Reading is not suitable for everyone, and it is not only a form of silent reading. The Romans in ancient Greece could only read but not read. From the fifth century BC to the Middle Ages, the ancient literati could not read silently, only reciting words or recitations aloud, so that St. Augustine found in Milan that Bishop Ambroise’s lips were still and silently "using eyes." "When we read the scriptures, we were shocked to be a genius, just as we discovered a Beethoven who was deaf in both ears and could recognize music scores only with our eyes. Of course, there are reasons for reading aloud like this. First, there are no punctuation marks in ancient books. You can only break sentences when you read them verbally. Second, reading this kind of book is a unique enjoyment for the nobles. They usually ask slaves or authors to read on their behalf. Just listen and watch them perform. The advantage of this kind of reading aloud is that-whether it is ancient Chinese or Latin, it has a sense of rhythm.
After silent reading dominated the world, in the movie "Afternoon with Margaret", Germain was ridiculed as mentally retarded because he could not read. A knowledgeable old man, she brought a book with her every time she appeared, she read it to him, and he listened carefully. Just after a short afternoon at work, they finished reading Camus’s "The Outsider" and "The Plague"...each time they read a short paragraph, and Germain always remembered the sentences he heard, Margaret Praise him for his auditory memory that is different from ordinary people. In this way, because of reading, everyone has gained the meaning of their own existence, discovered the love around them, and loves reading even more.
What is the point of reading when words begin to become ubiquitous, such as floods surrounding our world? The content on the Internet is complex and diverse. The combination of videos, news, advertisements, novels, blogs, and various text messages produces enough content for a lifetime to read. But we are not getting smarter, but more and more sluggish. Indiscriminately, wrapped up in the media and rolled into this torrent of information. Every day I open my eyes to see the information in the cracks of the advertisement, and I close my eyes to dream of the good life in the advertisement. It's not that we have no choice, but the enemy is too cunning. Free newspapers are distributed at subway stations during commuting hours, and advertisements are mixed with beautiful women and sensational news headlines. Because it's free, so everyone has one copy, which is also an option.
In the movie "Detachment", Mr. Henry wrote on the blackboard "assimilate (to take something in)" and "ubiquitousness". What did he want to say?
Our minds have been surrounded by all kinds of ideas and information, telling us what to do and what to do... But we ourselves are very resistant, and here is the double think. The media tell us to look good, to be thin, and to have a plastic surgery to have a real life, but is this the truth about the world, about life? Do we obey the needs of society or follow our inner pursuit?
Choice is everywhere. If you can't choose yourself, you will be chosen. Reading makes us temporarily alienate from this world, and we use our imagination to enter another hidden world. If you choose to abandon these, give up paying attention to your heart, paying attention to yourself, choose not to care, and let the torrent of world progress wrap you forward, just like letting the crowd crowd you forward during a Golden Week trip, then you will eventually find yourself lost. It's just the direction, but also myself. It is easy to choose not to care, but to choose to care requires a thousand times more courage and persistence.
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