* Inscribed (in french) on the proscenium of the old theatre in the Carnegie-Mellon School of Fine Arts, my alma mater.
Once again I have returned to Baker Library in the town where I grew up: Hanover, NH. This is the place I wrote my term papers in high school…
The place I Iearned from a classmate in 1963 that Oswald had been shot.
The place I found a desk with a secret drawer filled with treasures.
The place of many flirtations.
The place “where Inspiration spreads wide its glorious wings”.
The place I am from.
Of the many rooms I love in this library, I’m drawn once again to the Theodor Geisel (Dr. Suess) “imaginative place to study!” Must be something about unleashing the imagination of my childhood.
Voices from long ago join me, yet it is silent and I am alone. An exhibit in the hallway about the history of printing and binding of books reminds me of my brother Jim (who invented the electronic book).
I ponder an illustration from Dr. Suess’s last book, published in 1990: Oh, The Places You’ll Go! and I can’t imagine a more perfect place to work.
It’s time to disconnect: no tweets, no emails, no calls.
Over and Out.
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