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>
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