Libraries aurally learnt

by Mark Mr T Thompson

Sunday 24th November 2013 1:11 pm (first posted Saturday 5th November 2011 11:52 am)

Great listeners can become learned without ever having read.

Vicariously they acquire their libraries aurally instead.

For them the written word is but a token, so if it goes unsaid,

The thought that is unspoken, effectively is dead.

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Comments

Mark Mr T Thompson

Sat 5th Nov 2011 18:31

Thanks Chris. It was inspired by the fact that I don't read a lot of poetry, but hear a lot and some of the poets I listen to are prolific readers generally.

Chris Co

Sat 5th Nov 2011 14:54

I like the thinking Mark, it's very interesting; I like the duality that exists between the literal and the figure of speech. And I love the concept.

Well thought/written.

A somewhat similar idea was expressed in prose in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
It's a brilliant novel (though it takes time to get into it).

I would recommend that novel to you on the basis of the thinking you exhibit.

My Best

Chris

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