Oct 26 21
We have always wanted to write a proper ghost story, as we like so much that falls into that genre. But whenever we sit down to do so, we just can’t — not in a traditional or useful way. Anything we come up with gets weird too fast or doesn’t really have an arc; it’s all flatly peculiar. We decided to give a thought as to why this is the case.
The writers of much mysterious material create by contrast. That is, something abnormal arises out of a field of normality; a routine is confronted by the unusual. It seems we simply have a view of the world which lacks this essential rousing counterpoint — for us, everything is somewhat bizarre. It seems almost disingenuous (or mere escapism) to conceive of something particularly odd or haunted.
Really, the world is a haunted whole. Our cells and DNA are haunted. Our languages are haunted. Our structures and roads are haunted. We congregate like ghosts. We whisper the same stories over and over in ancient languages. We hobble around toward unseen goals that constantly change and swirl in and around us. Ultimately we (and all things) are conjured into existence by some invisible force.
We are left thinking that for us to write a ghost story it could only be something like: compelled by ghostly thoughts the ghost walked hauntedly into the haunted world.
The writers of much mysterious material create by contrast. That is, something abnormal arises out of a field of normality; a routine is confronted by the unusual. It seems we simply have a view of the world which lacks this essential rousing counterpoint — for us, everything is somewhat bizarre. It seems almost disingenuous (or mere escapism) to conceive of something particularly odd or haunted.
Really, the world is a haunted whole. Our cells and DNA are haunted. Our languages are haunted. Our structures and roads are haunted. We congregate like ghosts. We whisper the same stories over and over in ancient languages. We hobble around toward unseen goals that constantly change and swirl in and around us. Ultimately we (and all things) are conjured into existence by some invisible force.
We are left thinking that for us to write a ghost story it could only be something like: compelled by ghostly thoughts the ghost walked hauntedly into the haunted world.