That is quite profound. And yes, reality is what it is. Our perception and interpretation of it, however, is endlessly variable.

endlessly and beyond...

Vix

A very fun read :) It's been quite a number of years since I last read one of your stories, and I can only say your work still has the same great touch I remembered.
I enjoy a bit of philosophy, and reading through this you make a very good solid point. We are what we are, our awareness is our consciousness, and an extra appendage to hit that space bar would definitely indeed be a great addition. :P
Keep up the good work!

thanks so much Matt... and good to see you again...

Vix

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." ― Philip K. Dick

An interesting character was Mr Dick, either he went completely and utterly insane at the end of his life or he glimpsed something about the universe we live in that is only now being discovered. Possibly both.

And I pictured Sir Arthur as an armoured knight, ruddy-faced and with an impressive mustache and beard, and more than a little worse for wear!

That's interesting - had to look Mr. Dick up. I shall have to dig deeper. And I like your description.

Vix

How did you visualise him out of interest? I'm not a very visual person in general to be honest.

Actually... I hadn't visualized my bold knight at all - meaning as an individual. I began the story in my usual way - plow in like an old tractor; and then the actual meat of the issue slapped me upside the head.

Vix

Ah OK, I see!

If you wish the short version, 'Blade Runner'. If you want the full experience, 'Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep?'. One of my favorite books of all time.

"Reality is frequently inaccurate." — Douglas Adams

(Initial reaction) "Whoah, reality, what a concept!" -Robin Williams, 1979

(reads piece)

(Reaction unchanged)

*laughs... good old Robin Williams... I loved the movie 'Hook'.

Vix

Submitted for your consideration...

*smiles... and so it shall be considered...

Vix

Ahh yes, reality what a concept! Thank you Robin Williams. Having experienced things stone sober that make you question what reality is you end up with a rather fluid I guess view of reality... so yes reality is what it is.

Nothing like heading south on Highway 99 or Aurora Avenue at 55 miles an hour for the Battery Street Tunnel, when your vision gets wonky. Looking down at your hand on the gear shift to find a furred hand with claws... I didn't look at myself in the mirror because I worried I freak out... the fun things that would happen when I would get extremely angry.

I can understand...

Vix

From Children of Dune, by Frank Herbert:

"My mind controls my reality," Farad'n said.

I actually think we all have this in us to some extent...

Vix

Of course we do.

That made me twitch my tail!

*smiles rather big...

thank you old friend...

Vix

I wish I could remember my dreams. I can remember the last snippet as the alarm goes off but it's gone in an instant when reality sets in. When I was younger I could remember them better and I still remember parts of a few of the most vivid ones. Ah well....

mine slip away like that too most times... of late I am always working for some decrepit airline. I also, frequently, go back to my home town - but it is the home town of my dreams.

Vix

I have a lot of dreams where I'm at libraries, but they're usually not my town library, look up "library Kengo Kuma" on Youtube for a tour of a really dreamlike Japanese library. As for why libraries? I don't visit them often as I usually download everything to a Kindle and use Project Gutenberg for most stuff, so I guess it's more like a stand in for school (I have a lot of college dreams too or even ones where I'm back at high school). But also I think it's because of all the potential information that can be stored there, leads to a lot of possibilities. I'm sometimes checking CDs and stuff, not just books. I have a lot of music in my dreams. I consider them unreleased tracks of mine lol

now that's interesting...

Vix

Trying very hard to recall what Cervantes said about "life as it is"...

*chuckles... I try very hard to remember what I had for breakfast...

Vix

the tail none of us tell, though each of us imagine that we do.
even those don't intend to, at least to our selves.

because, basically, its everything that has nothing to do, with our selves, our species, our worlds, our telling of it.

Nax!

*hugss...

I believe you have a good point there...

Vix

Well. It is what it is, but most importantly, it is what we make of it.

A good point…

Vix

Oh, and I neglected to say, it was a very good read.

*chuckles... thank you...

Vix

I think I would say reality is what animals experience and what humans CLAIM they experience (after they 'interpret' if first.)