Rishita Chaudhary
@rish_yossarian
multi-hyphenate
tech policy, media & society
Rishita Chaudhary
@rish_yossarian
multi-hyphenate
tech policy, media & society
Difference between Imaginary and Imaginal
Imaginary is something that takes you away from reality like you imagining a pink elephant.
Imaginal is something that relates to reality, kinda like what children do with dolls. They have real toys but then they'll imagine the toys have lives and what not
Like every time I'm in a club or some techno place,
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