Gianni Sarcone: Illusion

Gianni Sarcone is Italian author, artist, designer, and researcher in visual perception and cognitive psychology. Explore interesting quotes on illusion.
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“Games are enactments, and the act of playing is an illusion of the illusion of the reality”

Make Your Own 3D Illusions (2014).
Context: We long for a technological world, while keeping the natural aspect of our environment; we want the progress, while maintaining the traditions; we want organization while preserving individual freedom; we produce at a large scale while looking for unique products; we want clearness in our relationships, while we like to play with the ambiguity; we wish everlasting happiness while seeking incomparable magic moments… In reality, from all these contradictions, we are looking for only one thing: ASTONISHMENT. We would life to astonish us every day! That’s why we all, human beings, love playing, because games are synonymous of risk and astonishment. Games are enactments, and the act of playing is an illusion of the illusion of the reality.

“In life, we are given the choice between three paths: utopia, illusion or nonsense. The funny thing is, none of us get the joke.”

ESOF (2010).
Context: Life, like art, is purposeless and unpredictable. That’s what makes it beautiful and rare! In life, we are given the choice between three paths: utopia, illusion or nonsense. The funny thing is, none of us get the joke.