Reminds of an excerpt from the book, The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism (via http://mrteacup.tumblr.com/post/386598513/the-consummation-of-

Reminds of an excerpt from the book, The Romantic Ethic and the Spirit of Modern Consumerism (via http://mrteacup.tumblr.com/post/386598513/the-consummation-of-desire-is-thus-a-necessarily http://mrteacup.tumblr.com/post/386598513/the-consummation-o...): The consummation of desire is thus a necessarily disillusioning experience for the modern hedonist as it constitutes the ‘testing’ of his day-dream against reality, the resultant recognition that something is missing. The real experience in question may yield considerable pleasure, some of which may not have been anticipated, but despite this, much of the quality of the dream-pleasure is bound to be absent. In fact, the more skilled the individual is as a ‘dream-artist’, then the greater this element of disillusionment is likely to be. A certain dissatisfaction with reality is thus bound to mark the outlook of the dedicated hedonist, something which may, under appropriate circumstances, prompt a turning to fantasy. It is more likely, however, that the dream will be carried forward and attached to some new object of desire such that the illusory pleasures may, once more, be re-experienced. In this way, the modern hedonist is continually withdrawing from reality as fast as he encounters it, ever-casting day-dreams forward in time, attaching them to objects of desire, and then subsequently ‘unhooking’ from these objects as and when they are attained and experienced.