Books vs Movies ?
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Well, I honestly don’t watch movies that often anymore. And when I do it’s old favorites like The 90’s Mummy or Clue, or something I didn’t choose but that someone else in the household put on. Shows on the other hand, I tend to binge, esp when my mood is low. Don’t get me wrong though, I love books. I love reading. Curling up in my favorite chair with a book, my cat, and a nice cup of tea is one of my favorite things. But I don’t do it that often, even though I arguably could. So why don’t I? Part of it is that I also really enjoy video games, doing art and hanging with folks. The other part is that I am dyslexic, not severely so, but enough that reading is work, and my brain doesn’t always co-operate.
For those not familiar, Dyslixia is a learning disorder which amoung other things causes letters, or words, parts of sentences, or parts of words, to not be where they’re supposed to be.
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In my particular version it’s sometimes words more often chunks of sentences. The best solution I have for this in physical books is using something to guide my eyes such as a bookmark, ruler or even my finger.(I don’t like the latter though.). This is one way that technology is awesome though, thanks to e-readers I have a much easier time reading. Why so? You may ask. And there’s two major reasons, the 1st is that I can increase line spacing. This makes it much easier for me to read one at a time without using something like a ruler to keep track of where I am.(Which makes curling up with a book much easier). The second is that I can change the font. Quite some time ago I discovered the dyslexie font(https://dyslexiefont.com/en/).
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This font is designed to be easier for people with dyslexia to read, and it WORKS. These two features alone are enough for me to justify the expense of an e-reader.
But if in some bizarre situation I had to choose between never being able to enjoy a book(be it reading or in the form of an audio book) or never watching tv, I would after much hesitation, humming and hawing choose to exclusively read. This is for a few reasons, one is that reading a good book brings me far more joy then most movies do. And there is also the fact that I’m a writer, I know many writers, and the idea of not reading their work is just…not acceptable. Reading transports me far more than a show can. The characters of a good book feel so much more real then the characters of a tv show to me. Perhaps it’s that I need to actively focus to read, where as shows and movies can be consumed quite passively. To be clear, I am not saying shows and movies don’t elecit emotional or intellectual responses from me, they just aren’t as good at it as books.
Thats my answer, huge shout out to @merit.ahama for hosting these weekly contests/events. I know there’s a prize and all, but just thinking about and writing answers is in and of itself a win for me.
See the contest here https://peakd.com/hive-124452/@ladiesofhive/ladies-of-hive-community-contest-234
Thank you for reading!
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