I am sitting in my car with the window open, fields and trees surround me, I am reading a book. At a high sharp melodious sound I raise my head and spy an unknown bird perched in a little bush singing. The phrase ‘it’s dulcet tone’ immediately presents itself to my consciousness, a turgid cliché, why do old saws like this spring readily to mind?
As a fully formed phraselet it requires no effort, as though it is passed up through the levels of consciousness from some copious storage area, wrapped-up, unviewed and thus somehow achieving a weightlessness which needs no putting forth of mental vitality or expenditure of thought to bring to light.
And so perhaps in these forms of articulation I am almost absent or like some lazy customs official waving through unchecked freight.
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Saturday, 20 September 2008
Friday, 19 September 2008
What do you See when you read?
Do you imagine when you read- I mean do you consciously see, in your minds eye, the scenes of a novel of the schematics of an abstract discussion. Does your imagination throw up, unbidden the landscapes and habitations that the characters dwell in, do diagramatic representations insist upon you whilst scanning some rarified textbook?
And if so do you regard this as normal, un-noteworthy?
For me this is usually absent in my reading, I have the ability but it is not something that I naturally employ, I must force myself to see the inner screen. It takes effort, it actually tires the brain noticably, but it is very rewarding. My comprehension is vastly improved, the speed I read at increases, my concentration reaches a zenith, enjoyment skyrockets, memory telescopes.
It really is the only way to read properly.
I believe the ancients had a much greater capacity for this than we have, I base this belief on certain clues that I have come across in my reading of the classics. I think their 'inner-world' was more vivid, compelling and immediate to the consciousness than ours has become- we have inherited the hardware but have let the skill atrophy. The reason of course is our reliance on external stimulation
And if so do you regard this as normal, un-noteworthy?
For me this is usually absent in my reading, I have the ability but it is not something that I naturally employ, I must force myself to see the inner screen. It takes effort, it actually tires the brain noticably, but it is very rewarding. My comprehension is vastly improved, the speed I read at increases, my concentration reaches a zenith, enjoyment skyrockets, memory telescopes.
It really is the only way to read properly.
I believe the ancients had a much greater capacity for this than we have, I base this belief on certain clues that I have come across in my reading of the classics. I think their 'inner-world' was more vivid, compelling and immediate to the consciousness than ours has become- we have inherited the hardware but have let the skill atrophy. The reason of course is our reliance on external stimulation
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