Fantasy lies at the intersection of imagination and desire. Fantasies are dreams you don’t plan to act on. Maybe because they seem impossible, defy physics – or just aren’t very wise. For this reason, fantasy is deeply revealing. It highlights our perceived limitations, our shadows and sometimes what we think we just couldn’t (or shouldn’t) get away with. Since they are unrestrained, they showcase our wildest visions and deepest hopes. By allowing ourselves the freedom to dive into our fantasies, we enter dialogue with our community about what’s closest to our hearts.
noun, plural fantasies.
1.imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
2.the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strangefancies; imaginative conceptualizing.
3.a mental image, especially when unreal or fantastic; vision:
a nightmare fantasy.
4.Psychology. an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; daydream.
5.a hallucination.
6.a supposition based on no solid foundation; visionary idea; illusion:
dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies.
7.caprice; whim.
A fantasy is a situation imagined by an individual that expresses certain desires or aims on the part of its creator. …In everyday life, individuals often find their thoughts pursue a series of fantasies concerning things they wish they could do or wish they had done…fantasies of control or of sovereign choice…daydreams’.
Daydreams for Freud were thus a valuable resource. “These day-dreams are cathected with a large amount of interest; they are carefully cherished by the subject and usually concealed with a great deal of sensitivity … such phantasies may be unconscious just as well as conscious.”[wikipedia]