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National Library of Latvia
Riga
"Looking at the building we see an intriguing form. It is visually attractive to us. What is it like? It is expressive. It is a library, a functional symbol. It is a reminder of an outstanding historical event, important for Latvia, the making of its statehood, as well as praise to the rebirth of the state and its renewed collections of cultural treasures.
The linear nature of words fail to describe fully the three dimensional architectural shape. As to the expressivity the form has many meanings.
To perceive its meaning, it we have to return to the feelings and intuition that accompanied the moment of creation." (the architect Gunars Birkerts about the idea of the project)
If you love books, you won´t ever be able to leave this place....just don´t sit down! Go and find your way through the labyrinths!
“Reading is an intelligent way of not having to think.”
Walter Moers
Make sure to check out this amazing sim inspired by Walter Moers´ Zamonia series:
your uber to The Empire of Dreaming Books
Maybe you´ll even find this one if you look close enough:
This week's Happy Caturday theme is "books". I have given away or donated almost all my books but I still have a book I made of some of my early photos, so I opened to a photo of Jimmy so I could have all three cats in today's post.
Happy Caturday: Books
radiant .l. dylan john sparkes
youtu.be/yo2oo2zxTss?si=sDowKZze_fcso5Yz
Time slips through our fingers,
like water in a cracked glass.
We wait for the minutes to settle,
but they never do.
Yesterday is a shadow
in the corner of today,
a ghost that lingers
in the dimming light,
its whispers etched
on the diaries of memory.
And tomorrow is a tide,
pulling the present toward its shore,
never stopping, never still,
yet always just beyond reach—
a promise, a mirage,
woven from the threads of longing.
The clock hands march,
relentless as fate,
while we chase the echoes
of moments already lost,
and dream of those
not yet born.
by bes~• January 2025
Books to get by this stay home time
Poem by a Taiwan poet, 周梦蝶
Essay reflecting Growing old and taking care of old parents
3rd book is about a poet in Sung dynasty
some info digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/11117
These books are all miniatures. To give you an idea of scale, the one standing up on the right is exactly 1" tall. It's about fashion through the ages and has an illustration opposite each page of tiny text. Most of my friends would probably say they'd need 10ft long arms to stand any chance of seeing it, but I'm short-sighted and can read it easily if I take my glasses off. Perhaps I've found the one advantage of being short-sighted. :)
For this week's Crazy Tuesday group theme, Libraries and Books.