I have posted about invisible book shelves before. But I am proud to announce this Dutch one. This shelve looks like a book. You can place your own books on top of it. And you do not even notice! And the best thing is: it keeps your books in tact. You can find out about it here.
I know this wasn’t your intent…but I love the idea of putting up my shelfs similiar to this using this all one color idea. How cool would that look? A red stack in a kitchen….etc.
b.t.w. I watched that video about Shakespeare & Co. and loved that poem that he reads at the end. I rewound it a few dozen times but here it is….(of course I don’t know how the stanza’s should go…)
among the visions which my fancies trace
there was one brightest star
one face
one image from afar
filled with her rapid grace
each poem is her hearts fantasy
each flowered tree is framed within her memory
each dream
each midnight
and each dawn
are garments thoughts of her put on
each beam of light from the emporium blue
with her impales the good,
the beautiful
the true
Ohh look how lovely it looks when you translate to French (via your nifty button)
parmi les visions que mes fantaisies tracent
il y avait d’un le plus lumineux tiennent le premier rôle
un visage
une image de loin
rempli de sa grace rapide
chaque poésie est son imagination de coeurs
chaque arbre fleuri est encadré dans sa mémoire
chaque rêve
chaque minuit
et chaque aube
sont les vêtements que les pensées de elle mettent dessus
chaque faisceau de lumière du bleu de centre commercial
avec elle empale le bon,
le beau
le vrai
Haha, in French my post seems a poem!
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One little correction: his phrase is “seraphic grace,” not “her rapid grace”–though I almost like yours better.
I watched “Portrait of a Bookstore as an Old Man” a few times when it originally aired on Sundance. Mr. Whitman is certainly a memorable character. I took away the title-less poem he recites at the end as well.
I also have a little correction: I believe he says “with her enfolds the good…the beautiful…the true,” not impales; and of course “seraphic grace”.