Creative Writers and Day Dreaming
Spiel- (literally: to play) here its referring to forms of imaginative writing which requires to be linked to tangible objects
Trauerspiel- those who carry out the representation as schauspeler (show players)
This piece of literature begins by discussing creative writers and their similarity to small children who play in a world of imagination. As one gets older he stops playing and begins to day dream, because he has now exchanged one form of ‘phantasy’ for another. As the author goes on the topic becomes more focused on the difference between a creative writer and a day dreamer. Most day dreamers are embarrassed of their thoughts but for creative writers this is there livelihood. What’s the difference between the two?
“The creative writer does the same as the child at play- he created a world of phantasy which he takes very seriously-that is. Which he invests with large amounts of emotion-while separating it sharply from reality”
The above mentioned text it states that our fantasies are formulated differently depending on the time they happen. For example, the small orphaned boy, who while walking to a job interview imagines receiving the job and his entire life escalates from that point on. Do our circumstances really shape our thoughts or do we just imagine anything we want? If we are about to take an exam is that all we day dream about or do we still think like the small child from the text and perhaps fantasize about princesses and castles?
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I believe that our day dreams are based on the circumstances that are occurring to us at that period of time in our lives. Students our age tend to day dream about things are some-what realistic and perhaps can come true.
I think that yes, personal circumstances do shape our daydreams, even to a point of fantasy. But as we grow older I think that reality seems to sink in more, and the fantasy fades into (using the exam example) stress, if you didn't study, or trying to run over what you know, if you did. As we grow up, I think we begin to realize that there is less time for fantasizing and our focus is turned to managing responsibilities.
Natalie Shields
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