Sep
It’s just games.
Written by MaleneIllusions work, because we want to be deceived. It is that simple. Wether it is the establishment of an empire, a religious perception, a seductive stranger or even just a commercial for washing powder, it is all just small games we play with ourselves. Subtle “Boy, if this was real…!” comments in the subconscious. that keeps the game going.
The difference between being a child and growing up isn’t that we stop playing, it is that we decide to play all day long. At least as children we are told when the game is over. As adults we have to figure that out all by ourselves, and we are still not old enough to do so.
And the more deeply involved we become in a game, the more we withdraw from reality. In the alternative world anything can happen – that is just fantastic. In the real world, anything could happen as well, but we don’t notice and we don’t care. We save ourselves for better times, where reality meets fantasy, only to realize that it isn’t going to happen unless we force fantasy to meet reality.
This would mean ending a game, and we don’t like that.
But if you’ve ever ended such a play, you have also felt the revelation that comes with it. It actually doesn’t hurt as much as you thought it would, because… well,
It was just a game after all.
By pixel on Dec 15, 2009
this is what comes to mind for me, following your train of thought. I feel very similarly to you. I don’t like saying that, because I don’t like coming across as that girl who says “OH I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN!” but… I feel that I should, in this scenario, stop lurking.
for myself, it really doesn’t hurt, disconnecting. Choosing not to participate. Sitting on the bench , watching everyone else play the game. Wanting to play, but can’t. What’s stopping me? The freedom to recognize my choices is what stops me, because to play the game you have to really believe it. You have to play the role you know, and go 100%. How much ignorance do you have to feign in order to fit into it? How much is appropriate? Why don’t they just see right through you and know you don’t believe? How can you ever go back, once you’ve chosen inaction over action as a general rule?
just sharing my thoughts about the game.