see, hear, and infer many classic horror tropes. An overwhelming fog blankets the quiet town, our character walks through and sees someone, but only for a moment before they run away and disappear into the mist. The eerie music keeps us uncomfortable company as we explore an alleyway, seemingly in an attempt to follow the person we saw before. Immediately upon entering the alleyway, we are met with the completely eviscerated carcass of what looks to be a large animal. But with the human imagination, combined with the general atmosphere of the game, we could draw the conclusion that it was not just some wild animal. Then, we find an overturned wheelchair, wheels still spinning with no sign of stopping or even slowing down. Was someone just here? Was i...

There's no easy way to say this: WordPress will never work the way you want it to. Nor the way your instructors want it to. It crashes all the time, it's buggy, and for some reason it's still our main way to submit work in the Fine Arts program. So here's a super bare-bones way to succeed in WordPress without really trying. 1. Do all of your edits straight from the page itself. Doing things from the dashboard is stress-inducing and scary. Find your post, select "Edit Post" on the top menu bar. 2. Adding things to your post: You can add so many things, but WordPress has preferences. When you click on the little plus sign in your post, click "Browse All". Anytime you add something, the section is called a "block". You can change what kind of block you've added by clicking on the icon on the far left of the popup bar for that block. The popup bar for paragraph blocks. Paragraphs are the default block type, so any time you press enter you...

Honestly, I love researching things. Writing about them? That's iffy. But researching is something I can do, so I'm here to help you. What follows is an in-depth (but concise) list of links and sources that you can get information for your art history papers. Google Scholar Google Scholar is basically regular Google but it filters out all the bullshit. Everything that isn't a published article, journal, or peer-reviewed paper is stricken from the record and you are left with exclusively relatively reliable sources. Public Library This one is kind of a no-brainer. If you live near a public library, go there and check the arts section and history sections, or search their database and see if they have anything available that you can order in. They also usually have links to videos and physical copies of DVDs (you'd need a DVD player obviously) that might be useful. And, if you ask nicely, they might even have an archive section that might include some out-of-print books, ...

HEY YOU. YOU'RE A FUCKING ART STUDENT AREN'T YOU. yeah i thought so. 🧑🏻‍💻 Basically, this blog is a culmination of years of suffering needlessly at the hands of the art school gods and we want to spare you the same torture. Everything is sorted by course and you can search topics and subjects using the search bar at the top of the site. thoughts and prayers. <3

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