Sunday, November 8, 2009

Illusionary Light

Yeah, right...whatever. Just say "no".

I have many times seen references in fantasy stories to an illusionist being able to create light, even though it's just an illusion. My attitude is that the illusionist works on the mind, not the eyes, and what he's creating is the illusion of a lit room, not light itself. Therefore, since he can't see in the dark, he doesn't know what the room looks like and therefore cannot "light" it.

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