Recently, in a movie i watched, there was a philosophy professor lecturing on fantasies. I don't recall his exact words, but he said that one fantasizes over the impossible and the unreachable; as soon as a fantasy becomes viable, it is no longer desired. Coveting something you will never receive is what makes it fun, it all comes down to wanting what you can't have.
Does this professor's view relate to all fantasies? All desires? If so i either don't know how to fantasize, or i have nothing to live for.
My dreams are filled with simple pleasures, is that too much to ask for??
~what's so impossible about swimming in a pool of chocolate?~
2 comments:
hmmm...pool of chocolate...i don't want to say impossible but is it like Willy Wonka's chocolate river...or like swimming in a large bowl of pudding...anyways...his theory does not pertain to all fantasies...i want to someday have a family...if you're telling me that when it becomes obtainable i'm not going to want it...then you're crazy...fantasies can be obtained...but i'm not sure we can make a real-life Malfoy
chrismuffin
Aha - good call on the real-life Malfoy :op
Anyway, here's a different way of looking at it. I've heard that anticipation is more satisfying than actually receiving the desired object. Hence why people who don't wait/work for something seldom appreciate it.
Those who anticipate something for a long time will be able to appreciate it more.
I've heard professors lecture on the possibility that our entire existence is just a random daydream which we'll wake up from... or that the idea of unselfishness is completely false.
Professors like to ramble on about stupid things, sometime.
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