09-08-2010, 07:09 PM
Hello Gothic Tiger, and thanks for your input.
Well, you know, in reality we can only experience one life---our own, and by definition there is a fair amount of humdrum about it.
I suppose most forms of entertainment are meant to supply some vicarious living.
Movies, books of all genres, video and computer games, even spectator sports. Depending on the kind of person we are, and our interests, these choices will be made in different ways.
Our life is also trapped in time, a limitation indeed! Books can transport us out of that to experience other times and places which open up to us drama and romance impossible to achieve otherwise. (Movies, of course, do something similar).
I like historical gothics best for they reveal a world so different from our own. This world I can experience while retaining all the conveniences (and safety) of my own modern life!
Well, you know, in reality we can only experience one life---our own, and by definition there is a fair amount of humdrum about it.
I suppose most forms of entertainment are meant to supply some vicarious living.
Movies, books of all genres, video and computer games, even spectator sports. Depending on the kind of person we are, and our interests, these choices will be made in different ways.
Our life is also trapped in time, a limitation indeed! Books can transport us out of that to experience other times and places which open up to us drama and romance impossible to achieve otherwise. (Movies, of course, do something similar).
I like historical gothics best for they reveal a world so different from our own. This world I can experience while retaining all the conveniences (and safety) of my own modern life!