Have you ever gotten addicted to a book? The characters pull you in and you no longer remember that there is a world outside of that book. You are the characters. You see in your mind's eye the vivid colors and impossible settings that surround them. You are no longer you. You are them.
Have you ever gotten lost in a book? You're trapped inside and you whole soul is held captive. All that you can imagine, is what is written on the page, and what your mind is creating from the words. A whole new world can be created in one sentence. In your mind you can see trees with gold leaves against a burgundy sky that seems so real you are shocked to see ours blue.
Have you ever become part of the book? You are the protagonist. No longer yourself, you have no independent feelings or thoughts. You are gone while you read because you have ceased to exist. You're confused when the book is over and the spell is finished. You have to come back to yourself because the story has ended.
No wonder the pen is mightier than the sword. When words are powerful enough to create worlds in our heads and transform us into new people, it's no wonder we escape into them. Because once you've experienced what it's like to become someone else, you're addicted to the sensation of reading.
I get so lost inside books sometimes that I'll convince myself it's summer in the middle of winter and become extremely confused by the blizzard outside. It sometimes takes several hours to shake that mindset once I put the book down, haha.
ReplyDeleteThis is so good!!! This is practically me in a nutshell when I read! Love the way its written I'm hooked:) #stollen
ReplyDeletesounds like netflix lol
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