[Paint pen, felt pen, and glitter glue on construction paper with digital embellishments and color.] Ghosts are probably NOT the spirits of deceased humans (or animals) but, instead, are more likely non-corporeal creatures that take the form of something or someONE who a potential viewer would recognize and understand. (If the physical appearance is TOO alien, human cognition tends to filter out the vision or reframe it as something the viewer can relate to, as with the Roman soldiers who reported seeing glowing "SHIELDS" in the sky over a battlefield. Today, we would call them U.A.P.s) This ghost is probably a hideous creature that has change its appearance so that I could capture the vision in a meaningful way... Probably... ---Richard F. Yates (Holy Fool)