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“Once a reading of a book is under way, and we sink into the experience, a performance of a sort begins...
We perform a book-we perform a reading of a book. We perform a book, and we attend the performance.
(As readers, we are both the conductor and the orchestra, as well as the audience.)”
― What We See When We Read
We perform a book-we perform a reading of a book. We perform a book, and we attend the performance.
(As readers, we are both the conductor and the orchestra, as well as the audience.)”
― What We See When We Read
“That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! Not for me.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“It's strange how the human mind swings back and forth, from one extreme to another. Does truth lie at some point of the pendulum's swing, at a point where it never rests, not in the dull perpendicular mean where it dangles in the end like a windless flag, but at an angle, nearer one extreme than another?”
― The End of the Affair
― The End of the Affair
“If books were roads, some would be made for driving quickly - details are scant, and what details there are appear drab - but the velocity and torque of the narrative is exhilarating. Some books, if seen as roads, would be make for walking - the trajectory of the road mattering far less than the vistas these roads might afford. The best book for me: I drive through it quickly but am forced to stop on occasion, to pull over and marvel.”
― What We See When We Read
― What We See When We Read
“Writers reduce what they write, and readers reduce what they read. The brain itself is made to reduce, replace, emblemize... Verisimilitude is not only a false idol, but also an unattainable goal. So we reduce. And it is not without reverence that we reduce. This is how we apprehend our world. This is what humans do.
Picturing stories is making reductions. Through reduction, we create meaning.
These reductions are the world as we see it - they are what we see when we read, and they are what we see when we read the world.
They are what reading looks like (if it looks like anything at all).”
― What We See When We Read
Picturing stories is making reductions. Through reduction, we create meaning.
These reductions are the world as we see it - they are what we see when we read, and they are what we see when we read the world.
They are what reading looks like (if it looks like anything at all).”
― What We See When We Read
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