Paul Matthew Carr
Writer, Artist, Podcaster
Blogging about silly things and making things up and then attempting to convince people they are proper stories.
The Blood Elevator: Its Meaning & Symbol
The blood elevator scene, sometimes called the ‘river of blood," from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is a horrifying and disturbing image in a film full of horrifying and disturbing images. Upon watching it the scene produces in many - myself included - a feeling of dread; an uneasiness that is hard to explain. I’ve often wondered why this is. The scene itself only lasts twenty-six seconds. Danny, a young boy, stares in a mirror and
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Word After Word
Paul Matthew Carr
Writer | Artist | Talker
Paul is a writer, artist and designer. He spends an inordinate amount of time on the Internet blogging about silly things and even more time making things up and then attempting to convince people they are proper stories. He also talks into microphones from time to time.
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