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I'm sure that quite a few here have heard of the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch).

If not here is a refresher of his work...

http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Hieronymus_Bosch/earthly_delights.jpeg

Now...when I was a kid I saw some of these paintings and let me tell you...I had nightmares for weeks.

Now I find that some bright spark has made miniatures of the most bizarre and scary creatures ever to have come from the mind of man....

http://www.3d-mouseion.com/engels/bosch_eng.htm

brrrrrr!

Yeah, Bosch's images of hell are pretty creepy.

If you don't like creepy paintings, then avoid Goya's black paintings. Particularly the one of Saturn...ugh.

i dismiss his work as religious zealorty

Uh, why would it give you nightmares? It's not particularly horrific...

Uh, why would it give you nightmares? It's not particularly horrific...

It is when you're about 8 years old! LOL

It is when you're about 8 years old! LOL

*shrugs*

I'm completely desensitised. I've been watching horror films since birth, practically. I honestly can't think of a horror film that's scared me, never mind a painting.

*shrugs*

I'm completely desensitised. I've been watching horror films since birth, practically. I honestly can't think of a horror film that's scared me, never mind a painting.

There really wasn't much in the way of horror films in 1974 that an 8 year old had access to.

There really wasn't much in the way of horror films in 1974 that an 8 year old had access to.

Well, my parents took the view that if I was old enough to ask to see it, I was old enough to see it. Thus, I was watching things like Alien, Nightmare of Elm Street and The Shining when I was five.

1984! That book is horrible!

i dismiss his work as religious zealorty
I dismiss your dismissal as aethestic zealotry.

1984! That book is horrible!

But it's got a point. Which is nice. You could say the same for Bosch, even if one doesn't consider the message relevant nowadays.

I dismiss your dismissal as aethestic zealotry.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k117/SystemKarela/trollywood.jpg

But it's got a point. Which is nice. You could say the same for Bosch, even if one doesn't consider the message relevant nowadays.
Indeed, I think some of my political activities (in the Pirate Party of Germany) are because this book changed my priorities and made me value freedom far more!

I had a nightmare last night. In my nightmare I was watching a movie and it starred Nicholas Cage. Horrifying.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k117/SystemKarela/trollywood.jpg

um... what is that suppose to be for?

um... what is that suppose to be for?

Because I feared a religious and a atheist would start trolling and flinging excrements at each other... pre-crime, so to say!

Nothing compares to H.R Giger's....well....anything frankly.



Heres the gallary....

http://www.middian.net/Galerie4/index.html

Because I feared a religious and a atheist would start trolling and flinging excrements at each other... pre-crime, so to say!

oh, i'm sure his post was just a joke.

oh, i'm sure his post was just a joke.
I can not rate trolls, their behavior can go in both directions!

I love fucked up artists.

I had a nightmare last night. In my nightmare I was watching a movie and it starred Nicholas Cage. Horrifying.

That's nothing. I dreamed I wrote a screenplay, Keanu Reeves got the lead role, and changed every line of dialogue to include "Woah."

That's nothing. I dreamed I wrote a screenplay, Keanu Reeves got the lead role, and changed every line of dialogue to include "Woah."

Oh my. Now I need to go have a bowel movement...

http://i15.ebayimg.com/03/i/04/ed/52/29_1_b.JPG


...say hello to 8 more years of the GOP in the White House if this happens.

That's nothing. I dreamed I wrote a screenplay, Keanu Reeves got the lead role, and changed every line of dialogue to include "Woah."

:D

I actually did have the Nick Cage nightmare last night though. That wasn't just a joke.

[snip]


...say hello to 8 more years of the GOP in the White House if this happens.
Gaaaah!

Warn a guy before showing something that horrific!



I failed my san roll... :(

I had a nightmare about snakes last night, which is really odd, because in real life, snakes don't scare me at all.

what gives me nightmares? LIFE.

I woke up, got dressed and ready for work, I went to my office, sat down and typed away... then my alarm rang, waking me up to get ready to go to work...

Gaaaah!

Warn a guy before showing something that horrific!



I failed my san roll... :(

I *told* you to stop saying "Hastur" all the time... :D

http://insidetheasylum.blogsome.com/images/cthulu.jpg

I *told* you to stop saying "Hastur" all the time... :D

http://insidetheasylum.blogsome.com/images/cthulu.jpg

I preferre the old ones to a clinton-obama team.

I preferre the old ones to a clinton-obama team.

Well, that goes without saying! They're easier to gaze upon! ;)

If I have nightmares, I have them about fundies. Seriously.

Nothing compares to H.R Giger's....well....anything frankly.



Heres the gallary....

http://www.middian.net/Galerie4/index.html

If you can avoid the dead babies and machine/human porn, Giger has some really good stuff. Homage a Bocklin comes to mind. Tentacle Hentai has nothing on Giger for fucked upness, however. *nods*