The Modern Ritual

The Most Satisfying Website On The Internet

In a world filled with tumultuous chaos, seemingly spiralling out of control into a complete shambles, it’s nice to know that there are still things in our universe that are just right. Nowhere is there a better example of this idea than the Tumblr blog Things Fitting Perfectly Into Other Things, an immensely satisfying collection of […]

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Holmies: The Bizarre Community Dedicated To Alleged Batman Cinema Killer James Holmes

The cult of celebrity around serial killers is nothing new – take a look at the obsessive fandom surrounding the ‘Clown killer’ John Wayne Gacy, for example, and you will get our drift. Some people are fascinated with the psychology that drives a person to commit multiple murders, and even more so if there is […]

Hey asshole! You’re not the centre of the universe

Its easy to engage in the frivolous pastime of forming ill-conceived opinions about complete strangers. We have all indulged in the delicious pleasure of walking past someone on the street and forming a scathing judgement on who they are as a person, based on how they present themselves to the world. Sometimes, it can just […]

Are You There?

Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today I wish, I wish he’d go away… ‘Antigonish’ – Hughes Mearns Many of us like to think of ourselves as free thinking, spirited individuals, and that we ‘have control’ over what we say and do. But if you pay […]

Follow YOLO Into A Hollow Sorrow

You’d be hard pressed to find a corner on the internet that doesn’t have a passing reference to the acronymic phenomenon known as YOLO – You Only Live Once. A mantra adopted by those who possess the un-tamed fire of youth (or for those who are older – eschewing the ‘you should know better’ maxim), YOLO […]

How To Lucid Dream – Delving Deeper Into Your Inner Realm

In an age where science has mapped out a sizeable portion of human experience, our inner world remains very much a mystery. What do our dreams mean? Are they important signals relating to our deepest fears, insecurities, joys and pleasures? Or are they simply a result of differing brain waves experienced during sleep? The Modern […]

The Chilling Last Words Of Offenders Executed In Texas

Capital punishment is always a contentious political issue, but for offenders on death row, facing their impending demise at the hands of the state, their final minutes are about as far from politics as you can get. In this chilling series – Lasting Statement – Andy Smith, with design help from Timoni West, show case a collection […]

Amazing Photos Based On Artist’s Dreams

For the past 7 years photographer Ronan Goldman has been creating photos based his dreams for this series called “The Surrealistic Pillow” project. With every possible image on earth being Tweeted, Instagrammed and Facebooked ad nausem, maybe the human psyche is the final visual frontier! You can check out (and buy!) more of his amazing […]

These Creepy Robots Will Eventually Kill Us All

We all know that robots will eventually kill us all. But robotic engineers aren’t content with the knowledge that their work will ultimately being about the end of our species – no, they have to send wet, slithery shivers up our spine for the remainder of our years with some truly creepy mechanical specimens. First […]