7 responses to “Why We Need Fantasy”

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   paladin3001

   January 19, 2018 at 4:56 pm

   I can see that. A chance to explore a new world by proxy. Now we have nothing currently to explore so we dive deep into our imaginations or follow someone else’s imagination.

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   Jasini

   January 19, 2018 at 6:32 pm

   C4c

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      Shadowdancer Duskstar / Cutelildrow

      January 19, 2018 at 8:35 pm

      c4c

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   J.M. Ney-Grimm

   January 19, 2018 at 6:32 pm

   “The fantastic is that place where we can once again experience wonder.”

   Yes, exactly. The sensation of wonder is what I miss most from childhood. For me, when I was very young, everything was fresh and new and wondrous.

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   J. J. Griffing

   January 20, 2018 at 2:38 am

   I think Tolkien’s notion of mankind as “Sub-Creators” is pretty solid to explain it, as well. And even for those whose deny or disbelieve in an actual Creator, there is still a compulsion to create anyway.

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   Christopher M. Chupik

   January 20, 2018 at 10:14 am

   I misread his name as “Muggle”, which would be ironic.

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   Orvan Taurus

   January 20, 2018 at 12:03 pm

   Cue “Rich Fantasy Lives.”