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THE AR
THE ART OF
T OF
READING...?
READING...?

This may come off as a biased and an unnecessary rant to some, but to be
T his ma y c ome off as a biased and an unnec essar y r an t t o some , but t o be
d
, ev
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o
o a specific cr
honest, every piece serves that purpose if shown to a specific crowd. If you
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es tha
pose if sho
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ar e w oke and a w ar e , y ou alr eady k no w tha t is true .
are woke and aware, you already know that is true.
No w I don ’ t w an t this t o sound like a mom advic e post tha t basically sa y s ,
Now I don’t want this to sound like a mom advice post that basically says,
, childr
‘ ‘read more books, children,’ but it’s going to be, so please bear with me. I
but it
en,
’
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s going t
e books
r
o be
ead mor
. I
, so please bear with me
no
t
ea
wledge cr
f feel like there is a lot of knowledge created carefully, each train of thought
t
e is a lot of k
ed car
, each tr
ain of though
efully
eel like ther
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y tr
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or documen
explored, every trial and error documented and made palatable for posterity,
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ial and er
e
, ev
table f
er
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ed and made pala
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it
or post
-RENJU MARIAM
which can be unlocked only by strengthening the basic skill of reading.
which can be unlocked only b y str engthening the basic sk ill of r eading . -RENJU M ARIA M
PFT
, INTERN
e
xist
.

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, beaut
y c
eases t
s ey
W
ithout the beholder
Without the beholder’s eye, beauty ceases to exist. PFT, INTERN
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t the ar
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t is k
eading is lost among us G
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ind of sad tha
. I call it ar
It is kind of sad that the art of reading is lost among us Gen Zers. I call it art
ers
en Z
t of r
e ar
om ligh
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y
v
t t
o hea
eading t
en-minut
because ther
e lev
ing fr
els r
ang
because there are levels ranging from light ten-minute reading to heavy
tions t
our o
t
ting
annotating, adding your own interpretations to the experience, extending
er
, e
x
wn in
e
pr
annota
t
, adding y
ienc
ending
o the e
xper
eta
its lif espan bey ond in t ended . No w I don ’ t e xpec t an y one t o str aigh t up sit
its lifespan beyond intended. Now I don’t expect anyone to straight up sit
t w
v
with a thousand-page no
with a thousand-page novel and finish it in one sitting because that would
el and finish it in one sitting because tha
ould
e c
ould r
be insane
be insane, but just one tenth of that energy in your life could really help turn
eally help tur
n
, but just one t
t ener
gy in y
our lif
th of tha
en
t
e on the c
things around if you’re on the constant lookout for improvement.
things ar
.
ound if y
ou
’
onstan
t lookout f
r
emen
or impr
o
v
I choose t o emphasise mor e on this seemingly nor mal thing tha t ev er y one
I choose to emphasise more on this seemingly normal thing that everyone
fundamen tally k no w s because with incr eased dependenc y on fast pac ed
fundamentally knows because with increased dependency on fast paced
t echnology , our br ains find it e x tr emely challeng ing t o slo w do wn. W ith
technology, our brains find it extremely challenging to slow down. With
y
, pr
oduc
ed b
the pandemic c
the pandemic confining us within our homes, productivity is measured by
tivit
y is measur
onfining us within our homes
amount of screen time one has to their name. Additionally, there is an
amoun t of scr een time one has t o their name . A dditionally , ther e is an
, the mer
,
e
r
ier
viga
t
‘
implied , ‘The more, the merrier’ logic it navigates on, which is, in a nutshell,
implied ,
, in a nutshell
’
log
he mor
ic it na
es on, which is
T
dangerous. Enter: the act of reading.
danger ous . En t er : the ac t of r eading .