NH: This sounds pretty much like my trajectory too. I used to read to not
have to think, just look at pretty pitures in my mind's eye, but I
couldn't get away with that for long; the type of reading that I enjoy
exercises the mind; it *makes* you think, and I enjoy it.
-nalo
On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Hope Cascio wrote:
> In a message dated 97-04-09 18:55:18 EDT, you write:
>
> << People a book is to be enjoyed, have fun. When I read a book buy
> Margerat Weis I don't sit there thinking about why she wrote about
> something. >>
>
> I don't completely agree. I used to just read for pure pleasure and escapism,
> until I came to college and "learned how to interpret what I'm reading." At
> first it felt so artificial, but now I feel like I can get so much more out
> of something. I never could have attempted most poetry, for instance, before
> I learned to interpret, and now I can actually get something from Adrienne
> Rich. So it's a construct, but so's the literature. I can still read
> ocassionally for the escape, but I much prefer to read something I can think
> about later, like while I'm driving or doing the dishes. And I'll reread
> things I've enjoyed to see if there's more to it than the lovely escape.
>
> Hope Cascio
>
"Starchild here. Put a glide in your stride, and a dip in your hip, and
come on over to the Mothership."
P-Funk, "Mothership Connection"
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