“Defamiliarize the familiar”
Writing gives us ways on how to see things.
The same object is seen from different angles
which then gives the reader the choice
on how they want to see an experience.
“Literature gives us names and symbols in a grammar of experience,
syncronizing feeling with events into an understandable order.”
Kathryn Morton
Literature is not a reflection of reality
but it gives us a glimpse into realities
so we may be able to deepen our understanding of our own realities.
Readers understand what they read in the text
by referring to the universe shared by the writer and themselves.
It is in that universe where the writer and the reader
becomes a continuity of thought
The universe equips readers about the world within the text.
it enables them to understand, react and re-live the experience as if it were their own
Literature helps us savor over and over again
the “distilled spirit” of life.
Is it possible to live LifE twice?
Identities are formed when one goes through life
gets his share of lived experiences
and writes them down to keep the memory alive.
Writers try to connect the abstract ideas with concrete objects and events
to embody the ideas and make them
come to life.
when we decide to keep those memories,
we write them on paper and we let them go
to be part of other people’s memories
“Reading the lived experiences is living life twice
like a piggyback ride you want to go through
over and over again.”
