09-15-2004, 02:11 AM
I was searching through some old data cds and I found a short that I wrote one night at home for no apparant reason. I think it\'s pretty cool, and I thought maybe you guys would appreciate it. I was 17 when I wrote it, and no, I wasn\'t under the influence of anything...maybe coffee.... anyway here goes, and post some comments if you like it.
"Unwakable Nightmare"
Sometimes inspiration can arise from the darkest places. People seem to believe this only happens in the minds of the insane. A slow dripping, an element that in the thoughts of the "normal" can be perceived as water, while in the minds that are thought of as "insane" can perceive it as the sound of dripping blood. Maybe the ones that are acknowledged as having abnormalities in their thinking are only seeing things in a different dimension, or perspective. For some, nightmares are merely the by-product of late dinners and horror movies. For others, however, nightmares occur when the subject does not sleep. Some subjects are continuously haunted by a series of apparitions, voices of the unknown, closing walls, and other occurances that label the subject as "insane". But what if these happenings are legitimately there, only intangible to the "normal" subject? People may be too afraid to fathom such a thought, which would explain the vast variety of asylums in the world. Such a notion is so easily dealt with using a lock and key. But there are subjects who take the perspectives of the "insane" with an open mind. Two people who wake up from the same dream could be believed as an omen of things to come. This phenomenon can be indirectly connected with the "insane" subject\'s "second sight". Sometimes you see things in the dark that aren\'t really there. Or are they? Perhaps darkness is the key to the second sight. When you close your eyes, there is complete darkness. After you are used to it and your eyes are relaxed, you naturally fall asleep. This is the doorway to the mind of a madman, so to speak. You are under the control of the second sight until the door closes and your eyes open. Then you are back safely in your bed, wondering if the images you experienced were real, and where the boundaries of reality have been set. Was it merely a dream? Or could you have just experienced another plane of existance triggered by the darkness that occurs when the light is turned off and your filtered reality ceases? Perhaps the very thing that prevents our ability to see in this world, opens a window that is briefly seen in the mind of the norm, but is continually experienced by the subjects thought of as "insane". Their unwakable nightmare.
Don\'t know where it came from, right out of left field I suppose. I must have been listening to that angry music that kids listen to these days. I was a weird kid.........and now I collect masks.... :blink:
"Unwakable Nightmare"
Sometimes inspiration can arise from the darkest places. People seem to believe this only happens in the minds of the insane. A slow dripping, an element that in the thoughts of the "normal" can be perceived as water, while in the minds that are thought of as "insane" can perceive it as the sound of dripping blood. Maybe the ones that are acknowledged as having abnormalities in their thinking are only seeing things in a different dimension, or perspective. For some, nightmares are merely the by-product of late dinners and horror movies. For others, however, nightmares occur when the subject does not sleep. Some subjects are continuously haunted by a series of apparitions, voices of the unknown, closing walls, and other occurances that label the subject as "insane". But what if these happenings are legitimately there, only intangible to the "normal" subject? People may be too afraid to fathom such a thought, which would explain the vast variety of asylums in the world. Such a notion is so easily dealt with using a lock and key. But there are subjects who take the perspectives of the "insane" with an open mind. Two people who wake up from the same dream could be believed as an omen of things to come. This phenomenon can be indirectly connected with the "insane" subject\'s "second sight". Sometimes you see things in the dark that aren\'t really there. Or are they? Perhaps darkness is the key to the second sight. When you close your eyes, there is complete darkness. After you are used to it and your eyes are relaxed, you naturally fall asleep. This is the doorway to the mind of a madman, so to speak. You are under the control of the second sight until the door closes and your eyes open. Then you are back safely in your bed, wondering if the images you experienced were real, and where the boundaries of reality have been set. Was it merely a dream? Or could you have just experienced another plane of existance triggered by the darkness that occurs when the light is turned off and your filtered reality ceases? Perhaps the very thing that prevents our ability to see in this world, opens a window that is briefly seen in the mind of the norm, but is continually experienced by the subjects thought of as "insane". Their unwakable nightmare.
Don\'t know where it came from, right out of left field I suppose. I must have been listening to that angry music that kids listen to these days. I was a weird kid.........and now I collect masks.... :blink:
As a an introspective and obsevational work I feel that you translated your thoughts VERY well. Your piece can be appreciate on many levels. Hey, remember, Stephen King threw his novel Carrie into the garbage, before his publisher convinced him to give it a second chance.