I imagine myself in my life.
Then I freeze the picture.
I imagine the me that is playing roles in the world frozen.
Then I imagine the actual me, the real me, drawing back from that frozen image, like an actor falling away from a mask.
The mask is still there, but I fall away.
Into what?
Into a much bigger, entirely safe universe. Take your pick. Field. Lake. Mountain. Deserted village. Greek ruin. Walk around. I imagine myself literally walking. What is there? Sunshine? Shadows? Birds? Other figures? God?
* * * * *
The computer game is frozen.
You, the player, go for a breather.
Nothing I think is real is real.
What is real is what is obscured when I focus on the unreal.
So I freeze the unreal.
Pause.
Access the real.
Then resume with the unreal.