As I mentioned in my post entitled sɛɡweɪ/, when I started this blog I had questions I wanted to answer and I thought a blog with its continous yet aged nature might give my thoughts a more three-dimensional vibe. At the beginning of my blog I had posts with a word and a picture. These lay the ground-work for the direction of the Hedge. For whatever reason, I was thinking about ghosts the other night which happened to be one of the word-pic-posts so I thought I’d start the retrospective with a ghost post. For the record, I believe that ghosts do exist. I’m from New Orleans and in New Orleans people live along side ghosts. It was a real deal when I was kid. Voodoo, ghosts of Rebel soldiers, haunted houses. I’ve seen them here and there but not so much anymore.

So I wonder what they are. Some hopeless soul roaming the earth like Jacob Marley or the image of someone tormented in hell. I know, a little dramatic but the law of 10 right. One thing I do believe though is that whoever or whatever they are, they do not exist in a present, solid form. More like a Star Wars projection. Not to say they won’t have some effect on you. I mean they have scared the shit out of me. So my question was if they have no substantive form in comparison to you and I, how could they effect light so that we could see them. What is present in our physical surroundings that allows us to see in three dimensions BEAUSE it effects light. The answer is shadows. So how do shadows result in ghosts. Shadows that we perceive are two-dimensional. Keeping in mind the premise that there would have to be some ying-yang, shadows, the effectual take, not only provides visual depth but represents a loss of light not in substance but in form. While color does effect the ambience of a scene, only shades of colors effect depth. Here’s a pic of a plantation on a moonless night, a night that for lack of light would also hold the potential for light. This location is known for its haunted qualities. Do you see anything? You many not but let your eyes adjust at least for a minute. The picture is not photoshopped and the static holds the form.

I have other ideas about what’s acting as a projector and who wrote the script but that’s an even scarier ghost story and will have to wait until another day. Boo!!!