tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post3867370001468066346..comments2024-03-24T15:26:36.890+10:00Comments on Paper Ponderings: Thursday Thoughts...Fiona Dempsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-13859132886909426442015-06-28T19:37:30.872+10:002015-06-28T19:37:30.872+10:00It cracks me up Robyn when I catch myself going Oh...It cracks me up Robyn when I catch myself going Ohhh really??? when I see someone else's book shelf! I must admit I haven't found a lack of commonality in books definitely means it's hopeless; but I have found a gathering of similar books is a pretty good sign it'll be fine...enjoy your holiday reading time.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-16607428874308846182015-06-28T19:36:01.499+10:002015-06-28T19:36:01.499+10:00How cool to find similar books on the shelves a of...How cool to find similar books on the shelves a of a new friend - you KNOW it'll work out don't you!?!Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-53417114689225023532015-06-28T19:35:29.159+10:002015-06-28T19:35:29.159+10:00They'd tell an interesting and complex tale I ...They'd tell an interesting and complex tale I expect Ronnie!Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-8002319252545504762015-06-28T19:35:11.709+10:002015-06-28T19:35:11.709+10:00My art book library is over in the studio Jo - I w...My art book library is over in the studio Jo - I wonder what people make of it when they visit there? To have NO book is beyond my understanding completely - I would be bereft!Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-78282183811895175302015-06-28T19:34:16.006+10:002015-06-28T19:34:16.006+10:00Oh Mo - that is amazing. I think if I went through...Oh Mo - that is amazing. I think if I went through my bookshelf I'd have some similar, but not quite so scary, ones...Eccentric Spaces sounds plausible and possible; but probably isn't! At least the Hermeneutics is clearly and obviously beyond my feeble brain. Another lifetime indeed for me as well.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-81369776644374203742015-06-27T17:45:57.434+10:002015-06-27T17:45:57.434+10:00I gravitate to bookshelves every time I enter into...I gravitate to bookshelves every time I enter into someone's home. It's great to discover common interests and yes :-) I have often thought , I didn't know that about so-and-so or oh dear, what the hell are we going to talk about.artpropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18378901050388398241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-71931592672170514422015-06-26T08:24:30.798+10:002015-06-26T08:24:30.798+10:00gosh, i love looking at people's bookshelves! ...gosh, i love looking at people's bookshelves! i was visiting a new friend, and found to my amazement that we shared more books in common than not--and we'd never met in person.Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-72162608175618892182015-06-26T08:08:37.220+10:002015-06-26T08:08:37.220+10:00I shudder to think what my books say about me xxxx...I shudder to think what my books say about me xxxxronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260679591630131813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-33014279732777928122015-06-26T05:30:53.030+10:002015-06-26T05:30:53.030+10:00It IS interesting to see people's libraries. ...It IS interesting to see people's libraries. These days my bookcase is chockers with an eclectic collection of art techniques and artists. The novels are relegated to the bottom shelf. Pity...but lately I'm a 'doer' more than a 'thinker'. Time enough for thinking when I'm less active. I will never understand why some people seem to have NO books.Jo Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09025838373008865611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-22868848380863439562015-06-26T05:03:19.085+10:002015-06-26T05:03:19.085+10:00I have two books on the shelf that are almost impo...I have two books on the shelf that are almost impossible to read, "Agencies of the Frame: Tectonic Strategies in Cinema & Architecture" by Michael Tawa a learned discussion which "aims to explore the parallel approaches to the conceptualization and composition of place, space, time, materiality and narrative in cinematic and architectural practices." and "Eccentric Spaces" by Robert Harbison to quote the back of the back as well, "The subject is the human imagination - and the mysterious interplay between the imagination and the spaces it has made for itself to live in; gardens, rooms, buildings, streets, museums and maps, fictional topographies, and architectures." These books are waiting for me to put my thinking cap on and try to read... I have a go with each of them every 18 months or so in the hope that my mind will have matured enough to bridge the gap but I had to give up on "The Hermeneutics of the Subject: Lectures at the Collège de France 1981--1982" by Foucault which I bought after attending a fabulous lecture by Michael Tawa about glass and Chartres Cathedral back in the early 90's here's a link<br />http://www.altx.com/au2/tawa.html <br />but I simply could not embrace Foucault... or Derrida... to tell the truth the philosophers are beyond me, as Shakespeare said so long ago-<br />"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,<br />Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."<br />Hamlet Act 1, scene 5<br />an understanding of philosophy will be for another life time!Mo Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004208849028911104noreply@blogger.com