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Only Ghosts in these Halls / Solo Fantasme in queste Sale for #monochromemonday

In the Archiginnasio the walls are covered in around 6000 heraldic arms. These arms commemorate past students, teachers and patrons of the university. Arms were added to the walls until the late 18th century. (The Archiginnasio was built in 1563 so we're taking about 200 years worth of people)
It got me thinking about all the people who come and go from the building, yet it remains.
The "ghosts" right now are those represented by the heraldry, but one day will be us. But it's a Monday morning so don't think about it too deeply okay! ✨
This photo is a combination of a double exposure and a long exposure (because I have shaky hands and I really liked the people in one photo and the background in another so I tried to squish them together 😂)
Do not look too closely as it's my first time trying this and it's a mess. Just squint and enjoy! 😂✨


#photography
#amateurphotography #street #streetphotography #urban #history #city #cityscape #archiginnasio #shadows #ghosts #doubleexposure #longexposure #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #blackwhite #blackandwhitephotography #stairs #sunlight #light #shadow #spring #experiment #dark #spooky #moody #bologna #italy #italia #europe #biancoenero #fantasme
Only Ghosts in these Halls / Solo Fantasme in queste Sale for #monochromemonday

In the Archiginnasio the walls are covered in around 6000 heraldic arms. These arms commemorate past students, teachers and patrons of the university. Arms were added to the walls until the late 18th century. (The Archiginnasio was built in 1563 so we're taking about 200 years worth of people)
It got me thinking about all the people who come and go from the building, yet it remains.
The "ghosts" right now are those represented by the heraldry, but one day will be us. But it's a Monday morning so don't think about it too deeply okay! ✨
This photo is a combination of a double exposure and a long exposure (because I have shaky hands and I really liked the people in one photo and the background in another so I tried to squish them together 😂)
Do not look too closely as it's my first time trying this and it's a mess. Just squint and enjoy! 😂✨


#photography #amateurphotography #street #streetphotography #urban #history #city #cityscape #archiginnasio #shadows #ghosts #doubleexposure #longexposure #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #blackwhite #blackandwhitephotography #stairs #sunlight #light #shadow #spring #experiment #dark #spooky #moody #bologna #italy #italia #europe #biancoenero #fantasme
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I feel so utterly fortunate to have discovered the "Ghosts In The Burbs" podcasts 80-something episodes in.

It's a fiction #podcast In it a writer interviews individuals in the Wellesley, a (very) affluent Boston suburb about their (surprisingly frequent?!) encounters with the supernatural.

Not only is it completely in my #spooky content lane, the dry humor about Wellesley's wealth and cluelessness is hilarious.

open.spotify.com/show/1KX9SiBV

SpotifyGhosts In The BurbsPodcast · Liz Sower · A podcast about the people of Wellesley, MA and the ghosts (and monsters) who haunt them.
Sweet Dreams / Sogni D'Oro for #spookysaturday episode 5

"Oneiric Hypnotherapy: Trouble sleeping? Resolved in just one session or your money back!".
The advert seemed a little too good to be true, but you were desperate.
The office is nice and welcoming, and the therapist seems professional. He's explained that he's been doing this for over 20 years and has helped numerous clients.
"So you can fix me in one session?"
"Yes. I have a perfect record. Nobody’s ever come back for a refund."
You settle down and begin the session. He tells you to imagine a comforting place for you – a beach, a pasture, your childhood home.
You find yourself in a moonlit field. An ominous hooded figure stands near a barren tree. "When the sun goes down..." it hisses at you.
You don't remember anything else, nor the hypnotherapist bringing you out of the trance.
"Alright, that's it, then. You're cured!"
"Really? That's it?"
"Oh, I've seen this many times before. The tree, the cloaked figure. All quite normal hallucinations."
"Wait, so others have seen this too?"
"Oh yes, but don't worry. Nobody has ever come back!"
"Have you seen them afterwards? Your clients?"
"Huh, now that you mention it, I don't think I have".

(The real horror story here was trying to put this photo together. 😂 This is the most effort you're ever getting out of me. 😂)

#photography #amateurphotography #spookysaturday #creepypasta #spooky #creepy #eerie #dark #moody #horror #dream #tree #moon #field #figure #scary #fiction #story #blackandwhite #monochrome #alberi #luna #spookyvibes #nightmare #scarystory #prato #monster

In silence stands the mirror old,
Its frame of gilt, now dimmed and cold.
A face appears with hollow stare,
A whisper trapped in timeless glare.

No breath, no blink, yet eyes that weep,
For secrets that the glass must keep.
By candle’s flame and cobweb thread,
It mourns the life it once had led.

So gaze too long, and you may find
The echo waiting, intertwined—
A soul forgotten, bound to see
The face inside… is also thee. #art #poetry #spooky #ghost #tuesdayvibes