Is fantasy a part of reality?

Personally, I feel that we live as much in the real world as we do in our minds. But while in the real world we are bound by restrictions of practicality, laws and reasoning, in our minds, we are truly free.  When I am day dreaming, I can be a witch, or a bird, or a princess or a super-hero, or a fairy-tale character. I can choose my identity, my environment and even my experiences. If day-dreaming gives me real feelings of happiness, anger, thrill or disappointment, why should it not be counted as real, over a reality which might not impact me as much?

Everybody lives in his mind as well. When a person is sitting in a 5 hour flight, doing nothing but day dreaming: does that mean that his reality is defined by his passive physical experience of the flight, or is it defined b what he is thinking during those 5 hours? If for 3 hours I sit in a movie theater and immerse myself in a fantasy world, would that experience classify as real or not? Because practically, I have not done anything for that period of time, but imagined a make-belief world that has nothing to do with me. I am a mere passive spectator. But in my mind, I have been places, experienced feelings and learnt new things while sitting on a seat, doing nothing.

I think that it is too narrow-minded to think that the 16 hours we are awake and aware everyday comprises of reality while all the time we spend semi-aware, asleep or lost in our thoughts are insignificant.  There might be millions of universes in this world. There might be millions of intelligent species in some of them. They might all have different definitions of truth and deception, of reality and fantasy. Would it be going too far to suggest that reality can be a part of fantasy as much as fantasy is a part of reality, and maybe fantasy and reality are the same, and we just don’t realize it?

So I mean to say that if I read a new book, watch a movie or day-dream for an hour, all three experiences are a part of my reality and have an impact on me. Then why should I waste my time dealing with a banal and mundane world, when I have the option of immersing myself in a more interesting one?

I love Harry Potter because it has provided me with a perfect fantasy world to escape into whenever I want to. I am told that I should be more involved with reality and less with fantasy. But fantasy is a part of my reality, and I will not fight this belief until I have an iron-clad argument proving it false.

Bon Voyage

10 things you should know:

1. I am a procrastinator. If I can do something tomorrow, I would NEVER do it today. That is why I have been putting off this blog since an extremely long time. I don't even feel bad about it.
2. I have never written a blog or a diary before. I had neither the inclination, nor the perseverance of taking up such a time-consuming project until now. But now, I have so much going on in my mind, that it is essential that I get it out.
3. I am a passionate and lousy singer. I adore singing. Most of my friends hate me for that. I don't really blame them, but I don't stop either.
4. I am a Leo. I used to think that it meant something. I am not sure anymore. But I am a Gryffindor, and that means a lot to me.
5. I love Harry Potter. Most of my life revolves around Harry Potter. JKR is the most awe inspiring woman ever. I am desperately waiting for her next novel.
6. I  am currently in my 3rd year of college. I hate staying away from home, but I can not possibly be more grateful for the friends I have here.
7. I have no idea where my life is going. Sometimes, it stresses me out, but other times, I genuinely don't care.
8. I wish the world would end in Dec 2012. So many great public personalities have died this year; It is a sign.
9. Poetry gives me a lot of pleasure. I love everything that rhymes. 
10. I should be studying/sleeping right now.  Good Night! :)