reading

reading Bulgakov these days
Russians have - from what I've heard - like 8 words to English's one in many cases

having lots of words (could say tools, weapons, paints (colors, hues), instruments) knocking about in head - from which to draw on lightning fast -
such is, needless to type, advantageous to the writer

hat's off to Dostoevsky Tolstoy Nabokov

and Bulgakov - tho stretches artistic license rather drastically at points

even so, it comes through, a vastness, when reading - variety - scale - spektrum - complexity - rich - scope

exercises faculties more

uber decision-making happens when reading -

readers are deciding much more per ten seconds than someone who's just sitting there doing nothing - or watching TV or whatever.. - needless to throw in how much more imagining goes on..

here we shift this into other areas -
say art -
music -
films -
fashion -

you see honing that *discernment* capacity via reading - viz. that 'interpreting - interpreting - interpreting' that happens per second - you can apply that interpretation muscle to gaging, ascertaining, paintings, clothes, movies, venues, this, that - even people e.g. who to call close friends. . i.e. choosing best routes based on wisdom you've accrued over time

and yes of course VITAL is *WHAT* you read

choose wisely = )