“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”
— Voltaire
What is an illusion…
A trick of the eye?
Pulling a rabbit from a hat?
The masks we wear?
Maybe, and maybe it’s something more…
An illusion could be the lies we tell ourselves. The things we say to make ourselves feel happy.
Our child is the best.
We are smarter than all the rest.
This life is just a test.
We can use illusions to make life that little bit easier to digest.
Illusion might be the first of all pleasures, but can it satisfy us as much as the truth?