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Breakdown of book bricks


Monday, April 18, 2016

you enter

the room

the walls

are books

their backs

turned on you

the books

won’t share a word

unless you take one of them

one brick from the wall

but the wall they form

can’t be broken down

they turned their backs

on you

you have to turn your head

sideways

to read what their names are

even when it is your own room

your own wall

it can feel like the chinese wall

in fact

it’s all chinese to you

so you give up

a big bookcase

is not in favor

of the books

nor you

the renovation of an ancient building 

now

this is

what i’m going to do

 

i’ll break down the wall

brick by brick

book by book

 

what do i feel?

which book belongs

to that

what i feel

?

 

and

what do i want?

which book belongs

to that

what i want

?

 

where am i

with this feeling that i have

and the book that i want to read

?

 

for each feeling

and each desire

a book

and a place

so i took all the books

out of the room, now it’s empty

like the first page

 

i put the books on piles

piles of feelings and desires

piles of knowledge

books can give you everything

if you take care

 

now this is what i’m going to do

i’ll start to write

first pile

epilogue

learning

i want to learn things

i am curious

big books

history

the atlas

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dictionaries

encyclopedia

next to notebooks

and dummies

and books for dummies

how to

cut

paste

sew

read

draw

think

find

go

the place is ready

for reading

as well as doing

the worktable

 

second pile

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introduction

loving

i want to read

about the love in the world

and want it sometimes i feel without love

sometimes i feel in love

and want it

there is a note written inside

with love, for you

i’ll read to you and to myself

poems of love

bed side stories

books that keep a place warm in

 

the bed

 

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third pile

first chapter

you can’t read

on an empty stomach

stained and smelling books about food

and cooking

world dishes

when we sit here we always talk about food and share ideas for dishes and tastes on our tongues

kitchen table

 

 

 

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forth pile
dreaming

second chapter

fantasies

fiction

stories

to disappear in

 

when you think you want

to watch the television

or when you are bored

you sit in the chair

and lean sideways

then you grab a book

and start to read

and to disappear

 

a good chair

 

 

 

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fifth pile

books with mud and sand

third chapter

flowers between the pages

encyclopedias of plants

latin names and hours

of drawing

books of gardening

the hammock or the garden chair

 

 

 

sixth pile

forth chapter

dreams of traveling

flora and fauna

nature and travel books

national geographic

capitol guides

next to the computer

to book a flight

 

computer table

 

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seventh pile

fifth chapter

when you’re an art student

art is everywhere

also when you’re a normal person

there is an art way of looking at things around you

it is nice to have books to leaf through

or read carefully

monographies

biographies

auto

biographies

art

philosophy

theory

catalogues

magazines

fanzines

on the easel

on the bench

on the work table

in the bathroom

in plastic jackets, shower-and-bath-proof

in on behind the closet

everywhere

the rest of the books

many thanks to-

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ideas

pleas

novels

 

books are a part of life

but a wall of books

is too far away

 

to bring the books close

 

to accompany to your tea

and your company

to show pictures and lines

for your eyes only

 

the books can travel with you on vacation

or on a rolling table

through every wall of the house

 

 

 

a book as a bookshelf

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books forming a bookcase

holding other books

showing their faces,

finally

when you break down the book wall

you will

discover books

in places unexpected

finding them back

after long loss

a rose

and its smell

between pages

a postcard

a letter

a bookmark

notes, lines, circled words

a younger you

wrote a letter

 

 

surprise yourself and others

with books as gifts in corners

and between the pillows of the bench

 

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put into words

books that you know

that will always be there

next to your bed

or under it

on the closet

standing on its small edge

facing you

with a different page each day

 

books that you carry

that carry your thoughts

a small book in

a small bag

book size, pocket size

with you

 

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body books

big books

book hats

big bags

hat books

a book in a hat

a book in a sock

smelling a little of sweat

sock-pockets for books

follow your steps

some say the library is unnecessary

some say it has already gone

words are everywhere

the library

is the world

form your library

from the words in the world


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