Visualizing Characters

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The following question arises from the current
discussion regarding racial diversity on the main
HPFGU list.  I'm interested by the glimmers of how
people read that have emerged in the course of that
thread.

I don't actually visualize characters and settings as
I read.  I focus almost solely upon the words I am
currently reading--I don't picture Harry as a boy with
messy black hair, green eyes and a scar unless JKR
specifically mentions any of those characteristics in
the passage that I'm reading.  I've always assumed
that Hogwarts was multi-racial/ethnic, but I've never
really drawn up a mental image of any of those
characters.  The characters, to me, are names,
personalities and actions--their physical selves don't
really impact upon me.

In short, I'm curious as to how other people read.  Do
you having a 'movie' running parallel to the words
you're reading?  Or does anyone out there understand
what I said in the above paragraph and find that it
applies to them as well?

Ann
(new to the list)


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