Re books:
Joe picked up the book,
weighed it in his hands.
“I could tell you this story,
in a hundred words or less,
and you’d forget it by bedtime.”
He leaned toward Rusty
and lowered his voice,
as if he had secrets to share.
“Or you could read a couple hundred
thousand words instead
and never forget the story
as long as you live.”
—Lauren Wolk, Those Who Favor Fire
Re bookmarks:
Hand-painted bookmarks dazzle me with their intrinsic freshness factor!
Someone like Malcolm Gladwell might know what the frequency/infrequency calculus is regarding what keeps a piece of art fresh and new and impactful when you see it repeatedly. I do not, but I do know experientially that hand-painted bookmarks stay fresh and impactful for me. When any given bookmark is doing its job, it catches my wonder each time I open a book-in-progress to read. Then it catches my eye again as I mark the place between later pages when I stop reading. It never becomes over-familiar. I love that freshness factor!
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| No One Else, Anywhere, Anytime, Has Ever Read This Book 2 x 6" bookmark; acrylic and oil pastel on paper abstract 2020 sold |
8 comments:
LOVE! :)
It's like having a painting at our finger tips! Marvelous! You also see it in new light, like a painting from months or years ago... wow did I do that?
THANKS, Sheila! : )
Exactly, an in-hand gallery with a spotlight on a single painting. Thanks for your appreciation, Carol.
omg, I am looking at THIS VERY BOOKMARK in my hands right now. And let me say, it is FRESH! And I can hardly wait to admire it every time I open the book it rests in. I am a HUGE FAN of the bookmark art! It is exquisite!!!
W - O - O H - O - O !!!!! So much fun to read your commment, Jen! In what book is "No One Else" currently residing?
"No One Else" is currently residing in Come, Thief - a book of poetry by Jane Hirshfield. What a perfect place for this little beauty!!
I've just added that title to my to-read list. thx, Jen!
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