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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:
In 1993, our daughter was preparing to enter the university, and Myshka and Vaska considered it their duty to help her, going to sleep on her books and notebooks. But it did calm her down and she worked harder in the presence of the cats.
Thank you all for visits, favs and comments, it's greatly appreciated!
#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.
The one on top is a book of poetry given to my father by his mother. The inscription is dated 1946.
The bottom book is about Earth Sciences and was owned by my grandfather, signed and dated 1903.
FYI: the combined thickness of the books is 6 cm.
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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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The whole world fits inside a used bookstore with its old books and vinyl records.
And this is already the second photo in the black and white photography project depicting daily life in the city of São Paulo.
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
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An old library ? It is , but I have not been visiting old stately homes or country mansions - in fact taken on the oven top pop up studio in the light box studio . In reality this is only only a Kindle cover - an electronic book encased in old traditional library of books .
There is no mark of who designed the library scene , enough to say not my creation , just my photo of it as it is quite eye catching !!