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A review by stitchsaddiction
Diary of an Artist in Love by The Muse Frequency
slow-paced
2.0
Audiobook - ⭐️ PDF - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
As a poet myself, and one who is a lover of classic and modern poetry alike? I was really pleased to have an opportunity to review poetry as I often don't get the chance. I did as suggested and lay down with eyes closed and played the audio through my headphones.
It was surreal to hear how the voice seemed to move around me, and I found it very unsettling. I hadn't known what to expect with how this would be read as it's described as being '𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.' The narration of the fifteen 'Love Is' poems alongside the further fifteen that are placed between them, are designed to draw you in and make you feel as though the narrator is talking to you of the experience and feelings of love. I understand that the idea is that it's atmospheric, but I think the layering and mixing is off as the music often drowned out what was being said, which was disappointing.
I found that the vocal techniques were akin to ASMR with the breathiness of the words, and this to, did affect my enjoyment of the audiobook. Instead of being an intimate experience of falling in love? It sometimes felt like I was hearing a woman who had become obsessed with the focus of their words.. which is a far cry from the intimate experience I was expecting.
All in all, I think that the audiobook wasn't for me, and I was very disappointed.
After I had listened to the audio, I decided to read the pdf file so that I could understand what I'd not heard correctly during the hour long audio file.
This was a far different experience, and I read the poems and prose poetry, hearing the words with my own internal voice, and I felt the love and the emotions behind it? In a calming and relaxing manner, I could visualise the woman (the narrator had been female and its based on Anais Nin's words) as she fell in love. How she felt like she'd known and loved this person longer than she had - an experience I felt when I met my husband and spent time with him.
The poetry is beautiful. The story behind it as it enfolds is one I think many wish to experience at least once.
I just wish that the audiobook hadn't had so many issues that rather than enjoying the hour it lasted, I felt unsettled and sadly disappointed.
As a poet myself, and one who is a lover of classic and modern poetry alike? I was really pleased to have an opportunity to review poetry as I often don't get the chance. I did as suggested and lay down with eyes closed and played the audio through my headphones.
It was surreal to hear how the voice seemed to move around me, and I found it very unsettling. I hadn't known what to expect with how this would be read as it's described as being '𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.' The narration of the fifteen 'Love Is' poems alongside the further fifteen that are placed between them, are designed to draw you in and make you feel as though the narrator is talking to you of the experience and feelings of love. I understand that the idea is that it's atmospheric, but I think the layering and mixing is off as the music often drowned out what was being said, which was disappointing.
I found that the vocal techniques were akin to ASMR with the breathiness of the words, and this to, did affect my enjoyment of the audiobook. Instead of being an intimate experience of falling in love? It sometimes felt like I was hearing a woman who had become obsessed with the focus of their words.. which is a far cry from the intimate experience I was expecting.
All in all, I think that the audiobook wasn't for me, and I was very disappointed.
After I had listened to the audio, I decided to read the pdf file so that I could understand what I'd not heard correctly during the hour long audio file.
This was a far different experience, and I read the poems and prose poetry, hearing the words with my own internal voice, and I felt the love and the emotions behind it? In a calming and relaxing manner, I could visualise the woman (the narrator had been female and its based on Anais Nin's words) as she fell in love. How she felt like she'd known and loved this person longer than she had - an experience I felt when I met my husband and spent time with him.
The poetry is beautiful. The story behind it as it enfolds is one I think many wish to experience at least once.
I just wish that the audiobook hadn't had so many issues that rather than enjoying the hour it lasted, I felt unsettled and sadly disappointed.