My children are afraid of the dark. They are not alone. When I was young the darkness terrified me. I believed there were things moving around in that murky blackness that my eyes could not discern. When I first saw I Am Legend and there was the scene where WIll Smith goes into the building to find his dog and there is a circle of ‘those things’ huffing and panting in the darkness, I thought it was the most terrifying thing a movie could present.
I had my reasons for disliking the dark. I’m certain the kids do as well. Only, now that I am older I have a particular fondness for the dark and the near dark. Pitch black is a form a sensory depravation and it allows you to drift off into this murky darkness and not worry about what is out there. Instead you can think about what how to fill the empty space with furniture and ideas..
I’m fresh out of ideas and largely falling asleep at the keyboard…