We had been discussing snow globes, each of us taking turns describing their grandmother's collections, pointing out the sickly sweet scenes inside them. But then one of us posed a question that would change everything:

"How come you never see snow globes with dark, gruesome scenes?"

"They're always so damn cute and happy!"

We all paused to consider this. It was true, snow globes always seemed to depict idyllic landscapes or cheerful holiday scenes. But what about the grittier side of life?

So, when people ask us why we choose to make such bizarre and dark scenes with our snow globes, we simply smile and say:

"Because sometimes the dark side is more interesting."