connection

I love this line I read in a recent NPR piece. While the line is particularly about how one views a film or any creative end, the thought so easily translates to any part of connecting with someone or something you care about.

 "'It's up to the individual viewer to decide to connect or not connect with a creative work. By 'connect,' I mean connect emotionally and imaginatively — giving yourself to the movie for as long as you can, and trying to see the world through its eyes and feel things on its wavelength.'"

 Perhaps I'm projecting, but I don't think this notion is without merit. But, I suppose once you decide not to connect, or realize you didn't mean to not connect, the "as long as you can" is in full view, and you've finished with it without even knowing it.