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“Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a polymer made up of units that are closely related to vanillin. When made into paper and stored for years it breaks down and smells good. Which is how divine providence has arranged for secondhand bookstores to smell like good quality vanilla absolute, subliminally stoking a hunger for knowledge in all of us.”
Gorgeousness from the almost hundred year old lens of a Piccolette Contessa-Nettel (1919) folding camera hacked onto the photographer Jason Bognack‘s Canon 5D.
More photos on the artist’s blog todaystomorrow via thenextweb
If you are into music, and perhaps no matter your age, you recognize the iconic Pink Floyd album cover for Animals. The pig flying over Battersea Power Station in London elicits “that’s from the Pink Floyd album”, when we pass it on our way to/from Heathrow the first time we visit London.
To announce the release
It was an eclectic month at mixingreality.com. We would be remiss if we didn’t mention our most crowd pleasing post for the second month running : Spike Jonze’s capture of Yo-Yo Ma and Lil Buck which continues to enchant our readers, after which a number of eco-design posts held the top spots. They ranged from upcycled
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thanks for stopping by annette…enjoy your next read!
Who knew that that’s why old books smell so nicely! Thanks for the education!
belly, you have lots of company given how beloved this post is! thanks for writing.
I’m a compulsive book-smeller. Looks kind of creepy but then I realised I was far from being the only one
Belly B