Fantasy

There is with in all of us in great or small measure the ability to fantasise. Some people suppress this desire and some embrace it willingly. Some grab a large stick labelled “sensibility” & beat every imaginary thought to a premature death. Then there are those of us who probably spend way too much time in an imaginary, fantastic world than is good for us. To find the balance between letting your imagination soar wild and free with no boundaries while still being rooted & stable enough to contribute something to society is to walk a thin & badly frayed tightrope.

Where is the DMZ between lunatic class wild imagination and boring conformity? As a creative person I would love to advocate living in the realm of the fantastical continually, but creditors don’t usually accept creative ideas as legal tender and children don’t raise themselves. Like it or not, life brings with it responsibilities. That said, an imagination allowed to run wild whenever possible certainly goes a long way to breaking the tedium of everyday life. Like all great forces however, it is most beneficial to us when it is harnessed in some form. Use your imagination & fantasies to add fun & excitement to your life, without taking you so far from reality that you wander into the woods of idiocy and never come back. Let a little discipline be the cord that guides you back to safety when necessary.

I have often wondered, if we fulfil all of our fantasies do they cease to be fantasy and become the ordinary and mundane, the very things we used fantasy to seek to escape in the first place?