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My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
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Everyday Canvas #832468 added October 27, 2014 at 5:02pm Restrictions: None
E-Books Controversy
Not a day passes by that I don’t hear someone badmouthing E-books against the romanticism of in-print books. I don’t understand why people have been so resistant to E-books. I find E-Books to be cheaper, more convenient where font size and lighting are concerned, and easier than carrying several heavy in-print books. In fact, my e-book readers each carry a library on their own. Moreover, where fiction is concerned, I only read a novel or a story once..
Before people throw a fit over e-books, let’s look at the history of portable literature. In-print books are only about 500 years old. Earlier than that, people used to use scrolls and oral story-telling.
First portable book printed was in 1501, Petrarch’s poems, edited by Pietro Bembo, 1470-1547, and printed by Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515.
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So why the temper tantrum over something 500 years old? It isn’t as if the entire human civilization has depended on it, and why not embrace change for the better? I think E-Books are here to stay and will become even better with added technological elements.
Yes, an in-print book may be romantic, but so is a wax candle. Still, who wants to live without electricity!
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