Read Always

“Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.”
~ Voltaire

I spent the evening watching Prince Caspian. I read the Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis about two decades ago and fell into the magical land of Narnia with delight. I still find the final scene in the last chapter breathtaking. I can only hope for that day....

I read voraciously as a child. This summer I breezed through the Girl with the Dragon Tatoo triology in a couple of weeks. Reading is my escape and my ground at the same time. While Prince Caspian the film was great, I prefer the books. There is something about creating a running picture in your head that I love. I suspect it is what I love about interpreting too. I one time asked someone who I was observing who was struggling with expressing the concept, "what do you see?" The person looked at me blankly. Ah, I thought, no visual context.

Reading brings life, knowledge, wisdom, joy, sorrow, and laughter. It frees me from the here and now and plops me into worlds of intrigue, faraway lands, romantic affairs, and glorious lives far more fascinating then my routine. I read everything I could get my hands on growing up. When I finished all my Nancy Drew books, I started on my brother's Hardy Boys series. I am grateful to my mother for packing us into the station wagon for our weekly library visits. Libraries were a favourite hangout back then. I loved even the smell of the library.

Some day, maybe I will even write a book that will end up in a library--or on some e-book thingy--and some young girl will find herself happily lost amongst the pages.

peace,

Suzanne