I think a book on wich nothing has been written, is a book that has never been loved. If you like a book, and the way it speak to you, then you have to start a conversation with him, to give him your thoughs, in the same way he gave you something. For me, it is some kind of respect : a book help you to grow up, to learn or experiment something - taking notes on its pages is just like making the book become alive AND to admit that it make you think. A book his not an object - it's the mind and intellect of someone who's saying something. Books could be valuable (as objects) when they are rare - and it is not really the case anymore. And even, the old bibles (so precious that they were attached to the library's shelves), were written/printed with the 'glose', comments all around the text… |
