"Scared" - July 26, 2026

Broken Window Garden – “Scared”
July 26, 2026

An exploration of fear, evil, guilt, suffering, truth, storytelling, and hope.

Samples:

“…I’m scared.” (Harry Dean Stanton, Lucky)

“We joke about the idea of the devil…” (Television evangelist, The Devil’s Candy)

“…It’s like these children are inside of me…” (Ethan Embry, The Devil’s Candy)

“…Walter Wink…” (Father GOAT with Mark Krieger)

“It’s just something that got into my head about that…” (Mel Gibson)

"I don’t get scared a lot…” (Father GOAT)

“…so I was out one day shooting at things…” (Harry Dean Stanton, Lucky)

“I know the truth and the truth matters…” (Harry Dean Stanton, Lucky)

“They’re not real. You get that, right?…” (Nicolas Cage, Pig)

“Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel…” (Fred Rogers, commencement address)

“I used to be afraid of you…” (Sam Neill, Possession)

“You know nothing…” (John C. McGinley, Point Break)

“What is it you don’t like about me?” (Vincent Colombe, Revenge)

“…It’s like in this universe we process time linearly forward…” (Matthew McConaughey, True Detective)

“So we’re on the ocean…” (Father GOAT)

“There’s a message that I’m sending out like a telegraph to your soul…” (John Waite, “Missing You”)

“Part of me longs for her…” (Halle Berry, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum)

“Have you thought this through? I mean, chewed down to the bone…” (Ian McShane, John Wick)

“Take care, buddy.” (Harry Dean Stanton, Lucky)