Un-Enlightened
It is sometimes nice to be in the dark. Enlightenment requires a heck of a lot of batteries. Sitting in the dark can be pretty peaceful.
I haven't always felt this way. When I was little, I was afraid of the dark. When the lights went out at bedtime, I pulled the covers over my head. Eventually, I allowed my nose to stick out. I eventually accepted that some demon wasn't going to rip off my face and pulled the cover down to my neck and exposed my whole head. I did get my mosquitoe bites on my eyelids, but that's another story.
Bottomline, I learned to accept the dark. Sometimes I even prefer it. Or I prefer dimly lit environments. There is nothing like soft light and shadows to soften reality.
It dawned on me (no pun intended) that some of you may be thinking I am referring to light and dark in a metaphorical sense here. You are thinking that light represents reality and darkness a delusional veil of fantasy that dulls it.
Not so.
Hey, don't use that denial crap on me. This is my life and my blog. I know when I'm being metaphorical or not.
I just like the dark.
I do.
8 Responses:
I love the dark. It simplifies everything allowing my mind to rest. But, it has to be completely dark, not half dark or half light ;-) My eyes won't relax until I've convinced them that they can't see anything.
Great metaphorical post Tim.
Half dark or half light...ha, ha! Metaphotically speaking Shandi, thank you.
When I first moved to Alaska, the fully-lit summer days were a real problem, dealt with by natives with black-out curtains, but for the longest time your sleep/wake mechanism isn't convinced you're not trying to go to bed too early. To this day, like Shandi, the darker, the better, at least when I'm trying to sleep. I was lucky as a kid to get a gay monster that refused to come out of the closet......hehe.....
Was that a half-assed pun or what?
I believe there is hope for you after all THE Michael.
I followed the same monster thwarting head exposure strategy as a kid. Worked great. I highly recommend it.
Ironic coming from a person who calls themselves Lights, eh, Lights?
I like this post and I like this picture. Plain and simple.
Miss Bliss, Which is the type of person I am.
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