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And since when does reading without visualizing the action mean one cannot be lost in the story? I read for the words--the turn of the phrase, the nicely constructed sentence, the clever metaphor. If I want to see the action, I watch a movie. |
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There are as many ways to experience reading as there are preferred tempi and velocities at which to read, aren't there? If someone hears and sees language exclusively, that's as valid as the visual and sensory approach.
While I admire writing that involves all the senses (except perhaps the novel Perfume, which lives in your nose until you have to close the book and hunt for your handkerchief), words can convey a sensuality of their own. Do you know the Norton Anthology of English Lit's diagram of Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale," which traces six levels of assonance and alliteration in the first two lines? Reading that poem is like biting into a pomegranate. Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 03-04-2014 at 07:22 PM. |
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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. |
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Catlady, I read the way you do and I also felt patronized by the "I feel sorry for you" comment.
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I am one of those who sees "the movie" in my head when reading.
I don't cue the movie. Nor do I add mental images consciously. That would be the equivalent of you trying to narrate a film as you said. That's not how it happens. No, instead this thing happens spontaneously, and as I read it gets more detailed, more crystallized. It is not the same as watching a real film. Btw, I can't believe that reading a word or a sentence, doesn't trigger an image for you. I think all of us have associations and our brain creates a picture after reading something like this. A cat was playing with a white ball of string. The only thing our brains differ on, is associating what kind of cat it was, how it was playing and how big was the ball of string. |
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Clearly, signification can have a strong visual component for many readers, but is a blind reader or writer any less capable of enjoying the full experience of the written word? By that logic, John Milton is a worse writer than James Patterson because the latter man is sighted. Reading also involves using one's ear, and it can be used in at least three ways: 1. To conjure the sounds that take place within the story, 2. to the savor sonorous idiosyncrasies of style and 3. to hear the entirety of the sonata created by the language itself. These three kinds of hearing fuse when it comes to dialogue, which is why plays can often seem close to music. But narrative descriptions (depending on the writer) can easily emphasize any aspect or all. I like to read in a way that affords all of the lush possibilities of sound, but also to hear the story as the author might have done. Then again, I learned to write poetry and play Bach at about the same time, so the written word has always looked like notated music to me. Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 03-04-2014 at 07:23 PM. |
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Let's say your image as you read is of a small tabby cat. Later the author provides more description and you learn the cat is a huge polydactyl Maine coon. Isn't that jarring for you? Your specific mental image has to be revised; but since I didn't create one, I think it's easier for me to just keep incorporating the new details. |
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That's not a cat... it's a domestic tiger of the extra furry variety. Besjeesus
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No, no, no. As I said the movie becomes more detailed as I read more, and the details lay themselves spontaneously. Like layers on a painting. I DO NOT add images to words consciously as an afterthought. Btw, I would love one of those beasties as a pet. I think they are beautiful cats. Unfortunately, they are very expensive in my country and I would rather adopt a kitten from a shelter than pay for it. Catlady, how do you remember then? You know when somebody says something about a blue teddy bear you once had (let say you had one for the sake of argument). Surely an image pops up? So what is the difference in someone saying blue teddy bear and you reading blue teddy bear from a letter for example? |
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