Thanks again to Ryan for organising our little outing to see this I was going to say lovely/interesting/though provoking/ dark/light/scary/sad/funny film but none of those words seemed right!....It did make me think;
THE BOOK OF YOUTH
"If God approved of his creature's creation,
He breathed the painted clay-model into life by signing His name
Where is a book before it is born?
He breathed the painted clay-model into life by signing His name
Where is a book before it is born?
Does a book grow like a tree?
Who are a book's parents?
Does a book need two parents - a mother and a father?
Who are a book's parents?
Does a book need two parents - a mother and a father?
Can a book be born inside another book?
And where is the parent book of books?
How old does a book have to be before it can give birth to another?
And where is the parent book of books?
How old does a book have to be before it can give birth to another?
Do young books cry and scream if they are not read or fed ?
Do they pass words with incontinent abandon?
Do they force every random found sentence into their mouths?
This book is past the first flush of youth. It is a book that is in puberty.
It is hesitating, and from the vantage point of the mature reader, it is both a sad and amusing reminder of the part which is not always attractive enough to be revisited.
The cover is becoming crisp like the hardening of wood on a young tree.
Its pages are pliable and taste a little of salt."
This book is past the first flush of youth. It is a book that is in puberty.
It is hesitating, and from the vantage point of the mature reader, it is both a sad and amusing reminder of the part which is not always attractive enough to be revisited.
The cover is becoming crisp like the hardening of wood on a young tree.
Its pages are pliable and taste a little of salt."
I don't think, well I know that no book I ever make will taste of salt...but some of these are questions which made me think about my own book and modes of production. The energy used to create a book can be a great deal and destroying a book can similarly mean a great deal. (The image of Hedda Gabler burning the manuscript comes to mind here)...Is there ritual involved in the creation of the book? Does a book need a parent? Does the book need an author? Does the author come in the binding or the content?...OK too many questions!!!!agh!!!!
1 comment:
Don't rule out making a book of salt... if anyone could do it, you could... funny that you have posted this because I was thinking today about books within books, a book within another book, and the existence of books that only exist as fictional devices within other books. hmm.....
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