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Tuesday, January 9, 2007
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The Dark Side
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Have you ever visited the "dark side?" It's that side of us that we don't let others see. It's that dark place where ugly things can happen and we hide it from the world. It's that place where we are not proud of who we are or what we do, yet we sometimes need to go there. I visit sometimes, especially when I write. It is better to visit when it's safe rather than in the real world. But what does that say about me? I've seen the "dark side" and it is not pretty. It's deep and it's lonely. You always go alone. It's the way it has to be. You go alone because to be with someone would expose you for who you really are. Writing can take us there safely and we can walk away safely. It's the repercussions that we fear. The "what will others say about what I wrote" that puts us on the edge. We want to be heard. We want others to read what we write, but it reveals so much about who we are and what we think. That is not safe. I read horror. I love the genre. It's a dark place where evil happens. You know you are there when your skin crawls. My mom use to say that when that happens, "Someone just crossed over your grave." Isn't that a dark thing to tell a kid? But she was right.To this day, when my skin crawls I think that someone is walking across my grave and I wonder where it is. Now that's a dark thought. I sometimes wonder why people like to read horror novels or watch horror movies. Do they want to be scared? Or does it allow them to visit the "dark side" of human nature. I usually endulge my horror appetite with generous helpings of horror movies. I know I've watched several many times and never tire of the story or the emotions it elicits. Yet I never was able to make it through Wolf Creek. Perhaps it was the real brutality that I was unwilling to face. The real "dark side" of human nature. I was repulsed by the action and uncomfortable with the story. I'm sure the reality from which it was based made it all the more unsettling. We live in a world filled with the "dark side" of people. It's there every time we turn on the news or open a newspaper. The fiction of horror is acceptable. It's the horror of non-fiction that is not. |
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