31 Oct
2024
31 Oct
'24
12:43 a.m.
deep in the ballows (new word, like catacombs) of halloween
people are crafting costumes and masks and planning parties
they plan to take images of the spirits of fear, harassment, danger, or even just imagination and fantasy from both ancient times and new
and drape them everywhere, and wear them and walk around.
this is theorised to be an ancient genetic tradition, of helping the meaning of the dead live, with the systems and bodies of the living.
when people do this, many adults but mostly children, oftentimes here or there (they will pretend they are the character they wear (stopping