The literary obscurantism and heels Reviewing an article in an art magazine occurred to me that we are living in an age of darkness focused on reading In those days of darkness focused on medieval times, books were for an exclusive class, people who could read, they were kings, feudal lords, people of the court or simply craftsmen who were engaged in copying books.
Only a minority were able to have access to books and reading ability, now that it has democratized, because it is so, the access and ability to read will continue in an era of darkness, in most Latin American reading level per head is low, you can blame the "blame" to television or the Internet became the new book by your access as unlimited but do not think so.
The TV can be a great complement to a good book, valuable data can be abstracted but need to know to do and do not spend much time on this and on the Internet would be illogical to think that they buy books if you do not have the sufficient income to do so, we can access some information but when we find out more about this subject are the books.
The best trips have been made through a book, to let the imagination tied with rational co-exist in a world in which both have a place is simply amazing to be next to Anna Karenina when is dressed in exquisite clothing, jewelry and perfume and is proud of its magnificent beauty through these outfits or to accompany Casanova through the canals of Venice in search of that smell characteristic of beautiful women which will not give your love but the receive or only able to travel for its Moorish architecture and crenellations castles and discover the beauty of the typography of the writings of the Koran is as big as one's own architectural structures of that wonderful era.
I go a little further, a book (in my case) can supply a company, you can replace a dull Friday out and meaningless, until can help you understand what kind of person I am and try to balance social life with the literary life.
Although I emphasize the other part of the reading, it is believed that reading is the way to freedom, any kind of freedom, because the important thing is not knowing how to read but to be able to understand, understand what is read, reflect what is read and judge what they read, without these skills reading is meaningless. Since these people are not knowledgeable enough to think they believe in all that read and therefore easier to choose the reading material.
Then I want to know why taking access and technical expertise to read about our hearts be so easy in our time still have the same limits of obscurantism in the past, read any book, nacho is read, will help us understand our environment and ourselves.