sometimes, the connections are so clearly defined, it's easy to see why things have happened.
“All art involves entertainment of sorts, but not all entertainment is art,” Short writes. “Mere entertainment leads us away from reality; indeed it can even be considered an escape from reality. Entertainment wants to live our lives for us. We are simply caught up in a dream and left there. Hence it is possible to have TV addicts as well as drug addicts and alcoholics. Art, on the other hand, can also entertain us, but it goes further. It leads us through its dream back to a reality that perhaps we had not seen before or to a reality that we now see in a new light. It helps us to see our lives as they really are and frequently provides suggestions as to how those lives can better be faced and accepted without the constant need for escape.”