Comments on: Letting the shadows out to play.

By: Our Love Affair with Bad Guys « Yesterday's Light

Our Love Affair with Bad Guys « Yesterday's Light — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:38 +0000

[...] digital the “dark side” (as opposed to film). Again, all in fun. He also had a post, though, in which he talked about “shadows” and the dark side of our own [...]

By: QPB (Mary Ann)

QPB (Mary Ann) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:03:13 +0000

Sixteen years of Catholic school. I open this up to an essay on the dark side and see a nun. Talk about post-traumatic stress disorder. Holy cow!

Great post. As a psychologist in real life, I am a reader of and believer in much of the Jungian stuff. Thanks for sharing.

By: Chris Klug

Chris Klug — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:16:45 +0000

The grain and characteristics of the film work really well here. It is an excellent moment to capture, man your images from NYC must contain lots of gems!

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:26:27 +0000

@Mark: I didn’t say that. What were you thinking? Letting a bit of your shadow side out, no?

@Ray: I think that it is more appropriately referred to as the shadow side. That side that is within the shadows and is not always seen, whether that is what is considered by society as good or bad.

@Paul M: You make a very good point here. We can, while watching movies, support the bad guy and give in to that shadow.

By: Ray K

Ray K — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:59:15 +0000

I embrace my so called dark side. It is a real part of me and at times the interesting part. The only wrong is denying that side of myself or the results of it to make me seem something I am are not.
Besides who gets to decide what is the dark side of me and what is just me. Dark side or light side is the label others get to put on my actions to make them understandable or acceptable to them, I am not living their lives or for them. Basically a moot point unless I am worried about what others accept or think. Life is only unbalanced if you deny a part of it or try to live out of who you are.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:50:59 +0000

I remember as a kid going to the “Village” it was the beat generation then, an interesting place.

Problem is on halloween you never know who is playing a part or if it is their norm.

By: Paul Maxim

Paul Maxim — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:31:49 +0000

Ah, my favorite topic – the “dark side”. Of course we all have a dark side. We are all capable – given the right conditions – of doing very bad things. The opposite is also true.

Heck, we routinely applaud the “bad guy” in movies. I remember taking my kids to one of the first showings of “Return of the Jedi” back in the 80’s. In one of the very first scenes, Darth Vader arrives at the new Death Star. The movie audience practically gave him a standing ovation! He was THE MAN. In the story, he was a guy responsible for countless horrible deaths and these people are cheering him. The “good guys” got no such response.

Real life is often similar. We are all guilty of sometimes rooting for the bad guys who show up in the news, especially if there aren’t any identifiable victims. If they’ve cheated the government or some huge corporation, we secretly wish them well.

In short, charismatic bad guys are more popular than run-of-the-mill good guys. We love people who can beat the system and get away with it. Life without the dark side just wouldn’t be any fun.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:17:46 +0000

Paul – are you suggesting we all have a deep rooted desire to be drunken nuns?