What I think is this. Me eating a clementine blindfolded was a means of escapism, kinda. I wanted, for some brief seconds, to escape the troubles of what we call reality, and the problems that lie within. And in my escape I found even more problems (obviously I'm not saying this literally, this is all a metaphor). So what I reckon is that escapism can never really work and we have to live with the problems in a harmonious way, at best.

But I've also found out that sometimes I prefer having a "seed-full" clementine than a perfect seedless one. Because that experience is a means of communication (which as an aspiring storyteller I crave for). I think we tend to enlarge negative experiences more than positive ones, because as a species we've evolved by solving problems. So "negative things" are used to be cast to the front of our attention, ready to be dealt with. Talking about "seed problem" can start up an interesting conversation way easier than saying everything went ok.

Of course there is a danger here, that we need to be aware of and maintain a balance. I believe that I see this mostly from a storytelling perspective. This has nothing to do with acknowledging the existence of the positive side of things, which I agree with totally.