Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, Rangoon, Myanmar/Burma 1991年諾貝爾和平獎得主翁山蘇姬正在閱讀
Everywhere I go in the world, I see young and old,
我所到之處，我看見了青年和老年人
rich and poor, reading books.
富人和窮人都正在閱讀
Whether readers are engaged in the sacred or the secular,
無論是從事世俗或神聖工作的讀者
they are, for a time, transported to another world.
我所到之處，我看見了青年和老年人
rich and poor, reading books.
富人和窮人都正在閱讀
Whether readers are engaged in the sacred or the secular,
無論是從事世俗或神聖工作的讀者
they are, for a time, transported to another world.
他們正被導引進其他的世界
Myanmar/BurmaEver since Gutenberg invented the printing press which enabled
everyone access to books, artists have tried to portray the relationship of readers and books.
everyone access to books, artists have tried to portray the relationship of readers and books.
Myanmar/BurmaGarrett Stewart’s book, The Look of Reading:
Book, Painting, Text, explores the relationship of
reading and art.He points out that a wide array of artists from Rembrandt to Picasso and Cassatt
and dozens more,over the past 500 years
have painted people reading and the “look of reading” on the subjects’ faces.
Book, Painting, Text, explores the relationship of
reading and art.He points out that a wide array of artists from Rembrandt to Picasso and Cassatt
and dozens more,over the past 500 years
have painted people reading and the “look of reading” on the subjects’ faces.
Shanghai, China
Rome, Italy
Spanish Steps, Rome, Italy
Chiang Mai, ThailandWe are familiar with words describing images, but not so
familiar withimages describing words and the
impact reading has on our lives.
familiar withimages describing words and the
impact reading has on our lives.
Istanbul, TurkeyReading a good book is a universal activity,
and people read while they do just about everything else.
and people read while they do just about everything else.
Afghan soldier takes cover from bombardment at Kandahar Airport
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminusformerly Victoria Terminus, Mumbai/Bombay, India
Ujjian, IndiaWe read to know we are not alone.
- C.S. Lewis
- C.S. Lewis
Havana, Cuba 
Lourdes, France
Washington Square Park, New York
Venice, Italy
Rome, ItalyI have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
– Jorge Luis Borges
– Jorge Luis Borges
Istanbul, TurkeyThere is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!
- Emily Dickinson
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!
- Emily Dickinson
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