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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 days agoArt isn’t just escapism. Or, it doesn’t need to be, at least. Sometimes it’s a way to help us understand, contextualize, and/or cope with our own reality.
minus-squareJumbie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·8 days agoYou realize you just described escapism in that second paragraph?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-28 days agoOk… And I assume you know what “and/or” means? Understanding and contextualizing is not escapism. And coping with isn’t necessarily escapism either.
minus-squareJumbie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 days agoI see. So what is escapism to you?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI mean, it’s in the word… I don’t want to think about the thing at all, let alone try to understand it.
Art isn’t just escapism. Or, it doesn’t need to be, at least.
Sometimes it’s a way to help us understand, contextualize, and/or cope with our own reality.
You realize you just described escapism in that second paragraph?
Ok… And I assume you know what “and/or” means? Understanding and contextualizing is not escapism.
And coping with isn’t necessarily escapism either.
I see. So what is escapism to you?
I mean, it’s in the word… I don’t want to think about the thing at all, let alone try to understand it.