Comments on: Switching to Audiobooks http://hragvartanian.com/2008/12/23/audiobooks/ A blog of art, culture, photography, writing and ideas. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:46:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: houri http://hragvartanian.com/2008/12/23/audiobooks/comment-page-1/#comment-9293 houri Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:51:08 +0000 http://hragvartanian.com/?p=2356#comment-9293 Fascinating, for someone who has used books as a companion, friend, teacher and a lover, I've resisted giving up the tactile approach. But your description of the words entering you ear makes me think twice.... Just recently I've been looking at Kindle which is not quite the same but the idea that you can carry hundreds of books in your pocketbook on a device the size of one paperback... I suppose your experience is with iphone which is another device I need to befriend, pretty resistant to change... More importantly at a time of giving I want to THANK YOU for all that you give me with your blog. I'm not sure how you do it but I look forward to your blog everyday to kick start my creative side. Keep on blogging for a creative 2009... Fascinating, for someone who has used books as a companion, friend, teacher and a lover, I’ve resisted giving up the tactile approach. But your description of the words entering you ear makes me think twice…. Just recently I’ve been looking at Kindle which is not quite the same but the idea that you can carry hundreds of books in your pocketbook on a device the size of one paperback… I suppose your experience is with iphone which is another device I need to befriend, pretty resistant to change…

More importantly at a time of giving I want to THANK YOU for all that you give me with your blog. I’m not sure how you do it but I look forward to your blog everyday to kick start my creative side.
Keep on blogging for a creative 2009…

]]> By: John M. http://hragvartanian.com/2008/12/23/audiobooks/comment-page-1/#comment-9281 John M. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:29:25 +0000 http://hragvartanian.com/?p=2356#comment-9281 Sound and vision resonate nicely, but the printed word seems to dominate certain pathways of attention at the exclusion of others. I've found that when I work on music, my mind has to shift gears dramatically in order to do any serious reading. The spoken word, however, seems to work on the mind in a completely different way. Also, the only music I can listen to when I read is classical, all other forms divide my attention. There are clues here. Your observations seem to support all of this. Love your work. Sound and vision resonate nicely, but the printed word seems to dominate certain pathways of attention at the exclusion of others.

I’ve found that when I work on music, my mind has to shift gears dramatically in order to do any serious reading.

The spoken word, however, seems to work on the mind in a completely different way.

Also, the only music I can listen to when I read is classical, all other forms divide my attention.

There are clues here. Your observations seem to support all of this.

Love your work.

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