As a child my parents arguments caused fear and confusion. Also whilst
growing up I always feared theories or teachings that could not or were not
demonstrated in a practical way. This led to a fear of not understanding
things that I desperately wanted to know about. Not being picked for sports
teams and the mysteries of girl's bra straps were a costant source of fear.
Now - being incapable , physically, mentally and financially of providing
for my family. Being a freelance, what I call a "self-un-employed" artist is
fraught with uncertainty.
- Russell Mills/UNDARK: Artist, designer, sculptor of sound, creator of multi-media installations,
stage sets; thinker, reader, walker, father, husband, friend.
the concept of getting a proper job.
- Nigel Ayers: of Nocturnal Emissions
As a child, I was quite afraid of tornadoes. Of course, living in
northwest Missouri, right around "tornado alley", didn't help things! I
remember spending quite a few evenings in our basement when the weather got
bad. Today, I spend less time being afraid of tornadoes, although I still
don't like them a lot.
- Jeff Pearce: ambient guitarist
When I was young, I think the things I feared most were
completely intangible and something nobody would ever really come across. I
was afraid of things I couldn't see. You know, the monster under the bed,
the horned devil that tapped you on the back as you slept with your back
against the wall. As I've grown up, the fear that I do have is fear itself,
as well as real and tangible things like murderers, serial killers, and
violent people in general. There's a lot of sick people in this world, and,
yes, I do fear them from time to time....
- Vir Unis: ambient/electronic artist
As a child it was The Bomb. Now I suppose it is the darkness within each
person - the abyss yawning with insecurity, stretched wide with ignorance,
and belching forth hatred and violence, the desire to flee enlightenment in
order to avoid the embarrassment of invalidated stubborn belief, the refusal
to listen for fear of hearing - that I find most oppressive as a vector of
possibility.
- Thermal: Boxman (hako otoko) label
I do not remember... Nothing, maybe having a meaningless
or mediocre life...
- Anthony Asher Wright: ambient Australian
(Then) the dark.
(Now) the speed with which time passes
- Andrew Lagowski: noise programmer
I don't remember anything significant from my childhood but I always have been
afraid from needles. Seriously, what really frightens me the most is the
increasing worldwide intolerance and racial hatred. Somehow the past
experience never seems to educate people enough in order to avoid such
a-social attitude and while technology is progressing rapidly, people are becoming
primitive again. I sincerely hope the tide will turn.
- Vidna Obmana: ambient/electronic artist
As a child? ... I think I remember being pretty freaked about the prospect
of nuclear holocaust -- that was in the Cold War days; "Wargames" and all
that -- but it was less about my own personal fate and more about the idea
that we could destroy the planet ten (or however many) times over at the
push of The Button. Now I think I'm more directly frightened about the
prospect of ecological disaster, careless annihilation of ecosystems and
the lives of plant, animal, and indigenous populations. One thing that
really alarmed me lately were the reports about what Monsanto and cohorts
are doing with agricultural genetic engineering, especially genetic seed
sterilization: making it so that second generation seeds are infertile, so
that everyone will be dependent on biotech corporations for seeds. That,
to me, is really scary. I have some info on this topic collected on the ATOI site.
- Seofon: member/producer with Ambient Temple
of Imagination and The
Archipelago
I was afraid of sea, when I felt I could not stand in the deep sea.
Now I feel scared the radioactivity, the nuclear accident.
There is no effect here in Tokyo.
But some people in my hometown have struggled over the construction of nuke
power house.
While I can find a lot of books about it in Tokyo, No bookstores deal with
those books in the town.
- Katsuya Hironaka: electronician
>What were you afraid of as a child? KNOWLEDGE
>What scares you most now? IGNORANCE
- Richard Bone: ambient/ electronic artist
I had an intense fear of war and torture, the result of seeing some
rather graphic documentaries about Hiroshima, the Chinese Revolution and
the Holocaust as a youngster. I wasn't a scared person, in general, but
these images were (and are) terrifying. Now it is much more difficult to
say this or that is frightening... I suppose I really do not spend a lot
of time dwelling on what all might scare me. In my work I sometimes come
across intense emotions and I sometimes discover things I didn't
directly know before.
- M. Bentley: the foundry
I feel really weird about this, as I like to consider myself an open person, but some things i'm
afraid of I really can't discuss with most people. Another reason I feel strange about this
question is that, unfortunately, the things that frighten me the most also betray a certain self-
absorbed facet of my character, which is another thing I try to move past I guess part of
growing is realizing where you are and where you've been. Anyway, some of my fears are:
being alone, becoming intolerant (must remain vigilant against these things!), becoming jaded,
etc. I'm also afraid of not being able to 'feel' stuff ... it's a big world, i'm afraid of not being
able to experience it ...
- John Michael Zorko: AdAstra Records
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