Being in a room at night with the lights on but the windows
un-curtained makes me uneasy. I suspect it might be partly a privacy issue, but
there’s more to it than that. It’s to do with a need I have to keep the light
and the night separate.
If I want the light, I need to be cocooned. If I want the
night, I’m happy to go out into it. Having the curtains open or the blind up after
dark seems to create a polluted atmosphere. The two don't mix.
Could this be a genetic memory too, I wonder, or just
another issue arising from sensitivity and the making of connections?
Does anybody care?
2 comments:
I used to be the same way, but it was for privacy reasons. In my last apartment anyone could walk by and see right into my living room, and a few times i actually saw someone stop and take a look. So then, i'd just pull my curtains.
Why do you ask if this could be a genetic memory? Did people once think they should keep the night and the lights separated?
I was just thinking of the time when people huddled around fires at night, not just for the warmth but also to keep the real and imagined terrors (wild animals and dangerous spirits) at bay.
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