Another fabulous list, Midnight! I needed to read some good Advanceshipping.
I agree mostly, especially with the bolded line. Artists can show intense emotion, sometimes in ways writers can't (humans are very visual creatures) but a writer has no competition when it comes to chronicling how feelings and relationships change over time.
For example, no paragraph, book or series of books can describe this picture:
[IMG200]http://www.supershareware.com/images/screenshot/Majestic_Waterfalls_Screensaver-43470.jpg[/IMG200]
In a way that will create the same sense of awe.
Likewise, a picture can never show the passage of time or the true feelings of the human heart. It's stuck in a moment, and it can't get out of it. It's forced to always take an outside look at a single slice of time, and writing has no such constraints.
So it depends what you're looking for: the instant gratification of fanart, or the eventual benefit of writing. Both have their times.
I'd like to dispute that point. While artists can integrate emotions into their work, writers are able to expand upon such emotions and depict the ways in which they change. Fan art has more visual impact and universal appeal, but the nature of writing is such that it can be far more accurate in portraying characters.
I agree mostly, especially with the bolded line. Artists can show intense emotion, sometimes in ways writers can't (humans are very visual creatures) but a writer has no competition when it comes to chronicling how feelings and relationships change over time.
For example, no paragraph, book or series of books can describe this picture:
[IMG200]http://www.supershareware.com/images/screenshot/Majestic_Waterfalls_Screensaver-43470.jpg[/IMG200]
In a way that will create the same sense of awe.
Likewise, a picture can never show the passage of time or the true feelings of the human heart. It's stuck in a moment, and it can't get out of it. It's forced to always take an outside look at a single slice of time, and writing has no such constraints.
So it depends what you're looking for: the instant gratification of fanart, or the eventual benefit of writing. Both have their times.