Voices

The David Sedaris essay is a great demonstration in the variance between the written word and the spoken word. Not that I feel my comedic timing is any better, but the voice in my head reading the essay was more humorous then that of David himself. I felt almost let down by the video after having read the essay. I believe this is the same feeling most people get after their favorite book becomes a movie. The special effects found in Peter Jackson's movies were amazing. His ability to make the books come to life were greater than I could have thought possible. Regardless of his achievements, the images in my mind, the way I imagined the voices of each character, can never be fully realized by anyone else. This is the power of the written word. The ability to let every story become the reader's own.