Halloween: Visions and Visitors
10/22/08
Here we are again in October, the month that ends with the fear ritual, Halloween. Why do we require this ritual yearly? I think it is because we live in a scary world, an unpredictable world, a world of “others,” and we have to be taught as children that we can still survive in it, and even get rewarded for our assertiveness (i.e. candy treats.) If you go to my podcast of the same name you will hear me reading the poem, Visions and Visitors. I wrote it this past year about my childhood experiences in the month of October (mice in the walls etc.) And then I discuss fear and ghosts and all kinds of scary things. Enjoy the fall. Cynthia