“I define Inner Space as an imaginary realm in which on the one hand the outer world of reality, and on the other the inner world of the mind meet and merge. Now, in the landscapes of the surrealist painters, for example, one sees the regions of Inner Space; and increasingly I believe that we will encounter in film and literature scenes which are neither solely realistic nor fantastic. In a sense, it will be a movement in the interzone between both spheres.” WorldMindBelieveHandsRealityFilmLiteratureI BelieveSpaceExampleMovementScenePainterFantasticLandscapeRealmsEncountersRegionsRealisticSpheresImaginaryInner WorldOuter WorldsSurrealist Author:J. G. Ballard
“Art is the principal way in which the human mind has tried to remake the world in a way that makes sense. The carefully edited, slow-motion, action replay of a rugby tackle, a car crash or a sex act has more significance than the original event. Thanks to virtual reality, we will soon be moving into a world where a heightened super-reality will consist entirely of action replays, and reality will therefore be all the more rich and meaningful.” WorldWayMindHumansArtRealityActionMovingSexRichCarEventsArt IsOriginalsMeaningfulThanksMake SenseSignificanceHuman MindPrincipalCrashRugbyRemakesVirtual RealityEditedSlow MotionReplayCar Crash Author:J. G. Ballard
“In his mind Vaughan saw the whole world dying in a simultaneous automobile disaster, millions of vehicles hurled together in a terminal congress of spurting loins and engine coolant.” WorldMindWholeTogetherMillionsSawsDyingCongressDisasterWhole WorldEnginesVehicleApocalypseAutomobileTerminalSimultaneous Book:Crash: The Collector’s Edition Source: Crash: The Collector’s Edition
“Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed.” MindDreamWaterMemoriesDarkSeaHugeBedDecadesThriveStayingSurvivingShipwreckDeep WaterStaying Power Author:J. G. Ballard
“I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst.” MindFeltImaginationDoorsPressureOf My Mind Author:J. G. Ballard
“In the past we have always assumed that the external world around us has represented reality, however confusing or uncertain, and that the inner world of our minds, its dreams, hopes, ambitions, represented the realm of fantasy, and the imagination. These roles, it seems to me, have been reversed. The most prudent and effective method of dealing with the world around us is to assume that it is a complete fiction - conversely, the one small node of reality left to us is inside of our own heads.” WorldMindHas BeensDreamRealitySeemsPastLeftImaginationFictionRolesFantasyAmbitionMethodAssumingRealmsUncertainConfusingPrudentInner World Author:J. G. Ballard
“Trying to exhaust himself, Vaughan devised an endless almanac of terrifying wounds and insane collisions: The lungs of elderly men punctured by door-handles; the chests of young women impaled on steering-columns; the cheek of handsome youths torn on the chromium latches of quarter-lights. To Vaughan, these wounds formed the key to a new sexuality, born from a perverse technology. The images of these wounds hung in the gallery of his mind, like exhibits in the museum of a slaughterhouse.” MenTryingMindLightYoungBornTechnologyDoorsYouthKeysSexualityWoundsEndlessHandleInsaneChestsMuseumsQuartersCheeksHungYoung WomenTornHandsomeLungsElderlyGalleryColumnsExhibitsCollisionSteeringSlaughterhousesLatchesChromium Author:J. G. Ballard
“I feel that the surrealists have created a series of valid external landscapes which have their direct correspondences within our own minds.” FeelsMindDirectSeriesLandscapeCorrespondenceSurrealist Author:J. G. Ballard
