Monsters don’t exist
Growing up, I remember hearing lots of stories about monsters. From monsters that live in the mirror and are summoned by chants to monsters who stray outside kids’ windows to that punk who lives way up north who will give you coal for Christmas if you’re bad.
With monsters, there’s always some contract that you’re under, and if you break it, you get punished. Sometimes monsters reward you for not breaking the contract (Santa brings you gifts if you’re good!), but most of the time they’re more rooted in fear than reward.
Some time in our maturation there’s an awakening, where we … Continue Reading