changing tastes
November 28, 2007 by moriahjoy
Had a couple of paradigm shifts today; it’s been a crazy day. And I’m out in half an hour and on my way to campus.
I have the best seventeen year old brother in the world.
In case anyone was wondering. =)
I’m restless. Here, there, everywhere. It’s a good thing my mind can keep me somewhat active and entertained during office type work…or I’d go nuts. I’m not a good drone.
I want to read the Lord of the Rings next month when I stop working full time here…that would be a delicious treat. Right now, I’m enjoying the occasional dive into A Wrinkle in Time, one of my favorite childhood books.
Sometimes I wonder if I can enjoy some of my childhood loves – my parents were careful not to pick candy-only books but books that would expand my mind, stretch me, teach me, educate me, edify me. But some that I read today…I become bored or impatient with the poor writing.
What I will watch, what I will read, what I will enjoy has definitely changed since my college education – or maybe it has nothing to do with college, persay, but everything to do with growing and changing through life. But what once made me laugh no longer does, what I once thought was great fiction no longer is…what I once enjoyed listening to, I no longer do. This is not to say everything has changed…but, for example: I used to love romantic comedies. Didn’t matter the quality, per say…now, it has to be absolutely the best quality…and even then…I’m a huge critic. Do the characters portray life-like, conflicted, layered souls? Is there character development? Are the emotions and feelings and exchanges believable?
Not only has my taste in movies morphed and changed, but my taste for books, for writing, for music…for food…
Have I been so spoiled by the “great” that I cannot truly, sincerely enjoy the good anymore?
Hmm.
I’m rambling.
Paradigm shift… what a great description of what I’ve been experiencing lately, too. When I have a little more time to form my thoughts into a coherent blog I hope to write about it. I understand totally what you mean by tastes changing. I’m just amazed at the change in myself in the last year or two. A lot of this I know comes from the influence of certain friends, but I’m not so sure I would have been as interested in these things a few years ago. You’re probably a much better read and more cultured than me, though… I still have a lot to learn :)
Are you reading LOTR for the first time, or umpteenth time? It’s one of my favorites to re-read when I have a big chunk of time. And I was just thinking yesterday how I would love to re-read A Wrinkle In Time… I don’t think I’ve read that since middle school or something like that, and I loved it back then. I wish my parents would have encouraged me to read things that would expand my mind as yours did. But I suppose their problem was not getting me into the library, but out of it. They just set me loose for hours at a time. My parents have on film somewhere in my nerdiest stage declaring that I wanted to be a librarian, of all things. (Most kids wanted to be a ballerina or an astronaut, but not I…) At the same time, I could be a lot better read now if I would have had a little more guidance in those days.
Anyway, now I guess it was my turn to ramble :)
Paradigm shift… what a great description of what I’ve been experiencing lately, too. When I have a little more time to form my thoughts into a coherent blog I hope to write about it.
I look forward to it! =)
You’re probably a much better read and more cultured than me, though… I still have a lot to learn :)
Hahaha. Don’t be so sure. The stack of books in my house purchased in the “to read” category are steadily multiplying.
Are you reading LOTR for the first time, or umpteenth time?
First time.
There’s a story why it’s my first time…
I read and devoured the Hobbit when I was young; then I waited before delving into Lord of the Rings because Dad wanted me to really enjoy it and thoroughly appreciate it, and when I read the Hobbit, I was like, 10 years old. So he wanted me to wait a year or two.
Well, we had a family tradition of reading books together after dinner every night – the classics but also just good literature. Dad started reading LOTR to us, and we got through halfway of book 3 (out of 4, if you include “The Hobbit” as part of the series). But something came up that made us put our reading on hold, and we always intended to read it together as a family, so I didn’t want to finish on my own. After Dad got sick and then subsequently passed away, it was too painful for me to read the books because it was “our thing.” But it’s been enough distance that I am now eagerly looking forward to delving into the LOTR’s world and enjoying it thoroughly. =) I know I’m in for a treat.
And I was just thinking yesterday how I would love to re-read A Wrinkle In Time… I don’t think I’ve read that since middle school or something like that, and I loved it back then.
That’s so funny! You should reread it! I’m loving it. =) I’ve read it many times but it’s fresh this time around as it’s probably been ten years since I last read it.
I wish my parents would have encouraged me to read things that would expand my mind as yours did. But I suppose their problem was not getting me into the library, but out of it. They just set me loose for hours at a time. My parents have on film somewhere in my nerdiest stage declaring that I wanted to be a librarian, of all things. (Most kids wanted to be a ballerina or an astronaut, but not I…)
Aww, how cute!
At the same time, I could be a lot better read now if I would have had a little more guidance in those days.
You seem well read to me! =)