Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agoHow do you tell the difference between dream and reality?message-squaremessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareHow do you tell the difference between dream and reality?Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squareHegar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoMost cultural institutions exist in imaginary space but have incredible power over people. The state, god, heirarchy, status, identity. I definitely think the unreal is way more present in our lives than people normally accept.
minus-squareDr_Satan@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 months agoI’m in art. Almost invariably, you show them a piece, they ask “what is it?”, “what does it mean?”. (Sometimes they even want an explanatory essay pinned to the wall next to the frame) Because the meaning, the dream-manifestation, is more important to them than the actual experience. For most of us, dreams are realer than reality.
Most cultural institutions exist in imaginary space but have incredible power over people. The state, god, heirarchy, status, identity. I definitely think the unreal is way more present in our lives than people normally accept.
I’m in art.
Almost invariably, you show them a piece, they ask “what is it?”, “what does it mean?”.
(Sometimes they even want an explanatory essay pinned to the wall next to the frame)
Because the meaning, the dream-manifestation, is more important to them than the actual experience.
For most of us, dreams are realer than reality.