The Garden of Childhood Fears

2009 October 14

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In Paris there is an interesting park, the Parc de la Villette, which has something called the Jardin des Frayeurs Enfantines (Garden of Childhood Fears). It is comprised of an out-of-the-way spruce “forest” in which creepy music plays. When I went, it was deserted and I encountered a lurking lone male; thus it became a garden of adult fears and I left prematurely. But I still thought it was a brilliant concept. It occurred to me, the improbably well-adjusted adult manifestation of a very fearful child, to create a map of my personal Garden of Childhood Fears. You can explore it below. What would your map look like?

kiddie fear map

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