Blog post all about the benefits reading across different genres like nonfiction, fiction, poetry, myths, and visual mediums (TV shows, movies, and video games) to better navigate life and understanding human nature.
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.” — George R. R. Martin
Benefits of Reading in Visual Arts “Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.” —Barbara Januszkiewicz I’d talk about the numerous benefits I gain from reading various sources: nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and myths to enhance my knowledge, learn something new, help me relax, and serve as a source of inspiration to…
Benefits of Reading Myths “Myths explore mysteries; they do not explain them.” Reading myths can be beneficial for several reasons. First, myths often teach essential universal truths. They can also help readers understand other cultures and their beliefs, and branches of myths exist as fairy tales, folklore, folktales, lore, fables, legends, and allegories conveying moral…
Benefits of Reading Poetry Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow’d Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe…
Benefits of Reading Fiction “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” ―Albert Camus Nothing stirs the imagination like reading a fiction book where the richness of the mind’s expanse knows no boundaries. Have you ever encountered a circumstance where the facts and data seemed meaningless unless they were presented alongside a narrative…
