Originally posted by Inspectah Deck
What is that?
like dungeons and dragons on a big scale, good fun, i used to play.
for me its music, it makes me feel so good, you can be having the worst day, but if i sit down and listen to the right song i can change my mood entirely. its the same the other way. i totally agree with AC.
movies come in second, its the same way, Bruce Willis in Sin City broke my heart at the end. they can make me feel a dozen different ways at once
For me Comic Books (and also Manga) is one the best ways to illustrate a story. Sure there are films that can do that also. But Comic Books captures images of storytelling that get more imprinted in my mind. The art of comic books also inspires me to create my own characters. And to write my own storylines. It motives me to improve my drawing skills and to colorize the worlds they live in.
There is also the hero and villain factor which I feel connected. The good vs the evil themes that somehow reflects my personality. Not all heroes have triumph victories and not all villains are defeated so easily. The struggle between both forces is what creates balance in their universe. Like Batman and Joker as an example. The former seeks ways to defend and protect the innocent from Injustice. While the latter seeks to destroy and laugh at Law and Order as well as Justice.
Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Anyone willing to elaborate on their reasoning?
Sorry, I'll elaborate on my answers:
Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
Music and movies
Music is an expression of my emotions. I learned to play the piano, after giving up on several other instruments. I guess it was just the instrument with which I felt the most comfortable. I also find the sound of a piano to be one of the most intiment sounds in the world. I also think that a man sitting alone at the piano is one of the ultimate emotional expressions.
As for movies, they are a mental and visual escape. I am one of those people that gets so wrapped up in his own thoughts, that the escape provided in a movie is much needed relief. Which is how I judge a good movie from a bad, it actually makes me forget what I'm thinking about before I sit down and watch it.
Ohhhhhhhhhh how I love great guitar and keyboards....not so much the lyrics.............but oh how the sound influences me........almost into Utopia.....but great lyrics can really add to what is being portrayed in the meanings...............touching, feeling............eternal...............NEVER ENDING...........
Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
Music is an expression of my emotions. I learned to play the piano, after giving up on several other instruments. I guess it was just the instrument with which I felt the most comfortable. I also find the sound of a piano to be one of the most intiment sounds in the world. I also think that a man sitting alone at the piano is one of the ultimate emotional expressions.
Awesome.
Music is number one for me... listening to and also the creating of it. I play drums and guitar. I find it amazing when a group of skilled musicians play together. It brings out a completely different side of you; especially when you have wonderful lyrics to go with it.
Second is movies, and third is video games/other media.
Re: Music/ Literature/ Television/ Other
Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
With which artform or medium of communication do you have the strongest connection?
As my personal library can attest to, I am a learned man of books. "Books!", I say..."Books!".
Why? Well, let me tell you...A book allows you to connect your imagination to the flight of fantasy of another's. The author can give you the landscape of the book's world, while you, the reader, paint the details that bring the narrative to life.
I love good movies, but I always feel let down by adaptations of books I love. In some cases this is because the movies are just bad, but in others the movies can be good - yet still not match the vividity of your personal visualisation of the story. The only exception to this rule is LOTR, which I thought was perfect in every way.
As for original movies, they suffer the same fate as the audience is always being told and shown, rather than connecting. If you catch my drift...
After literature and before movies lies the world of music. Like others have said before me, music has the ability to make you fly and then bring you down to Earth again. On my way to work, I get intimate with my iPod and let the tunes of Bob "lively up (myself) and don't be no drag". Then, if I'm flying along on my hog, there's nothing better than Audioslave's 'Shadow Of The Sun' to race to the horizon to. Finally, on my way home after a long day, I get ready to return to my commodious quarters by slowing it down with Mishka or Amos Lee. So, I generally try to match the moment to the music as a way of facilitating the mood.
So there we go...
1 - Literature
2 - Music
3 - Movies
No, she lived happily ever after as the queen of Aragorn in the movies...but if I can recollect correctly, she was changed a bit. I think that other chick was changed more drastically into becoming some sort of warrior princess...Either way, I found the over-all world of Peter Jackson's movie succinctly matched my own ideas...I think this is because Tolkein's books were so detailed.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Music for me.It affects me on many levels. Emotional mainly, thoughtful also. Especially with nostalgia.
-AC
Totally agree. When I hear music from before I was even born, I get nostalgic for days gone by etc etc. Music can evoke responses in me that neither lit or tv can. Or movies etc. Music has an unimaginable power all on it's own.
Re: Re: Music/ Literature/ Television/ Other
Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
A book allows you to connect your imagination to the flight of fantasy of another's. The author can give you the landscape of the book's world, while you, the reader, paint the details that bring the narrative to life.I love good movies, but I always feel let down by adaptations of books I love. In some cases this is because the movies are just bad, but in others the movies can be good - yet still not match the vividity of your personal visualisation of the story.
Nice. It seems literature is being overlooked elsewhere.