In itself a wall on which a panoramic view of a non-existent world is drawn does not change. But for a great deal of money you can buy a view from the window with a painted sun, a sky-blue bay and a calm evening. Unfortunately the author of this fragment will again be Ed–but even this is not important, because the very window the view is bought for is also only drawn in. Then perhaps the wall on which it is drawn is a drawing too? But drawn by whom and on what? He raised his eyes to the wall of the toilet as though in hopes of an answer there. Traced on the tiles in red felt-tip pen were the jolly, rounded letters of a brief slogan: "Trapped? Masturbate! . Victor Pelevin
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When we look at a wall and see a drawing of a world, and we say that's what's on the other side of it. But we aren't really seeing the world right now, we're seeing a drawing on a wall. Maybe this could be said of the whole universe. If you have ever looked up at the sky and seen so many stars, or looked at something so beautiful that you can't believe it's real, then there is no question that everything around us is just a drawing. Just like in the quote above, when people think they are seeing reality on the other side of a wall, there are actually just drawings of things on the wall.

Source: Homo Zapiens

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