Many years ago, a friend tried to convince me that the passive consumption of any media – film or television, maybe even music – was bad for the soul. To unthinkingly let a wave of content break over you is to inundate yourself with noise, to be filled with other people’s mediocre thoughts and games.
I think the act of media consumption has an element of surrender to it - you let other people's willpower and their creative output consume some of your inner world. It makes your ego a bit smaller. To suspend disbelief means to raise the white flag.
I think the act of media consumption has an element of surrender to it - you let other people's willpower and their creative output consume some of your inner world. It makes your ego a bit smaller. To suspend disbelief means to raise the white flag.