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Listening to books
I have an account with Audible, the audiobook site. I bought myself a present in May (that's another story). The first book I downloaded was Virgil's The Aeneid. It was one of the "great books"--the Must Reads--I'd not read yet. So, I figured, I'd listen to it.
It's been an experience. I'm finding that I can't listen more than 40 minutes or so at a time. I have to really pay attention to grasp the words and the story. The language is very lofty, and, after awhile, I'll begin to lose hold of the story and just let the words wash over me. It's like watching Fellini's 8 1/2. Your mind wanders, in and out, past and present, then you 'wake up' and find yourself back where you started. But not. Not yourself again.
It's kind of like that.
The second book I downloaded from Audible was Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. I'd heard good things about this book but never read it. Now's the time, with Audible, I thought.
I listened to it in one day. Almost in one sitting. I had to buy a paper copy. I wanted to have it at hand so that I could pick it off my shelf and flip it open to any page to be reminded. Reminded of what? Reminded of life and how to live it. With dignity, and purpose, and responsibility.
It's been an experience. I'm finding that I can't listen more than 40 minutes or so at a time. I have to really pay attention to grasp the words and the story. The language is very lofty, and, after awhile, I'll begin to lose hold of the story and just let the words wash over me. It's like watching Fellini's 8 1/2. Your mind wanders, in and out, past and present, then you 'wake up' and find yourself back where you started. But not. Not yourself again.
It's kind of like that.
The second book I downloaded from Audible was Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning. I'd heard good things about this book but never read it. Now's the time, with Audible, I thought.
I listened to it in one day. Almost in one sitting. I had to buy a paper copy. I wanted to have it at hand so that I could pick it off my shelf and flip it open to any page to be reminded. Reminded of what? Reminded of life and how to live it. With dignity, and purpose, and responsibility.
