Monday, August 3, 2015

Night Scares

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Growing up, I shared a bedroom with my older brother. His sleeping presence didn't help me with my night scares though. I was probably ten years old when these fellows emerged through the wall, marched across the room in line, and disappeared.

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  1. Aw, your little 10-year-old self looks so freaked out in this drawing! I love that the ghostly figures look creepy but not dangerous.

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    1. Hi Laurie--Yes, I remember them as spooky but not threatening. Still, they scared the PJs off me =]

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  2. Did you draw them then or do you just have a vivid memory? Scary!

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    1. Hi Ruth--No I didn't draw them at the time. These are a bit...enhanced...by my adult-artist self. The ones I (thought I) saw were not as detailed--much more gauzy than this illustration shows.

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  3. Oh man, I had remarkably similar visions -- right out of the headboard wall -- when I was a little kid in Pennsylvania; perhaps 3-5 years old. Also ghosts and witches. What would Blake say?

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    1. Blake would have probably said "Quit reading those Dell Ghost Stories comic books", lol. My parents said it, but to no avail. Were those your comics of choice too, Erik?

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  4. I had night visions of dark arms hanging over my face while I lay in bed. They seemed to be coming out of the headboard. I wish I could say I was just a kid when I saw that! Your ghostly guests look as if they were priests of Old Testament times....

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    1. The origins of these things are a mystery, Miss Gladys. We creative types get the scares along with the good visions. It comes with the territory I guess

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  5. I remember only the golden angel who's visited my bedroom when I was about 5 year old.... but I still remember it ....

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