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Feb. 5th, 2023 11:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timeletsI just need to tattoo it on my forehead for the next year.
Escape is self-explanatory. He never really defines; only argues against a negative interpretation of "escapism."
Recovery, Escape, Consolation.
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Recovery (which includes return and renewal of health) is a re-gaining—regaining of a clear view.
Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories. ... the desire to visit, free as a fish, the deep sea; or the longing for the noiseless, gracious, economical flight of a bird, that longing which the aeroplane cheats, except in rare moments, seen high and by wind and distance noiseless, turning in the sun: that is, precisely when imagined and not used. There are profounder wishes: such as the desire to converse with other living things.
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The consolation of fairy-stories, the joy of the happy ending: or more correctly of the good catastrophe, the sudden joyous “turn” (for there is no true end to any fairy-tale): this joy, which is one of the things which fairy-stories can produce supremely well...
--- J.R.R. Tolkien. On Fairy Stories.
Escape is self-explanatory. He never really defines; only argues against a negative interpretation of "escapism."
