Thx Peter. :) On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Peter ciccariello <[email protected]> wrote:
> most coolsville ever .... > > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:15 PM, mez breeze <[email protected]> wrote: > >> "*>>Beginnings: A Library, An ‘A’ and a ‘B’* >> >> When I was in my late primary school years, I was shunted into an >> accelerated reading program. This program was designed for kids who had >> either outpaced their schoolmates in terms of reading ability, or who >> whizzed through books [while still comprehending them] at a voracious rate. >> As part of this program it was decided that I should be given special >> privileges in order to join the primary public library. I was to be allowed >> to borrow books intended for adult consumption. >> >> When the day arrived to venture into ‘The Proper Library’ [as I’d >> internally labelled it] I was determined to prove that I was just as mature >> as the adults with whom I’d soon share borrowing privileges. I ventured >> into the library foyer solo, with no adult chaperone. As I marched along >> the hallway past ‘The Children’s Library’, the thought hit me: I had no >> idea how to navigate this place. As I reached the front desk, my card was >> prepared and waiting, but [probably due to understaffing] there were no >> adults to show me the ropes. So, being the somewhat timid but determined >> youngster I was, I marched directly between the first shelves of books I >> saw. I had no idea what category of books huddled there. >> >> I *was* aware [thankfully] of how books were organised in a library >> setting. I knew that if I selected the first book on the top row, it would >> be by an author starting with A. And so I grabbed the first three books >> located there [that I could reach], all by an author I hadn’t ever heard >> of: Brian Aldiss. >> >> The section I had stumbled into was Science Fiction. >> >> This simple act of selecting those books [written in a genre that would >> soon become an enduring favourite] shifted something. My life trajectory >> tilted. The tilt was subtle, but enough to make me realise that *this* was >> the way to tackle life: head on, by marching into the hiccoughing >> unknown with some type of fantastical accompaniment... >> <http://cordite.org.au/essays/sidestepping-the-known/>" >> >> >> -- >> | mezbreezedesign.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > > > > -- > > [image: --] > > Peter Ciccariello > [image: http://]about.me/ciccariello > <http://about.me/ciccariello?promo=email_sig> > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- | mezbreezedesign.com
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