| The Zen Of Haunting |
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| Written by princewally | |
| Thursday, 30 October 2008 | |
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Scott Messinger's : The Zen Of Haunting "It's not fine furniture, it's Halloween" ? Someone told me this a long time ago. If you build a lot of things for your haunt, you may be putting more work into it than necessary. Detail and fine workmanship tend to be overlooked when someone is running screaming from a zombie in the dark. "Good Enough" will work OK. "Only you know what's missing" ? So what if you didn't accomplish everything you wanted this year? No one will notice. They will be too busy admiring what you did accomplish. And don't complain about what you wanted to do. Just bask in the compliments of your admiring fans. No one will be the wiser. "A wise man knows when to give up" ? Things will break. Spend a few minutes trying to fix it, then give up. You aren't going to enjoy the evening, sitting in the front yard cursing at an inanimate object (although others may be entertained). Let it go. Really. It will be OK. "There's always next year." ? If it breaks or if it didn't get done this year, there is always next year. Sure, you might get hit by a truck before then. But then you'll have bigger problems than making that pop-up zombie work. So relax! Halloween comes every year. You can look it up! "Are we having fun yet?" ? Remember, this is supposed to be fun. If you are losing sleep and snapping at your kids and kicking holes in walls (my bad!), then you aren't having fun. Well, some people might have fun that way, but they are even weirder than us. So if you can't remember the last time you were having fun, start following the rules above. Life is too short to not have fun. Regards, Scott Messinger http://hauntspace.com/ScreaminScott "We all float down here!" |
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