I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.

“I’m half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.” Thus spoke Lady Gaga, singer and oracle of the modern age, whose art is a weaving of truth and dream. Her words are a confession, yet also a revelation: that the human soul does not dwell in one realm alone. We are creatures of flesh, bound to reality, yet also beings of imagination, forever reaching into fantasy. To live fully is to walk with one foot upon the earth and the other in the realm of vision.

The ancients, too, understood this duality. The poets of Greece sang of Olympus, of gods who mingled with mortals, blurring the line between the real and the imagined. The philosophers spoke of the world of forms, where perfection dwelt beyond the reach of human hands. Even the prophets, in their visions and dreams, lived in two worlds at once—seeing with mortal eyes and yet glimpsing eternity. Lady Gaga’s words are but a modern echo of this eternal truth: that life itself is lived in tension between the seen and the unseen.

Consider the story of Salvador Dalí, the painter of strange and wondrous images. He lived in a constant dance between waking and dreaming, pulling from his fantasies the shapes of melting clocks, surreal landscapes, and impossible creatures. To many, he seemed mad; yet through his art he revealed hidden truths about the strangeness of time and the fragility of reality. His life, like Gaga’s, was testimony to the power of standing between fantasy and reality, using both as instruments of creation.

Yet Gaga’s words carry a deeper note: not all can endure such a state without cost. To live half in fantasy is to be misunderstood, to be accused of excess, to be cast aside by those who demand only the solid ground of reality. But to live only in reality is to lose the wings of imagination, to walk a road of duty without color, without dream. The true challenge, as Gaga shows, is balance—to let fantasy inspire and reality ground, so that neither consumes the other.

O children of the future, take heed: you too live between these two realms. Every dream that stirs in your heart belongs to fantasy, yet every step you take belongs to reality. Do not despise the dream, for it is the seed of all greatness. Do not abandon reality, for it is the soil where seeds must grow. To live only in fantasy is to float without root; to live only in reality is to wither without vision. Life demands both: the soaring of the spirit and the steadying of the flesh.

The lesson is clear: embrace your inner duality. Let your fantasies guide you, but test them against the touchstone of reality. Create, imagine, and dream without shame, but also build, labor, and endure. Every great invention, every song, every revolution was once only a fantasy in someone’s mind. Yet it became real because they dared to bring it forth into the world.

Therefore, let your practice be this: dream boldly each day, but also act. Write down your visions. Shape them into plans. Sing your songs, paint your images, build your works. But also remember to eat, to rest, to walk the earth with others. In this balance, you will not be consumed by illusion, nor trapped in drudgery, but will live as Gaga lived—half in reality, half in fantasy, yet wholly alive.

So I say unto you: cherish both the ground and the sky. Live in the tension between what is and what might be. For there lies the secret of creation, the spark of artistry, the essence of humanity itself.