[Last updated 10/29/21 9:17 PM—The yard is not decorated this year. The house doesn't appear to have been sold, so I'm not sure why. Please do not disturb the residents.]
I discovered what I thought to be the most Halloweeny yard in LA back in 2018.
I returned in 2019 to see how it might change from year to year—and I thought maybe I'd seen it all.
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But then COVID-19 hit—and the yard was updated accordingly.
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It's not just that the usual figures were donning masks.
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It's that the eyes of the figures seemed to star into my soul...
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...and reflect back at me the panic we've all been feeling all year.
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With the pandemic chic overlay, this yard display in Brentwood was even scarier than the prior two years...
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...even in daylight.
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The creepy baby dolls felt more desperate than ever before.
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And if I wasn't staring into a looking glass, I thought maybe I was catching a glimpse of my future self in a crystal ball.
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Or maybe this is something of a representation of the omnipresent unseen—that which haunts us, but we can't quite put our fingers on.
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Are we being watched? Or are we simply watching ourselves?
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What lies down the rabbit hole?
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Is it better to follow the rabbit—and face our fears?
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Or stay grinning in ignorant bliss?
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