ISSUE 1 – ‘ESCAPISM’

Concept & Introduction to magazine
(written by me)

When we talk about everyday life we directly think of everything that is habitual, ordinary, repetitive and quotidian, like particular practices, habits and behaviors that we have, ways of experiencing the world and responding to one’s environment. It can evoke feelings of ordinariness, monotony, emptiness and relates to everything that involves responsibilities; but it also contains elements of the non-everyday, like leisure activities or pleasures that are more ‘extraordinary’ activities within the ordinary daily existence… seen as forms of escapism or ‘breaks’ from everyday life, embedded in it.

In modern life and modern times, people tend to look for different ways to escape, psychologically or physically, to achieve distraction, relaxation, relief or emotional refuge from reality… from the banality of daily life and stress. Escapism means seeking for a better place, either created in our mind or an actual place made for that purpose; a place of fantasy, memories or dreams and out of the real world, where we freely just focus on ourselves, our feelings, senses and state of mind.

Why do we feel the need to escape?.. And what are our own ways of escapism?