Friday, January 19, 2018

'Bingeable' Glyphs. Have pictures killed written story after 3,000 years?


'Bingeable' glyphs


A picture is worth a hundred thousand words.

An ironic reflection for a writer of ancient Egypt fiction, but has story telling gone back to glyphs, or at least pictures?

Pictures of the moving kind, instantly available and 'bingeable' on your iPad or iPhone through a cheap subscription. (Think Netflix.)

Are we now living in a pictures-for-words era?

Sad to think, when running the written words of a story through the magical lens of our own imagination refracts so richly and deeply within us, touching our dreams, experiences and even personal identity.

Will we tire of passive pleasure, or prefer drowning in a pool where we used to swim?