Friday, 29 April 2011

Five Fantastic Horror Movies

One of the best ways to spend a night with friends, no matter what age you are, is watching horror movies. A night of popcorn, screams and laughter can make for great entertainment, especially if you have a great home theater system.

Many great classics have been re-released in High Definition on Blu-ray Discs, but there are also many available on the internet, so you can even make a list, and let your friends choose on the night. Many televisions now have internet access, so you can watch the films directly on the TV. Or you can hook up a projector to your PC and make your very own little theater in your living room.

Leaning the Tower of Pisa on Your Wall?

There possibly could not be a human being on earth who doesn't like the idea of travel. Travel always brings to mind great scenery, exotic locales, undiscovered destinations, blue waters, the great skyline and so many other different things to different people.

Whatever location you choose to visit, you can be sure that you will be able to pick up something related to that destination. This includes a gamut of things like photographs, travel wallpapers, shells, calendars, diaries, mementos and many other such memorabilia. How can a trip to a place be complete without an album? You will want something to remember the great times you had there. So it doesn't come as a surprise that there are so many people who are in the business of selling travel wallpapers.

Sexuality in Art and Music

In ancient times, and in various cultures, the human body and making love was admired and encouraged and was shown through paintings, sculptures, or ceramics. The genitals would often be publicly shown or would even be considerably exaggerated. The extent of the genitalia was declared a symbol of amorous authority or power in man.

Clearly, sex and eroticism are two different things. Eroticism can just be expressed by a human being. Unlike human beings, animals are incapable of producing sensual behaviors.
Art may be classified in the sexy genre if it gives off a sensual appetite or pleasure. Sensual art can be displayed in paintings, sculptures, literature, songs, etc.

Wednesday, 27 April 2011

How Does Magic Fool You?

Magic and Illusion has been a popular art form for hundreds of years. It's a love/hate relationship. Audiences love to be fooled, but also don't like to as well. How can magic fool your mind when all your senses are telling your brain NOT to be deceived. Here are some of the finer points of exactly how that happens:
  1. Surprise. Magic and illusion is all about the element of surprise. You simply do not know what is coming, and therefore, when it arrives, it often fools you too. Think of it in these terms. If you are sitting in a quiet movie theater waiting for the film to start and someone in the back of the theater yelled really loudly, your instinct to immediately turn around and see who shouted that out is powerful. It's a natural reflex. Magic is a series of surprises that you cannot help but react instinctively to.