Just to warn you all the onset, I am less than clothed in some of these photos. Also, this is a pretty long read. For the short version, you can just read the first couple paragraphs and then look at the notes I took to get the basic concept. ...

What are our connections to reality? And how do we sever them? One of the most effective ways to do such a thing, in my mind, is to read a book, play an engrossing video game, get caught up in a film, listen to a symphony, etc. etc. But that has its ...

All six of my senses connect me to reality, so I was determined to deny myself the use of any of them, one by one. Let's start with sight. This is really a two-way street. For one thing, I'm visibly real - so step one involved closing the blinds and...