Seeing While You Read
inmdcrew
As I read I imagine the settings, what the person looks like, their
clothes,etc. When I see the movie made about the book I am so often
disgusted and annoyed b/c "that's not how it's supposed to look"!
I guess I get to wrapped up in my descriptions.
Any one else have the same problems?
Tina
clothes,etc. When I see the movie made about the book I am so often
disgusted and annoyed b/c "that's not how it's supposed to look"!
I guess I get to wrapped up in my descriptions.
Any one else have the same problems?
Tina
Tia Leschke
>As I read I imagine the settings, what the person looks like, theirI don't see clear pictures. I've never been able to visualize more than
>clothes,etc. When I see the movie made about the book I am so often
>disgusted and annoyed b/c "that's not how it's supposed to look"!
>I guess I get to wrapped up in my descriptions.
>Any one else have the same problems?
vague, impressionistic pictures. Makes writing descriptions harder . . .
sigh. Even my dream pictures are vague.
But I feel the same way about movies, even though my pictures were
vague. At least they were mine, and almost always different from the
director's. I usually try to read the book first, if I'm going to, rather
than letting the director make the pictures for my head.
Tia
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Tia Leschke
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On Vancouver Island
zenmomma *
>>I don't see clear pictures. I've never been able to visualize more thanYes! This is me too. Glad to hear I'm not alone on that one. It made it very
>>vague, impressionistic pictures. Makes writing descriptions harder . .
>>.sigh. Even my dream pictures are vague.>>
interesting when Conor was learning to read. He creates videos in his head
in extremely minute detail and seems to read in chunks instead of word by
word like me. As I've said his comprehension is great (and so is mine BTW
<g>).
Life is good.
~Mary
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inmdcrew
--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., Tia Leschke <leschke@i...> wrote:
Oh I know what you mean by reading first. I'm trying to instill
that in my kids. I never find the movie better--books are always so
much more visual to me.
I'm surprised any laundry gets done or food gets cooked and kids-
well there on their own when I get my nose in a good book.
tina
>often
> >As I read I imagine the settings, what the person looks like, their
> >clothes,etc. When I see the movie made about the book I am so
> >disgusted and annoyed b/c "that's not how it's supposed to look"!than
> >I guess I get to wrapped up in my descriptions.
> >Any one else have the same problems?
>
> I don't see clear pictures. I've never been able to visualize more
> vague, impressionistic pictures. Makes writing descriptionsharder . . .
> sigh. Even my dream pictures are vague.the
>
> But I feel the same way about movies, even though my pictures were
> vague. At least they were mine, and almost always different from
> director's. I usually try to read the book first, if I'm going to,rather
> than letting the director make the pictures for my head.Tia,
> Tia
>
> No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
> Eleanor Roosevelt
> *********************************************
> Tia Leschke
> leschke@i...
> On Vancouver Island
Oh I know what you mean by reading first. I'm trying to instill
that in my kids. I never find the movie better--books are always so
much more visual to me.
I'm surprised any laundry gets done or food gets cooked and kids-
well there on their own when I get my nose in a good book.
tina
inmdcrew
--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "zenmomma *" <zenmomma@h...> wrote:
detailed i can see, taste, smell, etc. it can be pretty annoying b/c
I wake up and feel like I don't belong to this home.
The only movie to me that has been better than the book was Wizard of
Oz.
Tina
>more than
> >>I don't see clear pictures. I've never been able to visualize
> >>vague, impressionistic pictures. Makes writing descriptionsharder . .
> >>.sigh. Even my dream pictures are vague.>>made it very
>
> Yes! This is me too. Glad to hear I'm not alone on that one. It
> interesting when Conor was learning to read. He creates videos inhis head
> in extremely minute detail and seems to read in chunks instead ofword by
> word like me. As I've said his comprehension is great (and so ismine BTW
> <g>).oh, I am so different then. I see books completely. My dreams are so
>
> Life is good.
> ~Mary
detailed i can see, taste, smell, etc. it can be pretty annoying b/c
I wake up and feel like I don't belong to this home.
The only movie to me that has been better than the book was Wizard of
Oz.
Tina
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In a message dated 8/14/02 10:22:46 AM, leschke@... writes:
<< I don't see clear pictures. I've never been able to visualize more than
vague, impressionistic pictures. Makes writing descriptions harder . . .
sigh. Even my dream pictures are vague. >>
Me too.
But about movies, I think it's great when a director DID really carefully
visualize what the author really wrote!!
Some movies which did follow descriptions close enough for me to feel they
had really read the book:
Princess Bride
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Little Princess (based on Sarah Crewe, the old one)
Vague pictures are good enough for me, but sometimes I do re-read
descriptions like Tolkein describing the trip down the river in The Two
Towers, or descriptions which involve building up to why someone is afraid or
sad. Those are important.
I was just getting into reading slowly enough to savor descriptions when the
Evelyn Wood Speed Reading advertisements were everywhere in the late 1960's.
Before that I was reading for plot and character. I went back and re-read a
bunch of 19th century novels to look at the writing itself, and while I was
doing that "You can read this book in TWO MINUTES" advertisements were all
around.
Huh.
Yeah, I can scan a dictionary for some information, and I can zip through an
article looking for figures, but I can't read the desciption of the coffin
maker's house in Oliver Twist in two seconds and know more than "he lived
with a coffin maker."
So although I don't turn the words into pictures, I still let the
descriptions create the emotional background for my only-vaguely-physical
characters.
Sandra
<< I don't see clear pictures. I've never been able to visualize more than
vague, impressionistic pictures. Makes writing descriptions harder . . .
sigh. Even my dream pictures are vague. >>
Me too.
But about movies, I think it's great when a director DID really carefully
visualize what the author really wrote!!
Some movies which did follow descriptions close enough for me to feel they
had really read the book:
Princess Bride
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Little Princess (based on Sarah Crewe, the old one)
Vague pictures are good enough for me, but sometimes I do re-read
descriptions like Tolkein describing the trip down the river in The Two
Towers, or descriptions which involve building up to why someone is afraid or
sad. Those are important.
I was just getting into reading slowly enough to savor descriptions when the
Evelyn Wood Speed Reading advertisements were everywhere in the late 1960's.
Before that I was reading for plot and character. I went back and re-read a
bunch of 19th century novels to look at the writing itself, and while I was
doing that "You can read this book in TWO MINUTES" advertisements were all
around.
Huh.
Yeah, I can scan a dictionary for some information, and I can zip through an
article looking for figures, but I can't read the desciption of the coffin
maker's house in Oliver Twist in two seconds and know more than "he lived
with a coffin maker."
So although I don't turn the words into pictures, I still let the
descriptions create the emotional background for my only-vaguely-physical
characters.
Sandra
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Yes. My husband hates going to the movies with me when I've already read the
book. Especially if he really likes the movie and I hate it. The movie A
Time to Kill came closest to my imagination. Though I've like some other
movie adaptions even if they weren't what I imagined.
Now does anybody do this? I have a tendency to change descriptions in the
book to suit my own taste or vision. I've changed characters' race, style of
dress, etc. For example I always change full hoop skirts into long skirts
with bustles or simply no hoop at all. I can't bear to picture character's
wearing purple and yellow or some other color combinations I find
unattractive.
Cherry in GA
Subject: Seeing While You Read
As I read I imagine the settings, what the person looks like, their
clothes,etc. When I see the movie made about the book I am so often
disgusted and annoyed b/c "that's not how it's supposed to look"!
I guess I get to wrapped up in my descriptions.
Any one else have the same problems?
Tina
book. Especially if he really likes the movie and I hate it. The movie A
Time to Kill came closest to my imagination. Though I've like some other
movie adaptions even if they weren't what I imagined.
Now does anybody do this? I have a tendency to change descriptions in the
book to suit my own taste or vision. I've changed characters' race, style of
dress, etc. For example I always change full hoop skirts into long skirts
with bustles or simply no hoop at all. I can't bear to picture character's
wearing purple and yellow or some other color combinations I find
unattractive.
Cherry in GA
Subject: Seeing While You Read
As I read I imagine the settings, what the person looks like, their
clothes,etc. When I see the movie made about the book I am so often
disgusted and annoyed b/c "that's not how it's supposed to look"!
I guess I get to wrapped up in my descriptions.
Any one else have the same problems?
Tina