Thursday, 23 October 2014

Witches, werewolves and vampires

Halloween is around the corner.  Good time for horror stories.  Ghoul, witches, werewolves, vampire, ghosts are at a place of honor.  children have  costumes.  It is a big party now.  It is a good time to be scared while having fun, all at the same time.

I find that witches, werewolves and vampires are rich symbols on many levels.  They had been reinvented and expanded with time.  Once shunned upon, now, they are sexy and very "in".  I must admit I have fallen into the trend.  The symbols of Halloween is a source of inspiration.  This year, I feel a need to delve deeper into this darkness.  I want to try my hand for a zombie story.  It is very popular right now.  I am thinking to write that story and wait before making it public.  The first draft is the easiest part to do.  Working in it will take more time to do.  The time I finish working on this text and the zombie popularity will be a thing of the past.

I may go further.  Maybe that story will lead to other stories with darker theme.  I may want to go in that dark area on a more conscious level.  On an artistic level, I feel it is where I need to go.  It may be just a phase.  I don't care if it is just a phase.  The important is what I will learn from this whole thing.  I think this phase comes at the right time.  Fall is a period with less light.  It is getting darker. Halloween is the highlight of fall.  It is the celebration of what fall mean.  Maybe I have a synchronicity.  My artistic live meet the darkening of this time of the year.

It is my trend to do unusual theme.  I just want to take a step further.  Maybe I just had to think a little bit more.  Combined with a forgotten inspiration, it had set me on track.

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