We live in a world of illusion where we all seem separate. We are like islands in the sea;

我们都活在一个充满幻像的世界，我们开出去的每样东西都像是分离的。

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This may be because superstitions allow us the illusion of control in what is a scary, random world.

这可能是因为迷信给我们一种感觉——可以在这个危机四伏，变化莫测的世界里掌控好自己。

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On the right, a woman gazes at her reflection in a lacquered panel, absorbed in an illusion while she inhabits a world of illusion herself.

画面右方，一位妇女对着漆制面板端详着自己的妆容，仿佛沉静在幻想的世界中。

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This doesn't happen, but at the same time it's a world of illusion in which the reader lives all too comfortably. Right?

这些不会发生，但是同时这是一个幻境,读者太舒适地生活于其中，对吧？

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