Re: Reading vs. listening/ writing vs. telling

[Pierre Divenyi <pdivenyi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ken,

The point you bring out -- is it the author or the speaker/actor talking
-- has its parallel in music: In classical music the performer needs to
understand and then convey what he/she thinks the composer's idea
was. Because most composers whose work is heard in concert halls are no
longer around, different performers will interpret the work differently,
just as the one (the actor?) reading the book or poem or play aloud will
do it differently from a colleague of his/hers. Yes, the interpret's role
is enormous because he/she will make a piece on paper come alive, and
because human life has an infinity of dimensions, each interpretation
will make the piece breathe, move, rest, rejoice, suffer at different
degrees and in different combinations. And here lie the true value and
beauty of performing arts. 

Pierre