VOLUME 2(4) • 2014
Horror, horror, everywhere...
ABSTRACT. Horror fiction is as old as mankind, its origin being traced back to cave paintings, religion, rituals, magic, cannibalism, and in the stories told near firelights by our ancestors. Starting from the seminal essay written by H. P. Lovecraft, this article discusses the evolution of horror f..
The fiction writers it is trendy to be small-talking about
ABSTRACT. As for the eminent writer it is exclusively his work that counts; the trendy writer, whose life and work is a topic à la mode in literary salons, will be an eminent writer with a twist, because his life counts perhaps as much as his work. We did not take too much of a risk then, when we ex..
The composers it is trendy to be small-talking about
ABSTRACT. The “trendy” composer is an “eminent” composer with a twist. If the latter is worth talking about for exclusively aesthetic reasons, the former invites debates for biographical reasons, as well. The percentage of psychopathology, then, will be significantly higher for such trendy composers..
The voice of music resounding on HRV
ABSTRACT. Heart rate variability (HRV) describes the oscillations between consecutive heart beats (RR interval), as well as the oscillations between consecutive instantaneous heart rates. It is a measure that can be used to assess the autonomic nervous system (ANS) modulation under physiological con..
I was a child in this kingdom by the hills
ABSTRACT. The following was not necessarily made by design although, on second thoughts, it looks like an hypostasis of A Pilgrim’s Progress under new conditions and still on the way, never forgetting that the artist is a 13-year old. What is more or less the same is the rite of passage, the directi..