Source: Options
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
“Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion.”
Source: Cronenberg on Cronenberg (1997), Ch. 5
“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.
“Was not the arbitrary distinction between illusion and reality the ultimate illusion itself?”
Source: The Void Captain's Tale (1983), Chapter 13 (p. 164)
Source: The Tell-Tale Brain (2010), p. 247
