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Letter form the Founder

hile escapism is often seen as a coping mechanism, I look at it differently. Escapism to me is the ability to wholeheartedly lose oneself. To momentarily break free from the hegemonic oppression of reality by immersing one’s mind in a realm that provides for the soothing decoupling from the diabolical dissonance of daily life. The beauty about escapism is that you can travel many roads to this destination. From transcendental meditation to

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