So imagination is how we - so focused on the sandwich we're going to eat for lunch or the snow forecast - are able to attempt to understand the universe. Our inventiveness is how we approach the subject of the cosmos from the self-centered awareness we normally carry.
Magical realism is a genre in both art and literature that knits together the objective with the subjective. It's a jolt of the unknown juxtaposed with the commonplace. This is that fantasy bridge between the real and the surreal. This is a way for our society to ease into broadening their awareness to encompass more than just themselves.
Two examples would be The Swimmer - as the story begins realistically before sliding into the more unrealistic - and The Night Sea Journey - as the topics of creation and purpose and religion are discussed from at the beginning what seems to be a man, before delving into the land of personifying sperm.
Just as we have the assignment to convert a fairytale to something more "realistic", every author also is a converter of myths whether they realize it or not. All literature incorporates some tie to the mythical, and so every work of literature must also belong to the category of magical realism to some degree.
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