A waking dream. It might be interesting, here, to cross reference this idea with Inception and how the generally positive reception the film is enjoying. Perhaps a recognition of a communal dream state, existing in many layers...
That's a fascinating idea. Not having seen the movie yet, I can't really speak to that, but now I'm really interested in seeing it.
Agreed. I also experience the same thing reading at length, or roleplaying at length. It becomes an issue of immersion.
When I was younger, I could manage that kind of immersion while reading; in fact, I consciously pursued it, because it was preferable to the reality I lived in. I never really experienced the same thing in roleplaying though, perhaps because I was always the Gamemaster, and thus I spent all my time driving the world rather than inhabiting it.
And now, ironically, I find myself unmoored from the real world more and more, and crave the kind of grounding I used to try and escape.
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Date: 2010-07-28 08:48 pm (UTC)That's a fascinating idea. Not having seen the movie yet, I can't really speak to that, but now I'm really interested in seeing it.
When I was younger, I could manage that kind of immersion while reading; in fact, I consciously pursued it, because it was preferable to the reality I lived in. I never really experienced the same thing in roleplaying though, perhaps because I was always the Gamemaster, and thus I spent all my time driving the world rather than inhabiting it.
And now, ironically, I find myself unmoored from the real world more and more, and crave the kind of grounding I used to try and escape.