Whenever I read a novel or a poem, I actually try to 'hear' and 'see' what I am reading (I am sure we all do that). This helps me to 'hear' my parents through their words in the letters and books they wrote. Does anyone have similar experience?
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i often get confused about whether i was watching a movie or reading a book i really visualize when i read
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Yeah I hear and see and smell. I couldnt read Tale of two cities because\ I could smell the bloodand it made me feel sick!
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I think I understand what you mean, seashell, and, yes, I often do 'see' and 'hear,' or attempt, the contents of a book.
I especially 'see' and 'hear' any work printed as poetry, particularly poetry in a rhythmic pattern with set types or number of syllables, rhyme, or beat poetry. The same goes with plays; while reading them, I often visualize and hear some of the characters, as if on stage, which made recently producing Arthur Miller's The Crucible, and other plays in the past, a fascinating experience.
I am reading The Night Trilogy and I actually as able to imagine on a very low level that I was in the camp.
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I'm always imagining the characters and places. That's part of the fun when you read. The writer creates his/her own world when he/she writes and you create your own when reading.
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Thank you all. I really enjoyed reading your comments. As we can almost see, smell or hear the story, poem or a play, we can possibly say if a director has chosen the right actors, spot and setting when a film is made out of a book.
Seashell
During certain times of life, I wish I had synesthesia (http://web.mit.edu/synesthesia/www/synesthesia.html), though I doubt it seems always a pleasant experience.
I often find the images in my mind evolve as I read, so that the canvas of my imagination starts out with a skeletal form, which is then shaped as I gather more detail. When I saw the hypnosis sequence in some movie with Kevin Bacon whose name no longer comes to mind (in which a theater changes every time the woman adds information), I was amazed to see imagery do on screen exactly what it does in my brain when I read. I thought it was really neat.
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I think Stir of Echoes?Originally Posted by Snukes
Excellent film, anyway.
I can usually come up with a vivid mental picture of the books I read, but occasionally I will forget a detail about a character's appearance and I wind up changing them completely (e.g. A character with black hair and no facial hair becomes in my mind a guy with blond hair and a beard).
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I don't know about the hearing, but I do definitely see what I read. Allthou it's not that detailed. Not like film or anything, but I always have some idea about the people and places I read about.
Yup! I'm always using my 'senses' (i.e. hear, see, smell) when I read. I visualize them in my head, which brings me more interested in reading.
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No. I can get lost on words but i can only visualize very vivid images and them only fleetingly.
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