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Books for lunch

06 Tuesday Dec 2011

Posted by Anne in Good Life, Travel

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Books, British Library, Cafe, Library

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I wouldn’t mind having this view every day! I sat down in the cafe at the British Library for an afternoon treat before continuing work, and this ginormous bookshelf functioned as the southern wall. It was in fact a room in itself, as it has four walls. I wish I could have lived inside…

That is also a half-eaten muffin you see on the photo. A bit too sweet for my taste. I also had a nice, warm, cup of tea – but it was served in a paper cup. I’m not too fond of those, makes the tea taste of paper… But with this view I’d order them both again in order to just sit there and take in the the knowledge preserved in the surrounding walls. I have the best job in the whole, wide, world!

For the love of books

28 Monday Nov 2011

Posted by Anne in Creativity, Good Life, Scotland

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Artist, Edinburgh Evening News, Library, Whodunit

I cringe when I see someone highlight something in a book, unless they’re doing it very gently with a soft pencil that can easily be erased afterwards. I like my yellow marker myself, but always copy before I highlight, so I never highlight in the book itself. If someone tears a paper from a book, part of me dies. If someone burns a book, well, that’s on them!

But, I have now come across a story in which someone do tear books apart. And, I believe this will be the only time I’ll ever say anything like this: The person makes these books unreadable but yet doesn’t ruin them. Now, you must think I’m out of my mind, but have a look at this:

Now, if you don’t like the artwork in itself, then let me tell you a wee bit more of the story. The artwork you see above was evidently left inside the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh. A note said: “This is for you in support of libraries, books, words, ideas…”, but the artist was anonymous.

Then it happened again, in the National Library of Scotland. A note said: “A gift in support of libraries, books, words, ideas…(& against their exit)”, but the artist remained anonymous. Five more appeared and the story, of course, hit the news. And then the most magnificent thing happened:

Edinburgh Evening News claimed to have cracked the case and could reveal the artist. Except, they didn’t! Instead they took a poll and asked their readers if they wanted to know. The readers answered that they would prefer not to know, and rather let the artist keep his/her anonymity. Consequently the paper did not tell and the artist is still not known.

I’m blown away, just as much by the artworks as by the story. However, I only read this story here, after Stan here linked to it, so it might not be real at all. I don’t really care, it made me smile 🙂

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