So, after a long tough/bad week at work, I took as much time as I could to escape and just relax. Now, for a girl who works two jobs, who is planning a wedding, currently in the middle of moving, and trying to have some sort of social life that is almost impossible. However, last night (Saturday) I got off work and was taken on a movie date by the wonderful Tyler. Now, to most this doesn't sound like taking time for myself. But! The second that movie starts I am sucked into the magical world it is set in forgetting the world that my body is in. My mind travels and drowns its self in the story being told, and for a moment I am someone else, somewhere else.
This is why I love pop culture. This is why I love books, movies, music, video games, and shows. Every day I go to work and write about some tragic story that really sounds just like the one I wrote the day before and the only thing that changes are the names and places. It can really get to a person who hates seeing bad things happen, and an author who imagines entire new worlds and is stuck in this one writing about another deadly accident or drug arrest just to pay the bills. But, for just a few hours I can be a former assassin on a journey to reclaim her throne and save the world from dark forces or the Queen of England stuck in the middle of a bloody war between cousins.
That is true magic. The ability to escape one's reality and one's problems to explore magical worlds. The ability to create worlds for people to escape to. Not spells you learn from a book or summon from drawing power from other dimensions. No, it is forgetting, for even just a moment, that there are bills to pay, forms to fill out, jobs to go to, chores to do...
For just a moment I didn't feel anxious or worried about tomorrow.
So, lets go down the rabbit hole, shall we?
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