Friday, 16 November 2018

An Individual's View of Reality.

Throughout my many brushes with the hospital this year I had a stock reply to the question: ‘Are you allergic to anything?’

Yes. Politicians and celebrities.

Sometimes I let it pass and sometimes I varied it, but you get my drift.

So how do you think I feel when I see that the incredible, incomparable, irrepressible Hermione Granger grew up to be a celebrity called Emma Watson? I feel troubled. That’s because, to me, a compelling fantasy of substantial value is more real than a celebrity.

So does that make me a fantasist? No, it makes me a realist.

Why?

Because perception is the whole of the life experience. Why else?

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