I happened upon some lovely book-related things… a picture and a poem. I am not certain who wrote the poem, I found it in a book but it says it was written anonymously (I found out who it was, see below). I will share them both with you. I hope you like them.
The photo is property of Rune Guneriussen (http://www.runeguneriussen.no/wallno02/02_02.html)
The poem:
I’ve travelled [sic] the world twice over,
Met the famous; saints and sinners,
Poets and artists, kings and queens,
Old stars and hopeful beginners.
I’ve been where no one’s
been before,
learned secrets from writers
and cooks,
All on one library ticket
To the wonderful work of books.
– Janice James (I found the author…with a little google help…)
This one is even better than yesterday’s! I love love love it… so cute! They put a lot of time and energy into this, bravo!
The people who made it posted this,
After organizing our bookshelf almost a year ago (http://youtu.be/zhRT-PM7vpA), my wife and I (Sean Ohlenkamp) decided to take it to the next level. We spent many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at Type bookstore in Toronto (883 Queen Street West, (416) 366-8973).
Everything you see here can be purchased at Type Books.
Grayson Matthews (http://www.graysonmatthews.com/) generously composed the beautiful, custom music.
I was looking at some stop motion animation and came across some great book stop motion animations out there… here are a four book or book-related animations worth seeing.
I have always thought reading was a little bit of everything good… it is also very sexy… it implies a certain level of intellectual capacity, some imagination and the ability to be storied…
I stumbled upon a photoshop goldmine, Florabella Collections of PS Actions and Textures. I love them! They just so happen to be giving away free Valentine’s Day cards and bookmarks and so I had to share these with you!
All digital designs by Shana Rae / Florabella Collection or Mika Beth Edwards are copyright protected. (c) 2009 Shana Rae / Florabella Collection, LLC
This beautiful and creative snow sculpture was carved at the Winter Carnival in Québec City by Team Mexico (Horacio Castrejón Galván (captain), Luis Alberto Campomanes Martinez and Hermann Seedorf de Colombres).
The team said the following about their sculpture,
To carve snow is an occasion to tell a history, it is a space to say something. This time, the tale of Moby Dick serves as a pretext for the artists to create dynamic forms and to try to carry out an image full with life and movement.
Book Mooch
A place where you can give a book and get a book or two or three. (Soft Capitalism and eco-friendly reading)
Curious Pages by Lane Smith
A site for all your reading disorders. Here we celebrate the offbeat, the abstract, the unusual, the surreal, the macabre, the inappropriate, the subversive and the funky.
Google Books
A search engine just for books! You can search books and even read a chapter in some before buying them!
Shelfari
Online book-lovers community, a place to hang your bookmark.
The Kindle
The most common wireless reading device.
The Nook
The latest and greatest in eBook readers! You can even loan books with friends!