{"id":2102,"date":"2012-08-24T00:37:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T00:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2023-07-29T20:25:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T00:25:20","slug":"the-virtual-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/2012\/08\/24\/the-virtual-real\/","title":{"rendered":"The Virtual Real"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/royalwedding.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2103\" title=\"royalwedding\" src=\"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/royalwedding.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/royalwedding.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/royalwedding-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a>I am inspired by the curvature of space. Not necessarily by the vast, physical manner that Einstein postulated early in the last century, but in a more personal, immediately perceivable way. There is something in each of us that allows (and sometimes forces) us to bend the hard-edged realities that we move through and interact with every day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It\u2019s the condition that philosopher Slavoj \u017di\u017eek refers to as <em>the virtual real<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">[Read more at <em><a href=\"http:\/\/fantasistent.com\/2012\/08\/23\/the-virtual-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Awakenings<\/a><\/em> . . . my contribution to a new blog series from FE Books.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am inspired by the curvature of space. Not necessarily by the vast, physical manner that Einstein postulated early in the last century, but in a more personal, immediately perceivable way. 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