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The Art of The 'True Story'
How true is a true story? The title card, “based on a true story”, is a comfort blanket-esque habit in Hollywood, acting both as a red...

Georgia Balmer
Jul 1, 20216 min read


Ancient art repatriated in Italy reveals trend in illicit artifacts
Approximately 800 rare artifacts were seized by Italian police from a Belgian collector’s estate on June 21st. The sheer number of...

Sidney T.
Jun 27, 20212 min read


Moira Rose's "Unrecognizable Accent"
A Relic of Older Canadian English in Schitt's Creek? Adapted from an academic paper I wrote for Marisa Brook's Canadian English course....

Ris V. Rose
Jun 22, 20217 min read


Greco-Roman mythos paves a long road of LGBTQ+ History
Happy Pride! Let's read some ancient myths, shall we? As knowledge of art history enters the mainstream little by little, the...

Sidney T.
Jun 16, 20214 min read


Book Review This I Can Tell You by Brandi Spering
This I Can Tell You by Brandi Spering is an incredibly intimate and compelling memoir told in the form of a poetic narrative that...

Kaila Gallacher
Jun 13, 20213 min read


Conlanging in Storytelling
Making New Languages as a World-Building Tactic What differentiates science fiction and fantasy from other genres is their need for...

Ris V. Rose
Jun 9, 20216 min read


What Makes a Good Sequel
(In My Humble Opinion) In my first blog with Culturally, I talked about how finding a good story to read or watch was challenging because...

Ris V. Rose
May 23, 20218 min read


NFTs seemed like the answer... what happened?
To the naked eye, Non-fungible tokens seemed perfect; a digital trading card or certificate to verify ownership of artwork could make...

Sidney T.
May 19, 20213 min read


Making Blackout Poetry
If you search for “Blackout Poetry” on Google or follow the hashtag through any social media platform, specifically @MakeBlackOutPoetry...

Kaila Gallacher
May 13, 20212 min read


Under-the-Radar Poetic Devices
Poetic Devices (and Forms) You Might Not Have Heard of Some poetic devices are simply Must-Knows if you want to even begin writing...

Ris V. Rose
May 9, 202110 min read


Three Nature-Inspired Creative Projects (For All Ages)
With everything that is going on lately in the world, and the strict lockdowns in many parts of the world, one thing that I’ve found that...

Kaila Gallacher
May 1, 20214 min read


The Nature and Origins of Paleolithic Cave Paintings
The settings of cave paintings not only contribute to the content of the paintings themselves but serve a fundamental purpose in...

Sidney T.
Apr 28, 20213 min read


Art-Related Events During Lockdown
And How to Find Your Own I don’t know about you, but where I live (Ontario, Canada), has just entered its third lockdown. And I don't...

Ris V. Rose
Apr 18, 20218 min read


And Yet...
Deeming Art "Unessential", But Still Relying on It A 1000-person survey published in Singapore in June 2020 shocked and angered the...

Ris V. Rose
Apr 13, 20216 min read


Is American Psycho the Ultimate Feminist Film?
There is an old urban legend that states if you say “American Psycho” three times in an empty room a chino clad man child, who spent his...

Georgia Balmer
Apr 11, 20213 min read


How the Louvre adapts to a shifting art world
The Louvre announced at a press conference on March 26 that they will be exhibiting over 400,000 works online. The very concept of...

Sidney T.
Apr 7, 20212 min read


Getting Creative With Prompts
A prompt is a tool many writers and artist use to generate and inspire more ideas for their work. Prompts can take the form of pretty...

Kaila Gallacher
Mar 31, 20213 min read


NFT's: How digitized collectible art may harm the environment
The age of cryptocurrency has dawned a new way of trading funds and with it a variety of opportunities and drawbacks. It was inevitable,...

Sidney T.
Mar 28, 20212 min read


Artist Morning: Review
The Magic that Happens When You Mix Writing and Meditation About a month or two into the pandemic I had a lot of difficulty falling...

Ris V. Rose
Mar 24, 20216 min read


Chasing Inspiration and Creativity
Photos by Kaila Gallacher One thing that many artists and writers struggle with is that (sometimes) elusive and evasive feeling of...

Kaila Gallacher
Mar 21, 20215 min read


The Women You Need to be Reading This Women’s History Month
The invite for women’s history month seems to have been lost in the post. It doesn’t seem a huge ask, we only wanted 31 days out of the...

Georgia Balmer
Mar 15, 20214 min read


6 Songs You Need to Hear This Women's History Month
March is Women's History Month! Let's celebrate some musicians, shall we? Pictured from left to right: SZA, Rina Sawayama, Angèle,...

Sidney T.
Mar 10, 20212 min read


Writing the Worlds We Want to Read
Filling Our Own Literary Gaps, Not Hollywood's The other day I was browsing through a bookstore I was visiting with my aunt and my dad. I...

Ris V. Rose
Mar 7, 20214 min read


Exclusive Interview with Artist Alexandra Schmeling
We interviewed Virginia-based professional artist Alexandra Schmeling to find out more about her artistic background, influence, and...

Isabell Sliwinski
Mar 3, 20213 min read
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