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Originally Posted by shalym
I felt sorry that you don't get to enjoy the movie in your head that I (and others) do. For me, that is the greatest joy of reading...immersing myself in another place and time, and seeing and hearing the story unfold in my mind. You obviously believe that I had some other motive in saying that, although I'm not sure why. I apologize for causing you any distress--that was truly not my intention.
Shari
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You didn't cause me distress and I don't have any opinion of your motives. But you still just don't seem to get that your way is not the only way or even necessarily the better way.
I get the emotion/experience/impact of a book through the words directly; I don't read the words, cue the movie in my head, and then get the emotion/experience/impact from the mental images.
For me, trying to add mental images when reading a book would be as odd as trying to create my own verbal descriptions while watching an action sequence in a movie or listening to instrumental music. Different media, different mental processes.