Creative writer- one considered to be a strange being that draws material and manages to arouse in us emotions which were not thought of.
Phantasy / phantasising- it is the fulfillment of a wish, a correction of unsatisfying reality. One might do this by using an occasion in the present to construct, on the pattern of the past, a picture of the future where all dreams hopefully come true.
Day-dream- could be explained as building castles in the air and linking real objects to make meaning to the individual.
Freud introduces the passage by saying that “altogether, the paper, however casual its tone, is a serious contribution to the psychology of creativity and hence part of his effort at constructing a general psychology” (Freud 436). He explained how phantasies and day-dreams are used by the creative writer to produce great stories that effectively catches the attention of the ordinary person. In the ending paragraph, he state that “in my fore-pleasure of this kind, and our actual enjoyment of an imaginative work proceeds from a liberation of tensions in our minds . . . enabling us thenceforward to enjoy our own day-dreams without self-approach or shame” (Freud 443).
Discussion: if phantasising is all about wishes and dreams coming true, then does the successful individual stop day-dreaming? Are wishes limited to the unsuccessful?
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Wishes are not limited to the unsuccessful, but are most likely more prudent in them. However, what drives mankind is dreams, and to always better him/herself. As a daydreamer myself, I would hope my kind are the more successful ones. As the old saying goes: great minds like a think!
Everybody day-dreams at some point in their lives whether rich or poor. A person's success in my opinion should not determine whether they have dreams or wishes. Daydreaming helps a person to escape reality. Who wouldn't want to daydream? Liz L.
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