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From: Miriam Lang Budin <miriammeister>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 21:38:31 -0400
It's hard to choose, but so much fun to remember!
When I was about ten I came across a museum catalog from an exhibition of photographs, possibly from the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, on my parents' bookshelves. It was called THE FAMILY OF MAN and had all the black and white photos from the exhibition and accompanying quotations from great works of literature, sacred texts, etc. The photos depicted a wide range of people from around the world and spoke to me of the universality of the human experience. Birth, death, grief, joy, work, play, grinding poverty, celebration, sensuality, anger, and so much more were vividly depicted.
I loved reading Lewis Carroll's ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS on an annual basis. Every spring I would go through them again because with each re-reading I got more of the humor, word-play and logic. I liked knowing that I was growing in my understanding of them.
I, too, adored THE BORROWERS. I had had an imaginary friend just their supposed size and thought Mary Norton and I were on the same wavelength.
And--oh--those Edward Eager books! The possiblity of magic entering my prosaic, suburban life kept hope ever green. Plus, I loved the Bodecker illustrations.
In high school CATCH 22 had a profound effect on my perception of the absurdity of war.
I could go on and on, but I won't!
Miriam
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 21:38:31 -0400
It's hard to choose, but so much fun to remember!
When I was about ten I came across a museum catalog from an exhibition of photographs, possibly from the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, on my parents' bookshelves. It was called THE FAMILY OF MAN and had all the black and white photos from the exhibition and accompanying quotations from great works of literature, sacred texts, etc. The photos depicted a wide range of people from around the world and spoke to me of the universality of the human experience. Birth, death, grief, joy, work, play, grinding poverty, celebration, sensuality, anger, and so much more were vividly depicted.
I loved reading Lewis Carroll's ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND and THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS on an annual basis. Every spring I would go through them again because with each re-reading I got more of the humor, word-play and logic. I liked knowing that I was growing in my understanding of them.
I, too, adored THE BORROWERS. I had had an imaginary friend just their supposed size and thought Mary Norton and I were on the same wavelength.
And--oh--those Edward Eager books! The possiblity of magic entering my prosaic, suburban life kept hope ever green. Plus, I loved the Bodecker illustrations.
In high school CATCH 22 had a profound effect on my perception of the absurdity of war.
I could go on and on, but I won't!
Miriam
-- Miriam Lang Budin Chappaqua Library, NYReceived on Tue 23 May 2006 08:38:31 PM CDT
