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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:
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind
Been pondering why we see so little still life in B&W, I'm guessing it's because it's not always immediately eye catching so maybe doesn't attract as many likes! Oh well, I like it :)
Why not head over to the Definitely Dreaming blog and check out the Free Photography Course
Why do we love reading books? Is it because we can explore other worlds or because through them we can escape our own?
Maybe we just like that we can always bookmark a page and return to it anytime we want...
Life doesn't give us this... life is an adventure we cannot pause...
We can just live, learn from experiences, have fun as much as we can... and hope to enrich this adventure we call life.
#42 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby
Anything goes for 2021 - Fragile
These dried hydrangeas are a couple of years or so old now so are very fragile. The little vintage books are also very fragile. I bought them at a street market in Berlin a few years ago. They made it all the way home until our taxi driver dropped my bag, everything fell out and one of the books fell apart.
I decided on a desaturated vintage look to enhance the fragility.
Crazy Tuesday theme Libraries and Books
Books to read to my grandsons.
Thanks for all your kind comments and favs.
Taken on the first floor of Bromley House Library, Nottingham, 2018 - Bromley House is a private subscription library founded in 1816.
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I have photographed this Book shop on a few occasions . I can never resist it , when I come across it .
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.