It wasn't that long ago that so many of us waxed poetic over film. We
paid homage to the process, marveled at the wonder of a print coming
to life in the developing tray, swore that we would never be seduced
by the overpriced toys that were digital cameras.
Film is forever. When we're old and breathing our last, we'll all make
one last stand in the darkroom, breathe the pungent fumes of hypoid
and praise the gods of silver and cellulose.
Yeah. Right.
Paul
On Feb 27, 2009, at 6:56 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Bob W wrote:
There are more pleasures in reading than just reading.
From the article I referenced (that everyone, apparently, refuses to
read):
"Books? Every one of us in this room could write an anthem to the
book. The feel of a fine binding, the smell of newly opened pages,
the satisfying heft of a book in your hands -- can anything top it?
When I get home at night, before dinner I sit with a drink in my
hand in a room full of books, each one of them an old friend who has
accompanied me on part of my life voyage. The book of poems I loved
in college, the biography that first introduced me to a great
historical figure twenty years ago, the novel that entertained me on
a vacation, or maybe the one that explained a piece of the world to
me. "
"As you can see, I can get sentimental about these things we call,
by inference, the old media. They mean a lot to me, emotionally as
well as economically -- and I suspect they do to all of you, too. I
believe they are, after food, clothing and shelter, and after our
family relations and our friendships, the most important things in
our lives.
"And I believe one more thing: I believe they, and all forms of
print, are dead. Finished. Over. Perhaps not in my professional
lifetime, but certainly in that of the youngest people in this room. "
"...let me put it this way: you may prefer to ride across town in
horse-and-carriage, or across a lake in a wind-powered yacht, but no
one makes that carriage or that yacht for you anymore, at least not
at a reasonable price. So too with the book in the future..."
Read the whole (short) piece: http://dirckhalstead.org/issue0002/okrent.htm
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