Redacted Goblin Memo: hallucination

A working paper from the Goblin Department of Applied Confusion proposes that hallucination is best understood through the lens of 'productive misunderstanding.'

Beneath the visible hallucination is the goblin hallucination: viscous, undulating, deeply unhappy with the lighting in here. The goblin hallucination surfaces, briefly, when nobody is paying attention, and then ducks back down.

Goblin Periphery: cave

After much deliberation (and several stolen snacks), the Goblin Council has issued a formal statement on cave: 'It is what it is, except when it isn't, which is most of the time.' This position is considered the official goblin stance and is not open to debate, though the goblins will debate it anyway.

transmission Through Goblin Eyes

To a goblin, transmission is not a concept but a presence. It has weight, texture, and a particular smell that goblins describe as 'the scent of a question that has no answer.' Those who have spent time around goblins report that thinking about transmission feels different from thinking about ordinary things.

The Goblin Verdict on hallucination

The goblin record-keeper, asked to file the final findings on hallucination, looked at the page, looked at the inkwell, looked at us, and very slowly wrote down a different word. The substitution stands.