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 A new blog to contain answers to prompts |
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas "  became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one. Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.  |
| Prompt: Library "A library is thought in cold storage." Herbert Samuel Do you go to a public library? Are libraries still important in our lives? ------------- In my view, our local library used to be more than just a place with books. It used to be a container of human thought, ideas, knowledge, friendship, etc. There is a long walkway from the parking lot to our local library's door. I used to feel like a happy bride, each time I walked on that long stretch of cement, carrying books instead of a bouquet. Yes, it used to be like that...then! But it's just that...used to be...then! And I used to go to our local library at least three times a week. Yes, mostly for the books, but also I was a member of a reading group, which dissolved when Covid struck. Another group was formed sometime last year but the people were different. The old friends and friendships were gone with some of the members moving to other states, others passing away, several from Covid. I'm not sure the second group survived since I didn't join that group for it felt totally useless like an afterthought. So, the last time I went to our local library was a bit more than a year ago, to renew my library card, which was another totally useless effort, wishful thinking at its best, and I didn't go there after that. Maybe because I felt so sad when I was there. Even the drive back was sad that day, since I had borrowed only one book, whereas during the earlier years, I used to have a library bag and it would become filled with borrowed books. That one book, btw, I didn't return it myself. My son dropped it off for me, sparing me more sad feelings, which was for the better, when I think about it. So the phrase, "cold storage" fits, and in a sorry fashion, as if someone turned a lively kitchen or a busy restaurant into cold storage. Anyhow, with the advent of AI, it may only be a matter of time before all human thought and creativity becomes totally frozen, also. I so hope for time to prove me wrong, but will it? Now, because I have an ongoing love for books and the written word, I still read on my Kindle pads and the computer, but I also love to hold a book in my hands and turn its pages while becoming totally immersed in what it delivers to me. Then, I own a lot of books, too, a few of which are still unread, only because my eyes aren't what they used to be, and one can't do much with the printed page except for using a magnifier. On the other hand, with the electronic media, I have control over the fonts and their sizes, and also, when I hold a Kindle in my hands, the device feels weightless. On the other hand, nowadays, most libraries also lend digital books, and we don't have to drive to the library to get them. So, this means, libraries are still breathing some life, although that life seems to be iffy at its best. Maybe, just maybe, through some unexpected turn of events, someone will unlock the doors to the libraires and that cold storage will warm us and the books back to life, again. |
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