by Marty Coleman | May 12, 2013 | Albert Einstein, Benefits of Reading - 2011, 2013 |
Reading as a Negative
What? I am against reading? Yep, I am. Not all reading mind you. but over indulged in, mindless reading. Reading gets an exalted place in our western world, at least among the intelligentsia and wannabees (that’s me). The idea is if you read you are intelligent, wise, learning, growing and open minded. It means you are self-aware and a good person. But that is not true.
Television as a Positive
It isn’t any more true than watching TV means your a vacuous idiot who is satisfied with shallow crap. I watch more hours of TV than hours of reading. So, am I just being defensive? No, I am being realistic. People watch substantial TV and they watch idiot TV. People read substantial books and they read idiot books. What I am against is the persistent illusion that reading in and of itself makes someone admirable. It doesn’t.
What vs That
If you learn, grow, share and become enlightened while reading then it’s good. And they same is true about watching TV. If you get entertained in either medium, that is good too. But not if that is all you are doing. Escaping to the boob tube and never critically evaluating what it is you are watching isn’t good. And it isn’t good with reading either. What you read and how you think about it make you admirable, not just that you read.
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman, who is reading Frankenstein and having a hard time getting through it.
Quote by Albert Einstein
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Morning ‘not a haiku’ poem #4
Stretching in morning dark,
Edge of light past trees,
Dogs wiggling, I am on the floor with them.
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by Marty Coleman | Aug 5, 2011 | Benefits of Reading - 2011, 2013, Will Rogers |
Read all about it! It’s the final day of Reading Week at the NDD.
Which one are you? Or which one are you married to? Do you think women are the same way?
Quote by Will Rogers, 1879-1935, American humorist. Did you know that Rogers was in the Guinness Book of World Records for successfully throwing 3 lassos at once?
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by Marty Coleman | Aug 4, 2011 | Benefits of Reading - 2011, 2013, Jessamyn West |
It’s day #3 of Reading Week at the NDD. That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.
I don’t read fiction very often. I usually am reading non-fiction biographies, histories and science books. I recently wrote my first fictional short story, Sunday in Sunrise, and while it had some elements of myself and my family in it, the story was a fabrication, a fiction. Writing it and reading it revealed things about my life that are obscured at times. Mostly it reinvigorated my sense of being positive, loving, enthusiastic and trusting in my life. It showed me aspects of myself that I have been, want to be and sometimes let slide.
Sometimes, when you are in a parched landscape, a story, whether you write it or read it, can help you see what can be there.What does reading or writing fiction do for you?
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by Marty Coleman | Aug 3, 2011 | Benefits of Reading - 2011, 2013, Hazel Rochman |
You’ve read it right, it’s Day #2 of Reading Week at the NDD!
How often have you finished reading a book and felt like a new home was suddenly taken away from you. It is sad but it is also a wonderful feeling to know that home is there waiting for you if you pick that book up again. New homes are also waiting to be discovered in new books yet read.
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by Marty Coleman | Aug 2, 2011 | Benefits of Reading - 2011, 2013, Groucho Marx |
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