What is fiction? Why do we love to be entertained? What makes a story a timeless classic? Why do some stories start great, but fall flat? Why do we feel special when we are the first to discover a piece of art; a new band, book, or film? What do we do with it when we find it, and why? And finally, why is it that "great" films and books, etc. fail to receive recognition equivalent to their value, or do they?
Truth in Fiction is a philosophy of culture that seeks to explain these questions, and solve problems arising from them. The core principle is that everything is connected on a deeper level. Picture the water lily: hundreds of leaves and flowers floating on the surface of a pond, but how many plants are in the pond? Are there hundreds or just one? The truth exists below the surface.
As in life, truth in fiction must be determined through an objective, almost scientific, approach. To create great stories, timeless stories, those developing them must understand the truth of reality. To define this is the purpose of Truth in Fiction.
Seeking to build a community of open minds, willing to engage in civil conversation, who will commit to restoring wisdom to the storytelling arts. We understand that truth lies below the surface.
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Quotes
"Truth must of necessity be stranger than fiction...for fiction is the creation of the human mind, and therefore is congenial to it."
- G. K. Chesterton
"The deliberate 'dumbing down' of our education system in an effort to enslave the public through ignorance and prepare them for world government."
- Brady and Woodward
"The one thing that is never taught by any chance in the atmosphere of public schools is this: that there is a whole truth of things, and that in knowing it and speaking it we are happy."
- G. K. Chesterton
"Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise--as priests, prophets or philosophers are wise. Specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine."
- Allan Bloom
"Such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing. The sun needs no inscription to distinguish him from darkness."
- Thomas Paine
"And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."
(Romans 12:2)
"Right now, we are in the most anti-intellectual period in the history of civilization."
- R. C. Sproul
"There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by with to detect non-truths."
- Walter Lipman
"Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom."
- Plato
"The significant problems we face, cannot be solved on the same level of thinking that created them."
- Albert Einstein
"Thinking is the hardest job there is. That is why so few people engage in it."
- Henry Ford
"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
- Helen Keller
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke
"Mystery is the catalyst for imagination."
- J. J. Abrams
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
- Albert Einstein
"Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth."
- Pablo Picasso
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