The Shining

January 27, 2026

“The Loop Doesn’t Say “I’m Evil.” It Says “I’m Justified.”

After seeing The Shining in IMAX, I realized the real horror isn’t the hotel—it’s the loop: a mindset that hides behind “morality” and turns control into justification. This is what it reminded me of in my own upbringing, and what I’m choosing to break now. Continue reading

Journal

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December 20, 2025

🎬 “Street Cinema: The Shining — The Loop’s Favorite Disguise Is Morality”

IMAX made The Shining feel less like a haunted-hotel movie and more like a trauma-loop movie—where denial and control become the household climate. Continue reading

STREET CINEMA

control, family, film essay, IMAX, Los Angeles, psychological horror, south central, Stanley Kubrick, Street Cinema, The Shining, trauma loop

About Me

I’m Roberto Sanchez — illustrator, writer, and delivery driver in Los Angeles.

By day, I sell plastic bags out of a van across South Central.

By night, I draw, write, and build my life brick by brick.

I graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 2022 with a BFA in Illustration, but art has never been just school to me. It’s survival, reflection, and expression. My illustrations come slow — patience is part of the work.

I live and create out of a converted garage.

That small room became Echoes of the Garage — the place where I put words, drawings, and the pieces of a life I’m rebuilding one step at a time.

Here you’ll find journal entries, Hood Chronicles, and visual experiments that try to capture the absurd, the painful, and the human in everyday life.

This is where I put it all: drawings, words, and fragments of a life in motion.

This site is where I put it all: drawings, words, and fragments of a life in motion.

The Shining

“The Loop Doesn’t Say “I’m Evil.” It Says “I’m Justified.”

🎬 “Street Cinema: The Shining — The Loop’s Favorite Disguise Is Morality”