Great question Andre! I love the darkness (and no, I'm not talking about the rock band
) I quite like the daylight, but darkness is so much more interesting.
1. In the daylight, everything is revealed, and nothing is hidden. I find that rather boring. Imagine a murder mystery whodunnit play. All the enjoyment and entertainment comes from the mystery, from not knowing who did it, and following the clues. If you were given a plot summary right at the beginning, and told, "it was the postman who did it", it spoils all the fun, ruins all the mystery. You want to be kept "in the dark". The daylight reveals everything, all in one go. How uninteresting. But at nighttime, most of the world is hidden in darkness, with just a few mysterious details visible in the shadows. Much more interesting.
2. Only in the darkness can you see the stars. Yes the sun is bright and warm, but I would rather be dark and cold and see the majestic sight of the 100 billion stars of our galaxy, not to mention the other planets, shooting stars, other galaxies, etc.
3. The daylight symbolises the ordinary boring daily routine - get the train to work, work 8 hours, get the train home again. The darkness symbolises a secret hidden world of adventure:
Tom's Midnight Garden. My favourite time of the night is 3am. It's exactly halfway through the night (most working people go to bed around 12am and get up around 6am). 3am is when most people are asleep, so that's when I like being awake. I like being different.
4. A candle flame is pathetic and useless in daylight. But in the darkness, a candle flame becomes a precious source of light. I really love that concept. I've had this beautiful phrase embedded in my mind for years now:
Islands of light in an ocean of darkness. When the world is dark, then every source of light is treasured. When the world is filled with daylight... well it's just boring.
And similarly:
WerewolfChemist said:
I also like bad weather, because most people will stay inside, and I walk around outside alone and in peace enjoying the wind/rain/sound of weather and reflect on everything I can think of.
YES!
It annoys me when the weather forecast refers to certain weather as "bad". No, weather is not objectively "good" or "bad". Many people (like you and me) actually enjoy rain, fog and thunderstorms.
Ahh, a great thread you've started here Andre!