Chapter 265 (2/2)
When we first came into contact with a painting, the time factor did not intervene. But reading must have time to be familiar with the contents of the book, no physiological organ can let us first glance at the whole book, and then to savor the details.
But when we read a book twice, three times or four times, it's almost like reading a picture.
But don't confuse vision with thought, which is more weird. A book, no matter what book or fiction, moves the reader's heart first. So, the mind, the brain, the sensitive spine, these are the things you really need when you read a book.
What's the mental activity of a depressed person when he reads a relaxed and happy book. First of all, his depression subsided, and then he stepped into the spiritual world of the book.
However, if you want to start reading a book, especially for young people, you can't make up your mind if you hear that they think it's too conservative and orthodox. However, after the determination, the subsequent harvest is also rich and colorful.
The great literary master wrote a book with imagination at the beginning. Later, people who read this book should also be good at using imagination to experience his book.
Some readers look for personal emotional sustenance from the book. This kind of reader is often deeply moved by a certain plot in the book because it reminds him of the past. Some people especially love a book because it mentions a certain country, a certain place, a certain scenery and a certain way of life, which makes him feel nostalgic.
Some readers are even worse, comparing themselves to one of the characters in the book. Of course, these different kinds of imagination are not what I expect from readers.
A person reading should have imagination and aesthetic taste without personal emotion. It is necessary to form a harmonious and balanced relationship between readers and authors. At the same time, we should be good at enjoying and enjoying. We can enjoy the true meaning of great works in tears.
Of course, it is impossible for such things to be very objective, because everything that is really valuable has some subjective elements. For example, it is clear that you are sitting here, but it may just be my illusion.
This requires him to find out what kind of world the author writes. We must see with our eyes and hear with our ears; It is necessary to imagine the daily life, clothes and manners of the characters in the novel.
In Mansfield manor, the color of Fanny Price's eyes and the arrangement of her cold little room are not trivial matters. Everyone has different temperament, but I can tell you right away: the best temperament of a scholar is to be artistic and scientific.
With the artist's sincerity alone, he tends to be subjective to a work. He can only dilute his straightforward enthusiasm with a calm and scientific attitude. However, if a reader has neither the enthusiasm of an artist nor the toughness of a scientist, it is difficult for him to appreciate any great literary works.
What we expect from storytellers is entertainment, the simplest kind of spiritual excitement, the nature of emotional intervention and free from the limitation of time and space.
In order to fully appreciate the artistic charm, not only with the mind, not all the brain, but with the spine to read.
Only in this way can you really understand the true meaning of the work and experience the excitement and excitement that this understanding brings to you. Although reading always keep a certain distance from the works, detached.
If we can do this, we can happily watch how the artist builds a castle with cardboard and how the castle turns into a beautiful building with steel skeleton and glass, with a sense as well as a sense.