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I whole heartedly and passionately believe that literature is an art, and that it can be as powerful and meaningful as any painting, symphony or film.

Sure, there's no colours, no soundtrack or anything else that (for me) makes visual art and film awesome, and sure, that huge paragraph of words does look daunting. But what makes literature so special, for me, is that it creates, entertains and moves in a way that is profoundly different.

Even though you lack colour or music, you have a whole treasure trove of words whose ancestors were spoken in a different time and a different place. And the choice of each word - its sound, its flavour, its history, the way it rolls on your tongue - brings your world, your characters, and your inner-most thoughts and desires to life just as skillfully and as movingly as any medium a visual artist may use. The choice of a word can be the difference between subtle and bold, light and dark, poetic or prosaic. A single well-chosen word can say more than a dozen ill-chosen words. A single, well-written page can say more than an entire badly-written novel.
And even though the blocks of words may seem uninviting, if you manage to break through them as though they were some enchantment, then your reward is an invitation into a vivid world that reflects the thoughts or desires of another, whether it is a modern author who lives like you, or an nameless author hidden away in the unseen depths of history.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then surely a mere short story can be worth fine art.

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I whole heartedly and passionately believe that literature is an art, and that it can be as powerful and meaningful as any painting, symphony or film.

Sure, there's no colours, no soundtrack or anything else that (for me) makes visual art and film awesome, and sure, that huge paragraph of words does look daunting. But what makes literature so special, for me, is that it creates, entertains and moves in a way that is profoundly different.

Even though you lack colour or music, you have a whole treasure trove of words whose ancestors were spoken in a different time and a different place. And the choice of each word - its sound, its flavour, its history, the way it rolls on your tongue - brings your world, your characters, and your inner-most thoughts and desires to life just as skillfully and as movingly as any medium a visual artist may use. The choice of a word can be the difference between subtle and bold, light and dark, poetic or prosaic. A single well-chosen word can say more than a dozen ill-chosen words. A single, well-written page can say more than an entire badly-written novel.
And even though the blocks of words may seem uninviting, if you manage to break through them as though they were some enchantment, then your reward is an invitation into a vivid world that reflects the thoughts or desires of another, whether it is a modern author who lives like you, or an nameless author hidden away in the unseen depths of history.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then surely a mere short story can be worth fine art.

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