Or is everything just metaphor, reality and illusion?

或者一切都是隐喻，现实与幻觉？

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Surrealism art methods using different reality and magic, weird combination with the Mirage, so that reality and illusion melting into one.

超现实主义艺术采用不同方法将现实与神奇、怪诞与幻境结合起来，使现实与幻景溶为一体。

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Uses the Gothic style style to carry on the creation the work to have the fairy tale charm, the reality and illusion blending can manifest in the work.

采用哥特式风格进行创作的作品有童话般的魅力，现实和梦幻的交融在作品中得以体现。

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Reality, filmed illusion, and dreams are so intertwined that only an artist, playing merrily with echoes, can sort them into a scheme of delight.

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The reality is it is merely an illusion and successes are more random luck than skill.

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To test whether aging reduces the ability of pedestrians to multitask, Neider and his colleagues created a simulated crosswalk using a self-powered treadmill, video screens depicting a busy street, and special goggles that create the illusion of virtual reality.

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