We live in a world in which the only utopian visions arrive in commercial breaks: magical visions of an impossibly hospitable world, peopled by bright-eyed attractive men, women, children... Where nobody dies... In my worlds people died. And I thought that was honest. I thought I was being honest.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Commercial utopias hide death; honest worlds include it.
- In plain terms
- Real stories include death unlike ads.
- What can you take from it?
- Truth requires acknowledging mortality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is perfection dishonest?
- How do you show truth?
Another view
It generalizes all commercial visions as dishonest.
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