Time for a good read.
Have you ever got that sudden urge to read rather than play a computer game or watch TV? Well, I am going through one of those sudden stages now. I have this great book that I want to finish reading, but I'm beginning to get so absorbed in it, that I'm putting off my homework even more. Now, I know to some of my readers I might sound like a terd, ranting about wanting to read a book instead of doing something else...but the honest truth is that I kinda want to kick back and relax.
In my many years of playing computer games and going to movies, I have noticed something very peculiar. It seems to me that the imagination is much more capable of growing and expanding when it is being invested in a good read, as opposed to it being spent on a computer game. Sure, computer games are fun (who doesn't enjoy playing the Supreme Ruler in a game like "Civilization," or "Age of Empires?"), but it honestly seems like the brain is much more capable to think creatively when it is left to ponder the world of literature. In the gaming world, you play the role the gaming designers tell you to play, but in the world of books you can be whomever you want to be. You can imagine yourself as anyone of the characters, or you can imagine yourself as a completely different character. You can even make your own private adjustments to the story, and manipulate the ideas until they fit your personality type and your creativity. It honestly seems to me that reading a single book expands your creative horizons a hundred times more than a thousand hours on the computer, Xbox, or Nintendo DS. It's really quite a unique experience that most people wouldn't trade for a lot of opportunities to fiddle around with "electronics."
Anyhow, back to my dilemma...school seems to be getting in the way of my reading opportunities, and my sudden hunger for a creative fest...and honestly I'm bummed out. With so many other books and assignments I have to read and do, I'm realizing that I may not actually have another chance to sit down and have a reading marathon for several more weeks when we finally hit our Summer Break.
Hopefully it comes sooner than later.........
Have you ever got that sudden urge to read rather than play a computer game or watch TV? Well, I am going through one of those sudden stages now. I have this great book that I want to finish reading, but I'm beginning to get so absorbed in it, that I'm putting off my homework even more. Now, I know to some of my readers I might sound like a terd, ranting about wanting to read a book instead of doing something else...but the honest truth is that I kinda want to kick back and relax.
In my many years of playing computer games and going to movies, I have noticed something very peculiar. It seems to me that the imagination is much more capable of growing and expanding when it is being invested in a good read, as opposed to it being spent on a computer game. Sure, computer games are fun (who doesn't enjoy playing the Supreme Ruler in a game like "Civilization," or "Age of Empires?"), but it honestly seems like the brain is much more capable to think creatively when it is left to ponder the world of literature. In the gaming world, you play the role the gaming designers tell you to play, but in the world of books you can be whomever you want to be. You can imagine yourself as anyone of the characters, or you can imagine yourself as a completely different character. You can even make your own private adjustments to the story, and manipulate the ideas until they fit your personality type and your creativity. It honestly seems to me that reading a single book expands your creative horizons a hundred times more than a thousand hours on the computer, Xbox, or Nintendo DS. It's really quite a unique experience that most people wouldn't trade for a lot of opportunities to fiddle around with "electronics."
Anyhow, back to my dilemma...school seems to be getting in the way of my reading opportunities, and my sudden hunger for a creative fest...and honestly I'm bummed out. With so many other books and assignments I have to read and do, I'm realizing that I may not actually have another chance to sit down and have a reading marathon for several more weeks when we finally hit our Summer Break.
Hopefully it comes sooner than later.........
posted by dr.scholl at 20:05
3 Comments:
Wow, I don’t think that I have ever gone to such extremes. Wanting to read without being assigned.
I used to feel like that...but then life starts happening and I don't even have time to think! Lol... hopefully I'll get a chance to kick back and relax over spring break. That would be nice!!!
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