Something about describing a humans voice on a talk radio as "waking before they drown" really spoke to me because it is such a fascinating way to look at it #realityhunger

I never knew Eminem had his own show called "The Eminem Show" where he talks about his life, I am gonna have to check it out #realityhunger

I actually enjoyed reading the text in the bulleted format. It made the text easier to follow and left me with points I could reference throughout the reading. I wish this type of writing were more common #RealityHunger

I actually believe #177 more than the idea that “anything processed by memory is fiction.” To me, memory feels less like something completely made up and more like a mix of what really happened and how we experienced it at the time. #realityhunger

#166 is kind of crazy because it suggests that even our own memories aren’t completely real. Every time I remember something, my brain leaves certain things out and reshapes the event a little. But I don't think that ANY memory is fiction. #realityhunger

I'm intrigued with the fact that the chapters are being divided with letters rather than numbers, it's my first time seeing such a time, very interesting. #realityhunger

I can't help but question why reality is a word that is meaningless without a question mark? #realityhunger

Shields makes a good point that creativity isn’t always about making something completely from scratch. The choices you make about what to include, what to leave out, and how to arrange everything can completely change the meaning of a story. #realityhunger

Same vibes lol. #realityhunger

#159 feels like a metaphor for how we always assume there must be more to a story. Sometimes there is a deeper meaning, but sometimes what happened is simply what happened, and that can be enough. #realityhunger

In #147, Herb comes to understand his mom differently after writing about her life, and that is what makes writing so awesome. Sometimes putting someone’s story into words can help you see things about them that you never really noticed before. #realityhunger

This line stood out to me because it flips the usual idea that a story needs a plot to matter. Shields seems more interested in and content with the feeling of being alive in the world rather than forcing everything into a neat storyline with a twisted plot. #realityhunger

Just added Fingertips Part 2 by Stevie Wonder to my apple music library #RealityHunger

This is the first point in the book where I feel like Shields is finally asking the same questions I’ve been having while reading. What actually counts as a fact, and how can we separate truth from the way we experience and remember it? #realityhunger

This stood out to me because it shows how art changes when people stop feeling like they have to follow the old rules. Novels didn’t have to be purely narrative, poetry didn’t have to rhyme, and art didn’t have to look realistic anymore. The beauty was in the eyes of the beholder. #realityhunger

Chapter B feels like watching a flashback in the middle of a TV show. Shields keeps jumping back through earlier texts and forms to show where these ideas about genre and storytelling came from, before bringing us back to the present. #realityhunger

If we can decide which stories become "history," then who gets to decide which stories are fact or fiction? I question why some ancient beliefs are labeled as "mythology," while others are seen to some as "true," especially when they share similar values and fantastical elements. #realityhunger

This made me think about how essays have a structure that most people accept as “normal,” but that doesn’t mean it’s an actual rule. Plutarch, using numbered sections, shows that you can still write an essay in bullets and have it count as an essay if the ideas still come together. #realityhunger

Shields challenges what we use to decide if something is fact or fiction. But with that, if what we use to understand reality, like mediums, are influencing our perception, then how much of what we call reality is reality and how much is just our interpretation? #realityhunger #paradox #mybrainhurts

Something about the word choice here really stuck with me. It feels like every artist has their own almost random version of reality based on what they notice and experience, and to them, that version feels completely real. #realityhunger