2025 52 Card Project: Week 8: Escapism
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pegkerrWhen thinking about the past week, I had difficulty settling upon an idea for a collage. Why did the week seem like such a blur, such a blank?
Upon thinking it over, I realized that this was because I spent much of the week mentally checked out. I checked my Goodreads page and realized that I read ten books in the past week. When I wasn't reading on my tablet, I was listening to audiobooks.
I had much of the week off from work, but the weather was extremely cold and dreary. I spent much of the week huddled on my couch, diving into escapist fiction. It's partly the effect of the dreadful political news and the mental sink that comes with the second half of winter, too--I just wanted to...not be there.
*Sigh* I know that I can't do this all the time. But this week, I just couldn't resist flying into the mental escape.
Background: semi-transparent wall of books. Lower foreground: a woman reads on a tablet reader. Center: a pair of headphones wrapped around five standing books. Upper center: an open book with two pages folded into the shape of a heart. A couple dressed in Regency dress stands silhouetted in front, their heads framed by the heart shape of the pages.
Escapism
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Upon thinking it over, I realized that this was because I spent much of the week mentally checked out. I checked my Goodreads page and realized that I read ten books in the past week. When I wasn't reading on my tablet, I was listening to audiobooks.
I had much of the week off from work, but the weather was extremely cold and dreary. I spent much of the week huddled on my couch, diving into escapist fiction. It's partly the effect of the dreadful political news and the mental sink that comes with the second half of winter, too--I just wanted to...not be there.
*Sigh* I know that I can't do this all the time. But this week, I just couldn't resist flying into the mental escape.
Background: semi-transparent wall of books. Lower foreground: a woman reads on a tablet reader. Center: a pair of headphones wrapped around five standing books. Upper center: an open book with two pages folded into the shape of a heart. A couple dressed in Regency dress stands silhouetted in front, their heads framed by the heart shape of the pages.
Click on the links to see the 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 52 Card Project galleries.
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Date: 2025-03-01 03:44 am (UTC)I haven’t been able to spend much time on escapist fiction lately. I have a job, and I have been following the news.