tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295141461906714106.post3431322440195948617..comments2024-03-29T01:12:45.077-07:00Comments on High-Low: Three Views of Escapism: The Eternal SmileRob Cloughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12671203398083374216noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295141461906714106.post-51839270648073714072009-03-29T18:04:00.000-07:002009-03-29T18:04:00.000-07:00Fair enough. It sure sounds like an interesting bo...Fair enough. It sure sounds like an interesting book.Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529618611083147320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295141461906714106.post-36683446896482817302009-03-29T16:34:00.000-07:002009-03-29T16:34:00.000-07:00As they are presented in the book, the dreams in t...As they are presented in the book, the dreams in the latter two stories definitely seem to be escapism at first--it's only later that they are shown to be something else altogether. That's because the characters aren't conscious of what they're doing--the agency toward dreaming is at best subconscious here.Rob Cloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12671203398083374216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3295141461906714106.post-65713645696545767952009-03-29T08:33:00.000-07:002009-03-29T08:33:00.000-07:00I like that notion that escapism is an activity or...I like that notion that escapism is an activity or a pursuit (and one that changes us) rather than a passive undertaking. I haven't read the book, but is it really fair to label the "dreams" in the second two stories "escapism"? They seem more like hopes or goals for the real world, as you describe them, not a "subcreation" of an alternate reality.Isaachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529618611083147320noreply@blogger.com