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Old 01-16-2011, 12:11 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55 View Post
When I read books, very often my "imagined" characters don't have faces. I don't know why, but that's how my imagination works - I picture the personalities rather than the physical appearance. Saying that, my characters have clothes, and height, and hair, and other physical aspects, but I just can't make the "proper face image", even if it's described in the book . Especially in Tolkien's books, where faces (and particularly eyes) reflect the character's inner self.
No, that's quite common. Many people have a hard time conjuring up a face.
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