Creative Writing: Seeing Is Believing

Seeing is Believing It was a hectic day in the office and you have just lain down for the night. The bed feels as if it has sucked every ounce of energy out of you as soon as you lay down. Seconds after your head hits the pillow you are in a deep sleep. You are suddenly awakened by sounds coming from your kitchen. You quietly slip into your bedroom shoes and tiptoe towards the stairs. Your mind is racing and your heart feels as though it would leap out of your chest. Did you lock the back door; was the living room window open when you drifted off? You grab old umbrella as you past by the front door and enter the kitchen. Pots and pans are strewn all over the floor the contents of the cookie jar were in the sink. A sickening feeling rises …show more content…
Melinda is an individual who can see and hear those who have died but have yet to "walk into the light" or move on to a higher plane. Most of us can not imagine a life such as that. A life dealing with the supernatural and unknown on the daily basis is a undesirable burden for most of us. Hobson 2 Whispers in the dark, shadows out of the corner of your eye, unexplainable deja vue. Events like these interrupt the normalcy of everyone's life at some point in time. We like to call sightings and unexplainable visions, supernatural events. Many people have varied opinions on these subjects. Supernatural ideas consist of mostly of spiritual or mystic views. What are your views on the unknown? The causes of most supernatural events are a mystery to most people. It is the curiosity of the unknown that lead people to investigate and be entertained by this genre.
Supernatural is defined as above or beyond what is natural. Super means …show more content…
The curiosity and desire of people to investigate and label what is unknown, is the driving force behind this type of genre. It is hard to explain things that are beyond the human comprehension. A spiritual view identifies with the idea or belief of a Supreme Being or Creator, one who as the sovereign power over all the earth and its inhabitants. Ghost Whisperer is a show that is built on these beliefs; there is life after death, and there is a Supreme Being. These ideas are presented in a realistic (as realistic as possible) way with intriguing drama and entertaining interaction between the characters.
The show presents a ideology that many are unfamiliar with. Ghost are regularly seen and interacted with on the daily basis of the main character's life. Mysticism is also a major part of the supernatural genre. Mysticism includes all things that are known but not explained. Supernatural occurrences such as deja vue, sightings, haunting, poltergeist. These are real life situations that have everyone wonder if there is some truth in the spiritualist point of view. Shows like Ripley's believe it or not
And TLC's Ghost Hunters investigate these real