It seems that politicians tell lies, but in all fairness what the actually do is hide facts in a snowstorm of white noise to obscure their failures and their real plans. When we create a story, fiction, we can be like George Orwell and produce our own versions of the truth and even language.
I was inspired to tackle this topic when I re-read 1984 and came across the explanation of double think.
The act of doublethink occurs in more subtle details throughout the novel.
Doublethink is the act of holding, simultaneously, two opposite, individually exclusive ideas or opinions and believing in both simultaneously and absolutely. Doublethink requires using logic against logic or suspending disbelief in the contradiction.
This sounds rather like our politicians, all parties, attempting to cling on to or gain power in Westminster. The fact that the job is to run the country for the benefit of the citizens, not the billionaires, weapons manufacturers or shareholders; seems to be secondary these days.
Three examples of doublethink used throughout 1984 include the slogans: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.
When we create our art we have the same freedom as Orwell did to produce the unique or fanciful. More recently than Orwell, J K Rowling introduced us to muggles, none magical folk, dementers and other mystical creatures. Phillip Pullman introduced us to the vagaries of dust.
The only limits to what we produce is our own imaginations.
God Bless
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