Horror

We have always had a tendency to feel anxious for our safety, and be concerned about what might be present just beyond the range of what we can see. Fear is a natural part of our awareness, and we do need it. We need to have a relationship to fear.

Terror is an unthinking reflex. Horror is a combination of fear and loathing. We tell ourselves horror stories daily. We can’t help it. Our minds naturally elaborate on, “What could happen?” A big part of the problem is not that people tell themselves horror stories, but that they immediately try to cover it up. I recommend horror, highly. The over exaggeration is a useful tool in dealing with your own horror stories. It’s actually better to be terrified than numb. If you are terrified, you know everything is still there and you are still alive. It reminds you that things are real and not just persistent memories.

“All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called “Facts”. They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain.” Thomas Hobbes

“All of us have our individual curses, something that we are uncomfortable with and something that we have to deal with, like me making horror films, perhaps.” Wes Craven