Brilliant -- using the dark/light juxtaposition to explore our inner/social selves. Who we are alone is not who we are out in the world. I loved this!
I wouldn't stay, because I have severe nyctophobia. I am learning -- at almost 50 -- to be okay in darkness. But there's no way I could do 65 days of it all alone.
Now, 65 days in a treehouse in the middle of the woods -- sure. But I need my daylight.
I love the night, have for as long as I can remember and I’m old. At 50 I told my family I was going to spend the rest of my life making me happy. I like me. I like spending time with me. I spend a lot of time alone, and I like it. At 70 now, I find no ‘need’ to leave home, well, doctor appointments don’t really count…or family things. But I have every thing I need, right here…and I have good company 😬. I dreaded turning 70 - but it came with a freedom I’d never experienced. I am perfectly happy with me and I am happy alone. I’m looking forward to the rest of this decade 😀. Thanks for this story, it echoes my relationship to the dark. 🙏🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Very cool thought….
I always wanted to do one of those sensory deprivation tanks to see where my mind would go.
A friend who did that loved it—I’m curious too tho.
I did those before and it didn’t really do much for me
I like the twist that you had here.
I would stay, I think, just to see what I'd become xD
Brilliant -- using the dark/light juxtaposition to explore our inner/social selves. Who we are alone is not who we are out in the world. I loved this!
I wouldn't stay, because I have severe nyctophobia. I am learning -- at almost 50 -- to be okay in darkness. But there's no way I could do 65 days of it all alone.
Now, 65 days in a treehouse in the middle of the woods -- sure. But I need my daylight.
If you get a chance look around at some of my other stuff. My storytelling leans mostly in this style.
I love the night, have for as long as I can remember and I’m old. At 50 I told my family I was going to spend the rest of my life making me happy. I like me. I like spending time with me. I spend a lot of time alone, and I like it. At 70 now, I find no ‘need’ to leave home, well, doctor appointments don’t really count…or family things. But I have every thing I need, right here…and I have good company 😬. I dreaded turning 70 - but it came with a freedom I’d never experienced. I am perfectly happy with me and I am happy alone. I’m looking forward to the rest of this decade 😀. Thanks for this story, it echoes my relationship to the dark. 🙏🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is brilliant. Love this one.
I would stay it sounds like a brief taste of heaven
Terrific! But I think I might not last that long in the dark. So well written! Thanks for these short stories! ✨