But the problem with readers$$$ the idea we're given of reading$$$ is that the model of a reader is the person watching a film$$$ or watching television. So the greatest principle is$$$ "I should sit here and I should be entertained." And the more classical model$$$ which has been completely taken away$$$ is the idea of a reader as an amateur musician. An amateur musician who sits at the piano$$$ has a piece of music$$$ which is the work$$$ made by somebody they don't know$$$ who they probably couldn't comprehend entirely$$$ and they have to use their skills to play this piece of music. The greater the skill$$$ the greater the gift that you give the artist and that the artist gives you. That's the incredibly unfashionable idea of reading. And yet when you practice reading$$$ and you work at a text$$$ it can only give you what you put into it. It's an old moral$$$ but it's completely true.
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