Just posted an appreciation of the great David Cronenberg. Can’t wait to watch ”Shrouds!” ”Cronenberg’s psychological horror is not about external monsters but internal disintegration. His characters are often intellectuals or professionals—scientists, doctors, artists—whose rational worldviews are systematically dismantled by subconscious drives. In this way, his films challenge Enlightenment ideals of the autonomous, rational self, suggesting instead that identity is porous, unstable, and deeply influenced by forces beyond conscious control.” #davidcronenberg #shrouds #anartapart #carlabrahamsson

För er som inte kunde dyka upp i bokhandeln i onsdags… ”Det som är vackert med det hela är att det finns i ett ögonblick, sen är det borta. Kombinationen i just det ögonblicket kommer aldrig finnas igen och den bilden som du tar kommer ingen annan att kunna ta på samma sätt, även om ni är på samma plats.” Boken finns i Vimmerby Bokhandel eller på: #lokalpatriotism #vimmerbytidning #vimmerbybokhandel #vimmerbyhembygdochomnejd #carlabrahamsson

Just posted an essay about Strindberg’s occult approaches as compared to other prominents of his era: ”Strindberg’s occult immersion, by contrast, was more reactive—a desperate attempt to understand seemingly supernatural persecutions and coincidences during his psychological collapse. This crisis-driven approach lent his occult writings an intensity and urgency distinct from the more measured explorations of contemporaries.” #auguststrindberg #occulture #thefenriswolf #carlabrahamsson

New classes coming up… Pencil them in and sign up! THE LEGACY OF HORROR: Aug 24-Sep 14 (four sessions on Sundays) The legacy of horror haunts us throughout our lives. From terrifying children’s tales to teenage horror film rebellion, from mature refinements and curations of controlled titillation to the relentless horrors of contemporary times and the violent aesthetics of news and politics. More than ever before, it seems, we are immersed in deep-rooted aspects of horror as well as our conflicted reactions to them. Over the course of four class sessions, Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson will take us on a dark journey through the history of horror. We will begin with the origins of horror, in which we examine its historical foundations. We will examine horror across media in which we trace its formal evolution of form, turn our eye to contemporary horror as expressions of modern fears, and end with horror in reality, with the news as horror narrative. Through image-rich lectures...