A mirage. A veil covering one’s eyes—concealing the facts
behind a façade or hiding the truth by means of reality. This is the essence of
the word “illusion.” It’s a word that describes the feeling of being
intentionally misled, which does not necessarily have a negative connotation. Often,
illusions are used for entertainment. For example, a magician’s job is to
create an illusion to trick the crowd that an impossible act is occurring. A
television is designed to create the illusion of a fluidly moving picture, even
though the image is comprised of thousands of tiny pixels that change 60 times
per second. However, an illusion can be malevolent deception to conceal an unwanted
truth, or it can be a perception of reality created by oneself to cover up the harshness of reality. It is because of this duality that this word is so captivating: the opposite
connotations of this word make this an interesting word to discover more about.
