Passions and Fears

Graffitaria View

Passions and fears make a lethal combination. The nature of both these is such that one contradicts the other, but when they do collide it is annihilation, matter meeting anti matter. The hollow spaces created suck the instruments of life and form within.
These two forces are generally mutually exclusive and strong enough to curb the other. But in the rare scenarios where their scopes mingle into each other, a havoc is created. The observer of such a scene may look at the results from different perspectives and come out with different conclusions accordingly. One might say that greater sense of the passion prevailed, though with a tough fight, and finally fears were crushed. The other might have another vantage point and will conclude exactly the opposite. It is only a careful all round observation that reveals the destruction of everything; passions and fears alike.

Counter View by GuNs

Passion and fear though seemingly antithetical might not necessarily be so. There are instances when fear leads to passion. In fact, fear is a fuel for passion, I would say. Imagine a person stuck in a deep well with no apparent way out. The first emotion in such a scenario would no doubt be fear. Fuelled by the fear of getting stuck in the well forever, a person will be motivated to find a way out. The forced need for persistence in searching for a way will gradually lead to a passion of the subject. Surely this is not always the case but I see a few instances when this is imminent.