perspectives

 

you open the book, your ears shut (to the outside), your eyes savor the words, a page is turned till pages run out ,mind devours the essence...... a narrator opens the book, your eyes shut, your ears savor the words, a page is turned till pages run out, mind devours the essence.... any difference??

 

 

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commentator n:

 I fall asleep!  

 

moi:

  .....as long as you do not snoreth while narrator droneth and you waketh when the last word is spoketh!!  

 

commentator s:

 My ears are shut most of the time

 

moi: 

s you are indeed blessed!:-)

n,s...thank you both for trashing my question in your own unique ways!

commentator a: 

Is this the 'deaf/blind for a bit' bug again?

 

moi: 

a....are you are seeing and hearing "blind/deaf" everywhere??

my question (worded with a dash of hyperbole for effect) was about 2 ways of experiencing the written word.... reading vs listening and if there was any significant difference between the 2....nothing more nothing less!!  

 

commentator a:   

I probably am :))))...so thot I'd ask.

Depends on who's doing the reading out loud...and what the books about?? IMHO that is. 

 

moi:

that the narrator has the caliber to deliver (diction/depth/dynamism) is a given......subject obviously something which would justify having a narrator!

commentator a:   

Somehow have less affection for prose read out loud than poetry... unless it is theatrical/dramatic.

It is always great to hear something I've already read being read out by others...because that adds extra dimensions. But to hear someone else read it the very first time spoils it for me. 

 

moi:

hmmm...with the exception of plays (which i find tedious to read), i prefer a "non intervention" by a third entity....i find that it distracts from what the words seek to convey to me and either dilutes or jazzes up depending on how the narrator conveys the words. as for reinterpretation and perhaps a variegated perspective i rather read the words after a sufficient gap...they invariable speak in a different voice!

commentator a:

Since u mentioned experience..was thinking...reading is -to me- a personal experience...a sort of journey into a different world. Agree that I'd rather not have that diluted bythe presence of another person. Poetry is different somehow..and I enjoy listening to it being recited [by the right people ofcourse].