I love the smell of books. In my house, the smell of the books is the history. My oldest books smell strongly of incense while the new ones smell of glue and paper. As I read and re-read them, they gain more of their scents from the life I'm living. Since my tastes in incense and oils have changed over the years, I can pick up a book and just smell the paper, remembering what I was doing or where I picked up the book.
Oh, I forgot to mention, I really liked Cowboys and Aliens. Went from beginning to end and I really enjoyed it, must better than what I'm producing in a comic.
I get the hardcopy version of comics that I enjoy. I do it for a couple of reasons, the first being a way of supporting those comics I just happen to enjoy. The other is because I like the feel of paper. Plus, I can read it in bed or sprawled out on the couch. Paper doesn't crash and I don't have to worry about a misbehaving UPS taking out everything. Paper, unlike my computers, hasn't gone obsolete in the last couple of decades, so I feel it is a "reliable" medium.
Now, I don't throw away books. Well, I do if they are ruined (damn cats). Most of the time, I find myself going back to my little library at home and picking up a random book, already knowing how it will end, but just wanting a comfortable time with the scents of incense and good stories. :)
If you can't tell, we burn a lot of incense in our house. Some of our friends tell us that they can always find our dogs because their fur smells of it. :D
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Date: 2007-09-06 03:48 am (UTC)Oh, I forgot to mention, I really liked Cowboys and Aliens. Went from beginning to end and I really enjoyed it, must better than what I'm producing in a comic.
I get the hardcopy version of comics that I enjoy. I do it for a couple of reasons, the first being a way of supporting those comics I just happen to enjoy. The other is because I like the feel of paper. Plus, I can read it in bed or sprawled out on the couch. Paper doesn't crash and I don't have to worry about a misbehaving UPS taking out everything. Paper, unlike my computers, hasn't gone obsolete in the last couple of decades, so I feel it is a "reliable" medium.
Now, I don't throw away books. Well, I do if they are ruined (damn cats). Most of the time, I find myself going back to my little library at home and picking up a random book, already knowing how it will end, but just wanting a comfortable time with the scents of incense and good stories. :)
If you can't tell, we burn a lot of incense in our house. Some of our friends tell us that they can always find our dogs because their fur smells of it. :D