You can either consume or create.
So true, so true…
Damn…I love consuming! Books are like candy to me. Browsing through favourite book shops and coming out with a new stacks of books must be one of the greatest pleasures of all!
I practically eat them…reading books in your PJ in one un-brushed weekend sitting, only interrupted by the occasional snack...sigh*
Or reading holidays…wandering from coffee shop to coffee shop to park benches to hotel lounges to fluffy hotel beds, reading all the while (this is how I read all Harry Potter Books, saving them for the summer holidays)
There are so many ways of consuming…not only books but movies, comics, theatre, museums, food, tv, games…etc etc Whatever you do most of it is consuming someone else’s work/ideas.
Consuming is so fast and easy and lovely – But isn’t it amazing how long it takes to create?!
Mindboggling!
All the gathering, the doing and most of all the finishing!
I don’t get it. So unfair! But it’s good to keep in mind when you’re waiting for someone – a favourite writer or musician – to finish something new. It takes soooooooo long and is devoured in a matter of minutes/hours or days at the most.
Great ways to read books, especially the coffee shop to bench to coffee shop way. Bliss. I used to be able to do that... Now all I can manage is a few pages before I fall into a restless coma, waiting to be woken up ten times each night by my little kid. I miss quiet reading time! Oh, and I adore the bear illustration. Gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tone! I know, reading holidays are the best! But I know I will have to cut down on them if I ever want to get anything done! I should do a little less reading and more illustrating :o) And just remember that its all about quality and not quantity (but alas, there is so much quality! and who am I to resist:o)
ReplyDeleteHope your days (and nights) will soon have a little more time for reading (& writing)!