“It is oppressive always to have to act the same way, playing the same boring role that work or duty imposes on you. People yearn for a place or a moment when they can wear a mask.”
The Art of Seduction, Seductive Environment/Seductive Time
For most of us, life is a relentless cycle of repetition—a sequence of duties and expectations that seldom deviates from the mundane.
We wake, we work, we fulfil obligations, and in between, we snatch fleeting moments of leisure before the pattern resets.
The monotony of this existence naturally imposes a singular identity upon us, forcing us into roles that society, duty, or necessity dictate.
In this rigid framework, where predictability reigns and spontaneity is rare, our souls begin to crave an escape.
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