Jack! Thank you!! Ya wow that’s gotta be one of the coolest descriptions of my writing I’ve heard. Truly.
And GREAT question, thank you for noting/asking! You’re actually spot on — it was a nod toward both! I wanted to play with the common horror movie trope, and use it to wink at the larger idea most of us are prey to OUR biases and social conditionings and just sheer humanity. Very very VERY rarely does that make us an actual monster, it just makes us human. But worth knowing and acknowledging it, as sometimes it’s healthy to mistrust and re-investigate your instincts. (Just practice it to a healthy degree, not doing so so much you drive yourself crazy.) So so cool you picked up on that.
Some of the things I love about your writing are your careful attention to the aesthetics of the language and structure you use - your commitment to your subject, in other words, on its own terms - and your consistent effort to link the parts of things to the whole and to suggest actions derived from the message. Not enough to discuss scary film history, one has to discern the relationship between that film history and the zeitgeists of the day. And organize.
But speaking of horror, sorry you got laid off! Good luck with the job hunt (?).
And can I ask you one question? Your little blurb ("uh oh! The call is most definitely always coming from inside the house"): was that an intentional reference to the intimate nature of horror (it starts inside us)? or (just?) a play on the movie trope where you always get the call before you learn that you're the prey of something else's hunt? Works either way.
Jack! Thank you!! Ya wow that’s gotta be one of the coolest descriptions of my writing I’ve heard. Truly.
And GREAT question, thank you for noting/asking! You’re actually spot on — it was a nod toward both! I wanted to play with the common horror movie trope, and use it to wink at the larger idea most of us are prey to OUR biases and social conditionings and just sheer humanity. Very very VERY rarely does that make us an actual monster, it just makes us human. But worth knowing and acknowledging it, as sometimes it’s healthy to mistrust and re-investigate your instincts. (Just practice it to a healthy degree, not doing so so much you drive yourself crazy.) So so cool you picked up on that.
Thanks about the job empathy too. Everything’s figureoutable — and hey, at least I have more time rn to write 😅
Some of the things I love about your writing are your careful attention to the aesthetics of the language and structure you use - your commitment to your subject, in other words, on its own terms - and your consistent effort to link the parts of things to the whole and to suggest actions derived from the message. Not enough to discuss scary film history, one has to discern the relationship between that film history and the zeitgeists of the day. And organize.
But speaking of horror, sorry you got laid off! Good luck with the job hunt (?).
And can I ask you one question? Your little blurb ("uh oh! The call is most definitely always coming from inside the house"): was that an intentional reference to the intimate nature of horror (it starts inside us)? or (just?) a play on the movie trope where you always get the call before you learn that you're the prey of something else's hunt? Works either way.