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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
As for the Greeks, and other early civilizations and even amongst precivilized (using this strictly to mean people who have never developed permanent settlements, i.e. cities) peoples, storytelling is an important aspect of their culture. It allows them to escape the reality of their day to day to lives.
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Of course! Awesome insight! So then thinking about it, wouldn't that mean that escapisim is associated with the evolution of the higher consiouness, highly tied in with the evolution of man. Early religion a form of this? Makes sense, especially if early story telling was about sun worship or tales on the moon. Oh boy! I had no idea where my question would lead!
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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Another thought I just had is this; the stories we read in books, see in movies and in Television often play a huge role in who we are. You can be quite sure that what you read, particularly when you are young, helps make you who you are. The ancient people understood this very well. Its why often their masterpieces were epics... If you want your son to be a hero, tell him stories of Achillies, Odyesseus and Aneas....
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But isn't that somewhat the other way around, we as individuals define what form of entertainment we choose. As kids we try everything in order to find out what we like and dislike.
For example; I love anything scifi and hate any thing "Nora Roberts" like. But even though my environment was very pro "Roberts", I was reading mysteries and scifi. I defined my hobbies according to me.
It's a mesh of both views. But that's how it seems to be in this thread. Everyone is absolutely right! I love it!
