That Balance Between Joy and Horror Is Our Sweet Spot
According to a Jordan Peele interview with CBS Mornings
It’s safe to say that Jordan Peele is living out his purpose. He said as much on CBS Mornings last month. Gayle King asked him, “Do you want people to be scared? I don’t like being scared.”
To which Peele replied,
“I’m always scared.”
But what I want to talk about first, is this fear we have in the world and how Jordan Peele is simultaneously creating joy from it.
Terror and terrifying evoke the same feelings
While reading a horror short story years ago, I remember the author writing that God is a terror. The creator is terrifying.
The English word “terrifying” comes from the Latin root terrere, meaning “to terrify, to inspire fear or dread, to frighten greatly.” But from the same root we also get the word “terrific,” meaning “very good, intense, excellent”.- [src]
I read a book in 2009 called, When Heaven Comes Down by Che’ Ahn and I recall the author saying that when he prayed really hard and for a long time for God to show himself, he suddenly felt “swallowed up”. There was this nothingness or void that engulfed him making him feel tiny.
