The Sandman (2022)

Writing has two stages:

1. you can't stop

2. you can't start to save your life

Ready to pounce an unseen victim or victims, the tiger draws our attention to it first before our minds wander to the raging storm and billowing vegetation in the background and foreground. It is an inspirational, haunting piece on the powers of desperation or determination, where our subject drags us in its devotion to the point of ignoring everything else that's happening elsewhere.

Perhaps that was the mind-state that Henri Rousseau was experiencing at the time of the painting's creation. A late bloomer in the art scene, he could have been desperate or determined enough to make a breakthrough into the art world. And that desperation or determination is poured into the painting where despite the dangers of the raging storm, our tiger is either very desperate or very hungry for food. Either way, it is a very dangerous mix to have that state of mind.

Perhaps, it was a good thing that his artwork was accepted at the Salon des Independants. Wonder what would have happened if the painting was rejected again, in that state of his?

Henri Rousseau, Tiger in a Tropical Storm, 1891.

A kitchen is a research lab for new ways to say I love you

Feeling rather ouija-bored myself these days...

The Nashville Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, April 7, 1920

Going to a library with someone you love and sitting in a corner with your head propped up on their shoulder while you both are reading books in peace and calm is the most intimately wholesome thing ever.

"Ah, September! You are the doorway to the season that awakens my soul... but I must confess that I love you only because you are a prelude to my beloved October." 🍁🎃🌙

- Peggy Toney Horton

The Tenement - a menace to all by Udo J. Keppler, (1872 - 1956) The illustration shows the spirits of alcoholism, opium, dens, prostitution, gambling and street crime, as well as the figure of Death, issuing from a tenement house

Sell Your Haunted House (2021)

Finally, an exorcist with an actual job!

Hong Ji-a (Jang Na-ra) is the CEO of Daebak Realty, a real estate agency that exorcises haunted houses or apartments plagued by vengeful spirits. Together of Oh In-Beom (Jung Yong-hwa), a scammer with special psychic abilities, she helps put those spirits to rest and help the living move on from their distress and bereavement.

The series expresses on the idea that greed and corruption often creates resentment and regret, which in turn, fuels the creation of these vengeful spirits. Only by letting go of these negative energies (in most cases, stabbing at the heart with an exorcism needle), can both the dead and the living truly move on from their uncomfortable positions.

It's a heartwarming series with a number of comedic and horror moments. The storyline is very engaging and the cast members really compliment each other, making this series a very interesting addition to your watchlist.