Everything Is Reading

Writers are spectacularly self-important people. Writers and readers collude in spreading the myth that it’s better to read than to watch films or TV. I’ve never understood this view, aside from its self-serving nature.

The argument seems to be that reading requires more imagination than watching, which I think is erroneous. When we read, our minds create narratives and meanings from words on a page. When we watch, our minds create narratives and meanings from images and sounds. And, as we li...