![]() Looking out into the vast expanse of the ocean inspired some people to go out into uncharted territory of potential monsters and peril and explore hundreds of years later looking out into the even more vast expanse of the galaxy inspired Jules Verne to write From the Earth to the Moon, which played a role in actually putting us in space less than a hundred years later. Something that has always fascinated me is how much fear, anxiety and curiosity lead to creativity and creation. ![]() I’ve often used this fear and anxiety for things that I have written, be it prose, song, scripts, or even in silly songs and silly movies. The dreams that have the most impact are the ones that involve something being out there, be it out in the empty woods or down a long narrow hall. ![]() I still have the occasional nightmare of the xenomorph from Alien chasing me, or a zombie horde closing in on any of the random houses or apartments I’ve lived in over the years. That’s not even counting the crazy dreams that would often haunt me the next day. Monsters under the bed, aliens hovering outside of the window, ghosts in the old pipes of the house I grew up in – these things terrified the hell out of me. ![]() My history with the unknown began at a young age. ![]() “ The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome.” ![]()
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