Leanda, I enjoyed this fun and very colourful post! With that said, the heavy consumption of horror in our culture has always raised questions in me. And (like you, I believe) I think our world is seeing the effects of programming the imagination to dwell on darkness. However, I also feel that Hallowe'en is one of those special occasions when we have permission to play and escape. Back when I taught school, I remember a colleague saying, "This is 'the children's holiday—their favourite one of the year.'" At Hallowe'en, there are no religious divisions or other reasons to feel like an insider or an outsider. There's a festive element in the whole thing. I love what you said about Peggy's grandson: "For him, it’s all about bright colours, bold dress-ups and the creativity of it all! Truly, his innocence and knowing made my heart sing." My heart sings, too. And I can hardly wait to meet the trick-or-treaters at my door!
Lovely, thank you Robin! Indeed, we are seeing the effects of programming the imagination to dwell on the darkness. I can appreciate the holiday and opportunity to dress up and play. Happy trick-or-treating at your door!!! 🍬🍬🍬 (Even the candy is questionable...🙄)
Since it’s your last post and I don’t wish to be a party pooper 🥳🎃 so I won’t harp on about the amount of plastic goods made and sold to celebrate halo-ween and its footprint. I won’t go on about imagination which is never dark but light and that darkness is created by fantasy. 😇
Maybe I worded it incorrectly, I meant we can use our imagination to create the wrong images… it is the images that are the problem, not our imagination. I love that can agree to disagree on darkness created by fantasy too. It has been lovely to read your comments and receive your support… Thank You! I’ll message you privately to answer your question. 🎃
Leanda, I enjoyed this fun and very colourful post! With that said, the heavy consumption of horror in our culture has always raised questions in me. And (like you, I believe) I think our world is seeing the effects of programming the imagination to dwell on darkness. However, I also feel that Hallowe'en is one of those special occasions when we have permission to play and escape. Back when I taught school, I remember a colleague saying, "This is 'the children's holiday—their favourite one of the year.'" At Hallowe'en, there are no religious divisions or other reasons to feel like an insider or an outsider. There's a festive element in the whole thing. I love what you said about Peggy's grandson: "For him, it’s all about bright colours, bold dress-ups and the creativity of it all! Truly, his innocence and knowing made my heart sing." My heart sings, too. And I can hardly wait to meet the trick-or-treaters at my door!
Lovely, thank you Robin! Indeed, we are seeing the effects of programming the imagination to dwell on the darkness. I can appreciate the holiday and opportunity to dress up and play. Happy trick-or-treating at your door!!! 🍬🍬🍬 (Even the candy is questionable...🙄)
Hi Leanda,
Since it’s your last post and I don’t wish to be a party pooper 🥳🎃 so I won’t harp on about the amount of plastic goods made and sold to celebrate halo-ween and its footprint. I won’t go on about imagination which is never dark but light and that darkness is created by fantasy. 😇
Thanks for the posts - when are you back in oz?
Maybe I worded it incorrectly, I meant we can use our imagination to create the wrong images… it is the images that are the problem, not our imagination. I love that can agree to disagree on darkness created by fantasy too. It has been lovely to read your comments and receive your support… Thank You! I’ll message you privately to answer your question. 🎃
😂 (Yup.)
Love this post and your re- imagining of Halo ween -- beautiful photos. The programming on darkness is, sigh, everywhere.
Thank you so much for reading the Halo-Ween post, Sabrina… it was a lot of fun to write ✍🏻 … It sure is!