Take
Out The Light
One of the longest battles of all time is between
light and dark. Light is always seen as good while dark has the
unfortunate task of representing evil. Sadly, I’m a fan of the dark,
and in being so, completely disagree with the fact that dark is bad. In
fact, I believe darkness is a peaceful and soothing part of this world
that should be embraced rather than feared. So, allow me to argue why
we should take out the light.
For starters, the darkness is what we humans feel most comfortable
sleeping in. Sure, when we’re little kids we like to have night lights
to keep the boogeyman away, and while I still appreciate the night
light that glows each night in my room and protects me from that evil
being hiding under my bed (not really though…), I have found it quite
better to doze off in the nightfall. My eyes relax in the shadows while
they squirm in the sunlight, and peaceful eyes are much easier to pass
out with. Think about it, when light hits our eyes, our eyes begin to
run to the darkness, hence why we’re always racing to close our eyes
and block the light out. Look, I’m the kind of person who can fall
asleep in the middle of Times Square on a warm, bright day if I really
wanted to, but I enjoy nodding off in a light lacking environment much
more.
Another beautiful advantage of having no light is that imperfections
are hidden. Now, I’m chilling in zero light awesomeness and have
conveniently asked a beautiful girl over. Before her arrival I fill my
face with zits, cuts, random patches of facial hair, and anything else
I can think of that might gross her out. She enters my lightless domain
and decides to go along with it, sits down, and starts talking to me.
Some time goes by and I decide to suddenly shine some light on my face;
she sees my ridiculous appearance, screams, and attempts to run. Now,
not only was the lack of light good for getting her to talk to me, but
it’s even better because she won’t know where the door is and will run
into a wall (most likely). GREAT SUCCESS! Now, not only do I get a good
laugh, but also she learns a lesson about not freaking out about
someone’s looks. Unfortunately for me, I then take off all the make-up
and she freaks out even worse than before; a major blow to my
confidence, but interesting nonetheless. Now, I didn’t actually do this
experiment, but I’m quite certain it would go down just as described
above, and thanks to a lack of light, I would be able to chat even
while in my ugly state (which turns out to be an improvement over my
normal feature set in the end… sadly).
Darkness is one of the best ingredients for clearing the mind and
relaxing. I’m a very big fan of looking back on my day, which often
leads to looking back on my life in general, and I do this each night
of the week. Basically, I shut all the lights off, play some music on
my ipod, lie down, and stare at the ceiling. Before I know it, I’m
seeing different events reenacted in front of me. It’s quite calming
and allows me to wake up the next day in a state of peace. I’ve tried
to do this same thing in the light, outside at the park, and even on
the beach, but I just don’t get the same results. Maybe it’s the fact
that we start our lives in darkness when we’re formed in our Mothers’
wombs, and that was such a great place of comfort to us (it had to be
if we remained stuck there for 9 months). I don’t know for sure, but I
can see that possibly being a factor; somehow.
So, while it is commonly believed that light represents good and dark
represents evil, I feel it is an unfair and absurd way of looking at
things. Light is good; I’m not denying that. It is thanks to light that
I get to admire all the colors of the world and get to marvel at the
variances in all creations. However, being able to notice differences
of colors also brings forth discrimination, which brings forth hate,
eventually leading to violence. Not to say darkness is without its
faults, because things such as murder are more likely to take place in
the dark; and we all know that nightmares don’t come during the day.
Basically, both darkness and luminance have their positives and
negatives, but it seems we only look down on what restricts our sight,
which in turn lessens our knowledge, and thus darkness is deemed
“scary” or “evil” by us. So, I have become a fan of the underdog known
as dark, making it my place of peace and reflection, and though I fear
elements of the shadows from time to time, I realize that I’m just as
concerned about certain things the light brings to my attention.
Remember this, fearing that the boogeyman is hiding under your bed
might leave you uneasy, but actually seeing it would be straight up
terrifying.
If you have any questions or comments for G.K., email him at GK@LostYouthNation.com, and be sure to check back here next Friday for
another random article from his unpredictable mind.
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