#anti-library

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Im a big fan specifically of your poems. Could you write a last one, maybe about something dumb?

Sure

i am a bee

bee

im a bee

im a bee

do you think im a bee

i think i might be a bee

pretty sure im a bee

but maybe im a flower

and the bee is there to carry

the flower from place to place

plants dont have true sense

but flowering im pretty sure

feels great to flower

fitting my body into a whole

but im not sure im a flower

can a bee just decide its a flower

just a bee all the time

bees are good so its a good choice

but flowers are good too

in the bee part of my soul

there is a bee bee

and in the flower part

there is a flower flower

the bee bee is at ease in the flower flower

but the flower flower finds it difficult

to find the bee bee

when bee bee is the bee flower

and flower flower is the bee flower

flower flower finds its friend

and bee bee bee can be found

in flower flower

in bee bee

two flowers meet and kiss and the flower bee

bee bee

in the flower part of its soul

and the flower in the bee part

another happy bee to join the flower flower

flower flower

flower flower flower

and bee bee

bee bee flower flower

flower flower flower

flower flower flower flower

bee bee flower bee bee

flower flower flower flower

bee bee flower flower flower

flower flower flower bee bee flower

flower flower flower bee bee flower

look! here comes the bee bee

bee bee flower flower flower bee bee flower

flower flower flower bee bee flower flower

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bee bee flower bee bee flower flower flower

flower flower flower bee bee bee flower flower

flower flower flower bee bee bean flower flower bee bee flower

two flowers meet and kiss and the flower

flower bee

[rboren]

Process share for Diego: Here’s a screenshot of my thinking space, the Markdown editor Ulysses. I’m currently working on a piece about our “generation ship” house and NATiVE’s part in making it: “Our Generation Ship: Electrify all the things, Automate all the things, Backup all the things” Screenshot of Ulysses showing my library, sheets in my inbox, the current sheet, and the dashboard. You…

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Have you really read all these?: Anti-libraries and Knowledge

Have you really read all these?: Anti-libraries and Knowledge

No, I haven’t read all of the books I own cover-to-cover. I read a couple books a week all the way through. I strategically skim and search a couple more. A lot can be learned from the introduction and opening chapters of a book, so I habitually download, search, and read samples from the Kindle store. Highlights and notes from all this reading go into DEVONthink and Ulysses.

PDFs, ebooks, and…

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15,000 Pages and One Book and the Anti-library

* 4 mins reading

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” – Mark Twain

Have you heard about the anti-library? I have one.

I regret not starting to read at an earlier age. I just didn’t know better. Now, when I see a kid sitting outside reading, I envy her.

As the end of 2017 is just around the corner, it has been my tradition since 2014 to recommend one book out…

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[vagueandvariant-blog]

My current anti-library. (That thick gray tome near the bottom left corner is War and Peace. Reading its entire contents shall be a formidable task, but I vow that no book is too intimidating in its dictionary-esque length to handle! Huzzah!)

When not splayed across the carpet, the books reside in a plastic bin inside the closet, piled atop one another. I'm fairly certain the debt that's accumulated as a result of this compulsive book-buying will result in my starvation, but at least my mind shall remain thoroughly sated! (That is, until I run out of new reading material and must find a way to obtain more. Desperate times, desperate measures. -shifty eyes-)