Voodoo City

Today I've wanted to take a closer look at sleep paralysis and all the questions connected to this subject. Unfortunately, this isn't something new for me as I was exposed to this sort of occurrence many times before. From my own experience, I can say that this is a living nightmare. I'm able to fall asleep, but then suddenly I'm starting to feel conscious, and I can have my eyes opened, but then I'm still half asleep, so I don't have any control over my mind. Even though my mind is awake, my body is still paralysed.  I couldn't distinguish all the phenomena before, but it seems that I passed all three stages of sleep paralysis. One of them is called "incubus" - but the definition is quite different from what usually is associated with "the incubus" known as an evil spirit. During this kind of paralysis, I witness a feeling of suffocation, experienced by the unknown energy. The second stage can be known as "the intruder", this o...

Have you heard about the concept of the Isolated Cinema on the island of Pater Noster, which is a part of the Göteborg Film Festival?  One person among all the brave volunteers will be selected to spend a week on the island in complete solitude (there'll be another person in a lighthouse just for security reasons). This Swedish movie festival requires from the participant an absolute prohibition of using smartphone or any other electric device as a laptop etc. The goal is to connect with nature because the chosen one (not Harry Potter this time) will be living in a lighthouse for a week and will watch about 60 movies there. The idea arose throughout the worldwide lockdown. I mean, it's always better to be locked, surrounded by nature than being stucked in an apartment building, hearing unpleasant noises of pneumatic drills, right? The festival seems to create an amazing experience. People from the whole world can apply to participate in the upcoming event. The only condition i...

"For All Mankind" was definitely the best series that I watched last year and there were plenty of those due to a horrible global phenomenon that rhymes with "academic". This is an alternative history of a space race between the Soviet Union and the USA that happens through the years, starting in the 60s. The story begins with a piece of exciting news that the Russians landed on the moon before the Americans. And of top of that one of the astronauts was a female. We can witness not only a breathtaking cosmic adventure, enriched with a marvellous soundtrack (Jimmy Ruffin, David Bowie) but also stories of struggles of NASA members and their respective families. It was also interesting to see a portrayal of feminism in these years. Unfortunately, the series isn't broadly commented, and it deserves so much more recognition, because the creators really paid attention to details. The show itself was created by Ronald D. Moor, who is known for writing scenarios for suc...