Corinthian I Naël

Most people believe that fear arises from danger. Danger, however, is rather limited and sometimes even solvable, fear arises from uncertainty, from the knowledge that you cannot control everything. Modern people think they are enlightened,they are in a bubble, or in a system. Family, a roof over their heads, a job... often a regulated life, supposed protection through structures, but that is exactly what makes them vulnerable. They are rarely afraid of monsters... all this is brought home to them at an early age... it starts with Grimm's fairy tales, or horror films like Iron Lung. Beasts, zombies... blood, torn bodies, playing with innate fears. But I've found... once you show them that their systems don't work and are fragile, you lure even the hardened ones out from behind their facade. I no longer waste my energy in Morpheus dream worlds, I sit down with people, I have conversations and it's interesting how they react when you ask them what would happen if their profession was meaningless tomorrow, if what they fought for was erased. When I ask them what would happen if they fainted and realized that no one was coming, even though they had spent their lives helping others. Many think that their rationality saves them from almost all situations, that performance makes a contribution, and that adaptation brings security. It fills me up... it nourishes me in that moment when the person of my interest realizes that none of this is true. I crumble their certainties, I confront them with permanent overload, flood them with information that makes little sense and offers no options. Even if I were to lead them into a dark forest... they would rather fear becoming irrelevant, replaceable or forgotten. Sometimes I don't show myself, I sit next to them at night when they are trying to sleep. I give them a feeling that something is wrong and they can't figure out what it is, their head does the rest, the agony is indescribable and the fear omnipresent. I actually like people...I don't see myself as their opponent, I'm just their shadow...and sometimes when they look in the mirror they see me...but they don't recognize me...