Collage Obsession Challenge
7 Deadly Sins
First Theme:" LUST"!
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by to see my Dark Art!!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Soartful Saturday Challenge
The Challenge for Soartful Saturday
is a beautiful John Waterhouse that
just happens to be one of my favorites!
The Theme was Crystal Ball
and this is my Entry:
I see My Future Be...
Thee Eclisped With me.
Thanks for stopping by to visit
and enjoy your weekend!
My Crystal Ball says,"Lot's of Sunshine" for you today!!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Free Anatomy Parts
MACABRE BODY PARTS
CLIP ART
PLEASE...
feel free to use these Anatomy Images
in your dark art projects when you
might need something a little extra-creepy
with more than a few wicked/eerie details!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Art On The Darkside Challenge
"Ignis Fatuus"
This Dark Side Theme "Where The Wisps Lead You..."
was posted from January 15th to February 13th and as life would have it,
I had so many things to do and totally missed the deadline!
This Dark Side Theme "Where The Wisps Lead You..."
was posted from January 15th to February 13th and as life would have it,
I had so many things to do and totally missed the deadline!
This challenge intrigued me!
Meikoningin gave us several different definitions of how "WISPS" are defined...
"A will-o'-the-wisp or ignis fatuus — also called will-o'-wisp,
corpse candle, jack-o'-lantern, friar's lantern, gunderslislik,
and wisp — is the folklore term for a ghostly light sometimes
seen at night or twilight over bogs, swamps, and marshes.
It resembles a flickering lamp and is sometimes said to
recede if approached."
I was not familiar with the phrase,
"Ignis Fatuus"
and was eager to start putting together some images that I thought
would create that "wispy" kind of creepy artI found some foggy,
bleak-looking backgrounds and spooky images that already reflected some
kind of eerie light in the background!
bleak-looking backgrounds and spooky images that already reflected some
kind of eerie light in the background!
After I finished working on the art piece I started for this challenge
I realized that I still had a huge file of eerie images that I wanted to
use to create more art with the Ignis Fatuus theme!
Here are the other seven "Will O' The Wisp" art pieces I created!!!
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Art On The Dark Side Challenge #70
Frida Kahlo has been my favorite artist for many years!
I love Frida's brilliant art work, her bold style of fashion,
and her stubborn resolve to get everything she could out of life in spite
of her debilitating health problems. When I saw this image of
Frida in her bright green skirt and black shawl,
I immediatley began to create this art piece for the challenge!
Here's my "Bones" Entry
Frida Kahlo Style!!!
I hope you liked my entry
for the Art on the Dark Side Challenge!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Art on the Darkside Challenges
Our Theme for this
Week's Challenge was...
"BONES"!
Thanks for stopping by to take
a creepy peek at my dark art!
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if you would like to see more dark art entries
from the other talented artists or to join us and
createyour own dark art for the challenge!
MY ENTRIES:
Don't miss out on all of this great-creepy fun!!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Art on the Darkside Challenge
For the last Dark Challenge of 2010,
Our Theme at Art On the Dark Side
was to create something really frightening!
What was the most Terrible Christmas Gift
you've ever received!?!
Well, I let my imagination run wild on this one!
I had a blast coming up with the ideas
and images for some wicked-good
deliciously-horrible gifts from Christmas Past!!!
Wanna see? Are you sure?
Next year, you could be the first
in line to buy these terrible gifts for
your friends and loved ones!
I sincerly hope you don't receive
one of these on Christmas Morning!!!!!
Please, nothing personal,
but don't send me one either!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!
This would be a great day to go shopping and exchange
those terrible Christmas presents you got last week!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
HE'S A MEAN ONE!
A male humanoid creature
with bright green fur,
scrawny limbs,
a round midsection,
and a foul grimace!
Mr. Grinch
You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch!
You really are a heel.
You're as cuddly as a cactus,
You're as charming as an eel.
Mr. Grinch!
You're a bad banana with a...greasy black peel!
We're all familiar with the Grinch, right?
But who knew in Whoville that
The Grinch also tried to steal Halloween too!
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Yes, it's true!!
The Grinch tried to steal Halloween too!
Halloween Is Grinch Night!
The animated version was aired on
ABC as a television special on Halloween.
Dr. Seuss and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
co-produced this amazing cartoon.
It won the 1977 Emmy Award
for Outstanding Animated Program.
So, the question is...
what's this Grinch Night Halloween show about?
It starts out like this...
It's a delightful autumn sunset,
It's a delightful autumn sunset,
when suddenly the sleepy peace of Whoville
is disturbed by the howling soursweet wind,
signaling the beginning of Grinch Night.
Soon the evil Grinch,with detachable,
flying eyebrows, glowing yellow eyes,
and a penchant for nasty mischief,
sets forth with his
dreaded paraphernalia wagon
to terroize the villagers all
of whom are paralyzed with fear.
But one brave little boy, young Eukariah,
sets out to single handedly save his family and town.
Digging deep down inside himself to find
courage he didn't know he had,
the boy proves to be more than a
match for the now not-so-gruesome Grinch,
and his spooks, spirits and spectres.
Along the way, Eukariah learns
quite a bit about facing unpleasant facts,
confronting your fears,
and taking positive action
when faced with a threat.
These important lessons are served up
with rainbow animation,
lively music,
and insightful lyrics,
all compliments of the kids' favorite doctor
-- Dr. Seuss!
Sounds pretty cool, huh?
I think I'll have to check it out to see if I...
I mean, my kids would like it to watch it!
Hey, wait a minute!
I'm not too old to watch cartoons!!
Well, maybe the really, really spooky ones!!
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Spooookkky Victorian Christmas Frames
I have posted a few images of a
Victorian Frame
that you can use to make
some really
Spooky Christmas Cards!
Think of those you love and send them
a very spooky, special Christmas treat !
I changed the color and tone of the frames
to give you more options to create with!
Romantic Red
Grungy Green
I wanted this one to have a real Antique look
so I changed it to Sepia but kept the midtones.
Palest Pink
Gothic Black
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Spoooooky Christmas Treats!!!!!
Look what I found today!
Very cool--very spooky
Wallpaper designs for you desk top from
"The Nightmare Before Christmas"!!
So if you are looking for
something
"out of the ordinary"
that just
screams
Christmas Cheer
in that creepy kind of way,
then look no further!!
to check out the free
but a little bit creepy
ChristmasWallpaper!
Decorate your desk top
with this awesome wallpaper
to let everyone know you've got
some really creepy-cool
Chrismas Spirit too!
Have fun!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
SALEM WITCH TRIALS
In the month of February in 1692
and the month of May in 1693,
the famous Salem Witch Trials was a
series of hearings before local magistrates
followed by County Court trials to
prosecute anyone who was accused of
witchcraft in Colonial Massachusetts.
and the month of May in 1693,
the famous Salem Witch Trials was a
series of hearings before local magistrates
followed by County Court trials to
prosecute anyone who was accused of
witchcraft in Colonial Massachusetts.
More than 150 people were accused of
WITCH CRAFT
and were imprisoned, awaiting their trial !
All twenty-six people who went to trial were
convicted of the capital felony of witchcraft.
Nineteen of those accused,
14 women and 5 men, were executed.
One man, Giles Corey,
refused to enter a plea of guilt and
was crushed to death under heavy stones
in an attempt to force him to do so.
Record of Giles Corey's Trial and Convictions
The Death of Giles Corey
WARRANT FOR THE ARREST OF
ELIZABETH PROCTOR
AND SARAH CLOYCE
Salem April 4, 1692
Salem April 4, 1692
There Being Complaint this day made (Before us)
by capt Jonat Walcott, and Lt Natheniell Ingersull
both of Salem Village, in Behalfe of theire Majesties
for themselfes and also for severall of their Neighbours
Against Sarah Cloyce the wife of peter Cloyce
of Salem Village; and Elizabeth Proctor the wife
of John Proctor of Salem farmes for high Suspition
of Sundry acts of Witchcraft donne or Committed
by them upon the bodys of Abigail Williams,
and John Indian both of Mr Sam parris his family
of Salem Village and mary Walcott daughter of the
above said Complainants, And Ann Putnam and
Marcy Lewis of the famyly of Thomas Putnam
of Salem Village whereby great hurt and dammage
hath beene donne to the Bodys of s'd persons
above named therefore Craved Justice.
You are therefore in theire Majest's names hereby
required to apprehend and bring before us
Sarah Cloyce the wife of peter Cloyce of
Salem Village and Elizabeth proctor the wife
of John Procter of Salem farmes; on
Munday Morneing Next being the
Eleventh day of this Instant Aprill aboute
Eleven of the Clock, at the publike
Meeting house in the Towne, in order to
theire Examination Relateing to the premesis
aboves'd and here of you are. not to faile.
To George Herick Marshall
of the County of essex
of the County of essex
John Hathorne
Jonathan Corwin Assists
The original letter of
Abigail Williams' written testimony
that was used in the trials as
evidence that accused and condemned
George Jacobs of witchcraft!!
One of the Original Advertisements written
and published in the Gazette Newspaper
to warn others of the dangers of
witchcraft by listing names of those
accused of practicing witchcraft.
and published in the Gazette Newspaper
to warn others of the dangers of
witchcraft by listing names of those
accused of practicing witchcraft.
The titles of several published books on
the subject of witchcraft are also mentioned
as "eyewitness accounts" revealing the
signs of certain indications of witchcraft,
examinations, and ways to "proof"
the actions of a practicing witch.
signs of certain indications of witchcraft,
examinations, and ways to "proof"
the actions of a practicing witch.
Another advertisement from a newspaper
printed in Europe in 1782
The Puritan's believed that most
most accused "witches" were
unmarried or recently widowed
land-owning women!
According to the law,
if no legal heir existed upon
upon the owner's death, title to the
land reverted to the previous owner,
or to the colony.
According to the law,
if no legal heir existed upon
upon the owner's death, title to the
land reverted to the previous owner,
or to the colony.
This made witch-hunting a possible method
of acquiring a profitable piece of property.
The Home of Rebecca Nurse
The Home of Bridget Bishop
Home of Ann Putman
Ann Putman accused Elizabeth Proctor and Sarah Cloyce
of causing her "great bodily harm" during the Witch Trials
WHY DID THIS TRAVESTY OF INJUSTICE
OCCUR TO SO MANY INNOCENT PEOPLE?
"Witch Hunts" and "Witch Trials
had been taking place in Europe
for centuries before the Puritans
began their great migration across the
Atlantic Ocean to settle in the New World.
The Puritans were no strangers to
the superstitious folk lore that fed the
general public with large doses of
fear and paranoia, suggesting
that witches were easily angered,
anti-social "old crones" that would
not hesitate to cast a myriad of evil spells
with the slightest provocation!
Many believed that just by crossing the
path of a witch would surely warrant
"death and destuction"
to befall them by sunset!
Many Puritans witnessed many bizarre
public examinations that provided the
examiner with the undeniable proof he needed
to charge all who were accused of witchcraft!
Puritans and Pilgrims arriving in the
New World during the early 1600's.
Ironically, the Puritans fled their
Mother Country of England for
reasons of "religious persecution"
and came to the New World
in an attempt to escape
the old religious standards of
the Church of England
to freely embrace the revival
and reformation of their
New Christian Faith!
The Puritan Congregational Movement
was a intense group of young revolters
who had no problem in
showing their disrespect for the
English Church Hierarchy.
The Church Hierarchy became angry
and began to greatly opposed the
"new reformation" bytrying to stop
the Puritans from their overzealous
efforts to "purify and reform"
the Church of England.
And as the historians tell us,
the Puritans came to the New World
where they found the personal freedom
to choose how they would worship,
how their land would be governed,
and how their strong principals would
influence our governing forefathers,
more than 200 years ago, to establish a
solid democracy and institue law to secure
the freedom that we enjoy today!
And yet,
the questions still remain!
people, who experienced so much
persecution and suffering at the hands
of others more powerful than themselves
allow their Christian faith...
the same faith that they fought for,
protected and loved so deeply to twist
and turn them into the cruel,
fanatical murderers that they became...
so tragically and permanently
sealed in the pages of time...
a doomed and tarnished society.
How could such a strong community of
The original legal document signed by
William Stroughton and Sam Sewall
that began the Witch Trials of Salem
Why did it occur in Salem?
Nothing about this tragedy was inevitable.
Only an unfortunate combination of an
ongoing frontier war, economic conditions,
congregational strife, teenage boredom,
and personal jealousies can account for
the spiraling accusations, trials,
and executions that occurred in the
spring and summer of 1692.
and personal jealousies can account for
the spiraling accusations, trials,
and executions that occurred in the
spring and summer of 1692.
Most accounts begin with the
"afflictions of the girls"
in the Parris household
in January/February 1692 and
"afflictions of the girls"
in the Parris household
in January/February 1692 and
end with the last trials in May 1693.
The Parsonage and Home of Reverand Parrish
Where the Accusations of Witchcraft began!
Where the Accusations of Witchcraft began!
The girls screamed, threw things about
the room, uttered strange sounds,
crawled under furniture, and contorted
themselves into peculiar positions.
The girls complained of being pinched
and pricked with pins. The doctor,
William Griggs, could find no
physical evidence of any ailment.
physical evidence of any ailment.
Other young women in the village
began to exhibit similar behaviors.
began to exhibit similar behaviors.
Mary Sibly, a neighbor, instructed Tituba,
the household slave, to make a witch cake,
using traditional English white magic to
discover the identity of the witch who
was afflicting the girls. The cake,
made from rye meal and urine from
the afflicted girls, was fed to a dog.
"WITCH CAKE"
By this time, suspicion had already begun
to focus on Tituba, who had been known
to tell the girls tales of omens, voodoo,
and witchcraft from her native folklore.
Her participation in the urine cake
episode made her an even more
obvious scapegoat for the inexplicable.
The first three people
accused and arrested
were Sarah Good,
Sarah Osborne
and Tituba.
Sarah Osborne
and Tituba.
Sarah Good was homeless
and known to beg for food
or shelter from neighbors.
Sarah Osborne rarely
attended church meetings.
Tituba, as a slave of a
different ethnicity than
the Puritans,
was an obvious target
for accusations.
was an obvious target
for accusations.
All of these outcast women fit the
description of the "usual suspects"
for witchcraft accusations,
and no one stood up for them.
Jonathan Corwin and John Hawthorne
scheduled examinations for the
suspected witches on
March 1, 1692
in Ingersoll's tavern.
in Ingersoll's tavern.
When hundreds showed up,
the examinations
the examinations
were moved to the meeting house.
At the examinations, the girls described attacks
by the specters of the three women, and fell
into their perfected pattern of contortions
when in the presence of one of the suspects.
Martha Corey, Dorothy Good,
and Rebecca Nurse.
Martha Corey pleading for a
conviction of innocence for
conviction of innocence for
her husband, Giles Corey.
GILES COREY
ACCUSED AND IN JAIL
AWAITING TRIAL..
Martha Corey, wife of Giles Corey,
had voiced skepticism about
the credibility of the girls' accusations,
drawing attention to herself.
The charges against her and Rebecca Nurse
deeply troubled the community because
Martha Corey and Rebecca Nurse
were members in the Church in Salem Town.
If such upstanding people
could be witches,
then anybody
could be a witch,
and church membership
was no protection
from accusation.
was no protection
from accusation.
The magistrates, in the common
practice of the time,
practice of the time,
asked the same questions
of each suspect
of each suspect
over and over:
Were they witches?
Were they witches?
One man who was openly critical
of the trials paid for his skepticism
with his life. John Proctor, openly
denounced the witchhunt and became a
target for accusations of being a witch.
The Home of John Proctor
Proctor fought back, accusing confessed
witches of lying, complaining of torture, and
demanding that his trial be moved to Boston.
The efforts proved futile. Proctor was hanged.
The Hanging of John Proctor
His wife Elizabeth, who was also
convicted of witchcraft, was spared
execution because of her pregnancy.
Bridget Bishop was the first to
be pronounced guilty of witchcraft
and condemned to death.
Soon after Bridget Bishop's trial,
Nathaniel Saltonstall, one of the
magistrates, resigned from the court,
dissatisfied with its proceedings.
Bridget Bishop was hanged in Salem,
the first official execution
of the Salem witch trials.
Following her death,
accusations of witchcraft escalated,
accusations of witchcraft escalated,
but the trials were not unopposed.
Several townspeople
Several townspeople
signed petitions on behalf
of accused people
of accused people
they believed to be innocent.
Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin,
Sarah Wildes, Sarah Good and
Elizabeth Howe were tried for
witchcraft, condemned, and executed.
Sarah Wildes, Sarah Good and
Elizabeth Howe were tried for
witchcraft, condemned, and executed.
George Jacobs, Sr., Martha Carrier,
George Burroughs, and John Willard
were tried for witchcraft,
condemned, and executed.
Martha Corey, Mary Easty,
Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator,
Dorcas Hoar,and Mary Bradbury
were tried, condemned, and executed.
Margaret Scott, Wilmott Redd,
Samuel Wardwell, Mary Parker,
Abigail Faulkner, Rebecca Eames,
Mary Lacy, Ann Foster, and Abigail Hobbs
were tried, condemned, and executed.
Bridget Bishop
"I am no witch.
I am innocent. I know nothing of it."
Rebecca Nurse
"Oh Lord, help me! It is false.
I am clear. For my life now lies in your hands...."
Elizabeth Howe
"If it was the last moment I was to live,
God knows I am innocent..."
Susannah Martin
"I have no hand in witchcraft."
Martha Carrier
"...I am wronged.
It is a shameful thing that
you should mind these folks
that are out of their wits."
George Jacobs
"Because I am falsely accused....
I am clear of this sin." I never did it."
Mary Easty
The General Court of the colony
created the Superior Court to try
the remaining witchcraft cases
which took place in May, 1693.
Two dogs were executed as suspected
O Christian Martyr Who for Truth could die
I am clear of this sin." I never did it."
Mary Easty
"...if it be possible
no more innocent blood be shed...
Mary Bradbury
"I do plead not guilty.
I am wholly innocent of such wickedness."
After 20 people had been
executed in the Salem witch hunt,
executed in the Salem witch hunt,
Thomas Brattle wrote a letter
criticizing the witchcraft trials.
criticizing the witchcraft trials.
This letter had great impact
on Governor Phips, who
ordered that spectral
on Governor Phips, who
ordered that spectral
evidence could no
longer be allowed in trials.
The General Court of the colony
created the Superior Court to try
the remaining witchcraft cases
which took place in May, 1693.
This time no one was convicted.
By the time that the witchhunt ended,
and the hysteria and insanity began
to subside,more than two hundred
other people had been arrested and
imprisoned on witchcraft chrages.
to subside,more than two hundred
other people had been arrested and
imprisoned on witchcraft chrages.
Two dogs were executed as suspected
accomplices of the witches.
The Salem Witch Trials Memorial
O Christian Martyr Who for Truth could die
When all about thee Owned the hideous lie!
The world, redeemed from superstition's sway,
Is breathing freer for thy sake today.
---Words written by
John Greenleaf Whittier
and inscribed on a
monument marking
the grave of Rebecca Nurse,
one of the condemned
"Witches" of Salem.
John Greenleaf Whittier
and inscribed on a
monument marking
the grave of Rebecca Nurse,
one of the condemned
"Witches" of Salem.
Bridget Bishop
Rebecca Nurse
Martha Corey
Giles Corey
Sarah Good
George Burroughs
George Jacobs
John Proctor
Martha Carrier
Mary Easty
Susannah Martin
Sarah Wildes
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