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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:
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“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.
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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They just belong together.
Stadtbibliothek am Mailänder Platz, Stuttgart, Germany.
Design (1999): Eun Young Yi.
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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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