"Case#1321202"
Wood, faux fur, suede, teeth, glass eyes, plastic, paint, speakers, cd player
2005
The Monster under the bed symbolizes fear usually of
the dark and the unknown. When the visual is useless,
the mind runs rampant with imagination and fantasy.
These fears are sometimes rooted in reality. Reaching
under the bed, a hand may encounter a fuzzy slipper.
Not being able to see, the slipper grows fangs and claws
and becomes a mutant animal escaped form the laboratory.
But this is characteristic of childhood, a shared experience
by the young. Their �monsters� may not all growl and drool,
but it is part of the secret society of being a kid. Even
adults dabble in the things that go bump in the night, but >BR>it is not the same. It is not real for them. Adults say,
�this is a fantasy � it�s fiction� and then proceed to scare
the bejesus out of themselves with horror films.

I am quite interested in childhood, and I find that reflecting
on my own childhood helps inform me how to become a better adult.
I do not think that as adults we should discredit what has
happened in our childhood. That monster under the bed is still
part of us and we should not dismiss it as childish imagination.
By bringing the monster under the bed into a museum-like setting,
I hope to make this childhood fear acceptable and understood in
this scientific reasoning of this era.

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