To achieve content, one must balance the many thoughts and feelings that flow through one's mind. Nightmare is a Freudian representation of the battle of the internal forces that make up who we are. It took me several months to create Nightmare. At the time, I was a counselor for a youth home. Dealing with the unfortunate teenagers of America really opens one's mind to the vulnerability of the human mind. Sanity is a gift that should never be taken for granted.