“Reality” Haiku #18
By Jennifer Kiley
Trans-Graphics by j. kiley
12.18.12
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“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?” ~ John Lennon ~
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” ~ Albert Einstein ~
“I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t teach you how to love somebody. They don’t teach you how to be famous. They don’t teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don’t teach you how to walk away from someone you don’t love any longer. They don’t teach you how to know what’s going on in someone else’s mind. They don’t teach you what to say to someone who’s dying. They don’t teach you anything worth knowing.”
~ Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones ~
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” ~ Lao Tzu ~
I pondered on the addition of fantasy, whilst searching for words to describe reality.
Reality is such a tentative and relative occurrence. It, also, depends on both a connotative and denotative interpretation. Isn’t it also an individual perception? Can “fantasy” be part of a sense of reality. Fantasy is a mental perception of what your want to imagine reality to be someday or and extension of a reality that one lives out in their head. Or fantasy can be such an extreme case of imagination that it goes beyond any barriers that contain a possible state of reality. I love the philosophical parameters one can stretch when discussing reality vs fantasy in your own head or with someone else. What did you come up while searching for alternative words to describe reality. “Harsh” is sometimes a good adjective to describe it. “Extreme” is also a good description. Sometimes I feel reality is highly over-rated and it is a necessity to sprinkle with a constant stream of fairy dust just to make it palatable. Your move. Anything you would like to add would be greatly appreciated. j.k.
