And I need that to invest completely in a book: if you don't believe it's true how can I? and so forth. I need that to give myself into a book's hands.
You've described something which is really necessary for me, too. I've just been screwed over so many times by various media that now I'm a lot more wary than I used to be -- I'm slowly turning into a jaded reader, an aging barfly of a reader, and you need that truth to create a trust relationship. Good books -- good media of any sort -- should ideally create a "take me" feeling inside, like if the book blindfolded you and tied you up you'd be totally okay with it and forget to establish a safeword first.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2008-09-23 01:48 pm (UTC)And I need that to invest completely in a book: if you don't believe it's true how can I? and so forth. I need that to give myself into a book's hands.
You've described something which is really necessary for me, too. I've just been screwed over so many times by various media that now I'm a lot more wary than I used to be -- I'm slowly turning into a jaded reader, an aging barfly of a reader, and you need that truth to create a trust relationship. Good books -- good media of any sort -- should ideally create a "take me" feeling inside, like if the book blindfolded you and tied you up you'd be totally okay with it and forget to establish a safeword first.