Magic, Balloons, Art and Writing

Lately I have been reading a ton of older novels trhat I have read when I was a child, but as an adult I am seeing them in a different light and, as a writer, they are truely inspiring.

I recently read Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. What a fantastic book, and nothing like you would expect from all these cheap hollywood knockoffs. It was a true mystery story, and full of twists and strange events. Yes, knowing that Hyde and Jekyll are the same person ahead of time does depreciate the value of reading the book a little, but man what a strange ride it is when you're expecting our american hollywoodized version and you get the real deal, completely different and unlike anything I have read before.

Gulliver's Travells was exactly the same. Very different from the movies and cartoons I saw as a child, which always seemed to emphasize Gulliver's journy with the little people (Lilliputians), and never mentioned the giants, talking horses, or the flying city.

I am now addicted to literature that is sometimes hundreds of years old, and I'm finding it so inspiring and such a different rush than trying to read all the new books on the shelf to try and "keep up" with the market of today.

Almost wish I could live in the market of yesterday.