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Friday, August 24, 2012
What a great place for a final thought.
“A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.” ― Carl Sagan
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Cool...thanks...that is a haunting photo (or painting?)
ReplyDeleteThe tree appears to be a Japanese maple. and with all that moss on it, I would venture somewhere in the Pacific NW?
ReplyDeleteHere's the tumblr it's on... attribution, Gryph, please.
ReplyDeleteYesssssssssss! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful and unusual photo. I have always loved books and reading; as much as I enjoy the internet and getting information, it just isn't the same as reading and focusing on a book - which is more relaxing and calming.
ReplyDeleteI loved the quite and the pic!!
ReplyDeleteNow onto why I came here tonight...I wanted to make sure that you saw this link....
http://www.hoolinet.com/StrapOnVets/tabid/278/Default.aspx
This looks to be the same tree? See the rounded shrubs in the background? http://www.nationalgeographicstock.com/ngsimages/explore/explorecomp.jsf?xsys=SE&id=1269249
ReplyDeleteCan anyone identify is it a public garden in Portland? We have two Japanese gardens in the Chicago area and I just love them. One at the Botanic Garden and one in Hyde Park - the President's neighborhood.
Here's more:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.123rf.com/photo_8040178_old-japanese-red-lace-leaf-maple-tree-in-autumn-2.html
This book-lover loves this post! And yes, the picture is just arresting.
ReplyDeleteI love the tree analogy with books. I always was and always will be a fan of public libraries (And their branches). Books, to me, are the roots of civilization, nourishing our minds to art, philosophy, truth, beauty, timelessness and history.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, some might as well be worm food.