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The spot is beautiful! 😁☘️🍃🌳🌞

I totally agree with you on contemporary, modern art, I feel the same. And I love what you said: "self-expression is not necessarily art"! This sentence struck me, it hits the nail on the head! I personally think and feel that for something to be truly beautiful, it has to remind us of the good. If it brings us down, it's not beauty

thanks for mentioning that moleskin downgraded their paper, I loooved their pocket notebooks, every year for the past 5 years I got 2, and the last time I was so disappointed and sad, cause theire quite expensive and the only reason i got them was because of the paper. I can no longer use fountain pens cause it hurts my soul the amount of bleeding that occurs.

J'avais besoin de ces mots aujourd'hui, merci .

Terrible movie. Laughs through most of it.

Such a great video, speaks to me deeply. You got me to subscribe with one video :)

your unread books don't define anything except how much you spent on books that have no use.

Of course Eco never read 30,000 books. At one book a day it would take 82 years to read that many but still he was very erudite. Read his essay on Time. He outlined his demands on time from both himself and other people who tasked him with even more deeds

I stumbled on Nietzsche in the public library when I was a teenager and after starting and giving up on "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" I tried "Beyond Good and Evil" By that time I was having a gap year between school and college and was working in a firework factory and I read "Beyond Good and Evil" in the Kaufmann translation in the works canteen and I was asked about it a lot by the folks I sat with (none of whom probably did school after 15 / 16 years old so it was interesting to try to explain it to folks with no background in philosophy) I actually enjoyed Ecce Homo but then I realised he was a big joker / witty writer.

Also worth mentioning is Samuel Johnson's opinion the advice that books, once started, should be read all the way through: "This is surely a strange advice; you may as well resolve that whatever men you happen to get acquainted with, you are to keep them for life. A book may be good for nothing; or there may be only one thing in it worth knowing; are we to read it all through?" (Quoted in Boswell's Life of Johnson.)

Unread books do not define who you are, but who you want to be.

I've discovered "how to use" my brain, as when my wife dies, I had to take really care of myself, my kids relying on my physical/psychological wellbeing. So, at first decided to lose weight, taking care about what I was eating, then (re)-starting to read, to learn. Then discovered... journaling. Have now started 4 years ago to write down almost everything I can remember, want to remember/write, before going to bed, always at minimum 15 mns. I repeat a lot of things about my everyday life, this is how we also work… we're "animals" of habits. I've started a personalized learning plan, in which I'm counting the amount of time I'm spending per activity. Learning languages, reading, mind games, etc... this is how I, now, keep a track on myself. The only objective is to keep myself aligned on the matter/activity I've decided to go through. And journaling is a part of it, the "last" part of the day is dedicated to it. Always with pens, fountain pens (I like to change the "tool" I'm using to write, everyday I'm changing of pen), I've also started to learn to use a feather (which is quite different). I know that my kids had seen me writes, as I'm not closing the door of my room, and frankly, I don't really care if someone reads it. This is me, they know me. Nothing to hide from my kids. What I don't want to share, I'll keep it in my mind. Thank you to share with all this way of dealing with ourselves, there's always a way, and this is the way you're choosing for yourself. You can take example on "how to" do things, still you have to adapt it to your way of living/doing.

A wonderful video. Well thought through.Good execution. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing. Very helpful!

amazing video! Thank you!

Nice video & the location did add beauty to the video 🦋

Setting is a perfect 'Darling Buds of May' I recommended the Soul's Code with respect to your recommendation of the book on genius. Mozart was in full contact with the divine as far as I can see for his Requiem Mass ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL from beginning to end. What is beauty? I too am not a fan of modern art. Beauty is truth and Truth is beauty according to the quote. I agree with this, beauty answers a question that we didn't know we were asking.

Don’t take modern art so serious: it’s more about an intellectual exercise between a group of friends. Or a intelectual group, or a pseudo-elite one. The group itself is not that important: just another influence circle. About the meaning of modern art: it doesn’t have any, and doesn’t need any. And also don’t need our appreciation or love. I even think is quite suitable to the movement to give it our heartfelt disdain. Love your content. 🤩 cheers from Lisbon, from an art critic and art theory masters student.

I have a large collection of books (3-4, 000) comprising various topics including Art, History, Astronomy, Literature (including the great Umberto), Science Fiction among several other categories but I confess to having many unread books or books that I have partially read or otherwise consulted. I think that its not a matter so much of how many books one has read but rather what one retains from one's reading - two very different things. I think that I qualify for the term "tsundoku" as I had a specific reason for buying my books over many decades but never indiscriminately buying them just for the sake of buying them. Books are like old friends and you can read them again and again and find something new each time or at least refresh yourself with the parts you may have forgotten, and books are like milestones on one's journey through life. There are some books that one can read and reread any number of times and never grow tired of doing so. I find it so sad that books are being replaced by all that electronic stuff because there is a lot of pleasure in holding a book in one's hands rather than reading from a screen. I suppose that Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 resonates deeply within me for some of the reasons given above. Greeting to fellow book lovers from Sydney.

There are good bookshops and bad. The bigger the bookshop, I find, the more chance I have of finding things I would read, but sometimes the smaller ones just have the titles they think their customers will want, as is often the case with libraries as well. This leads to acres of "Staff Picks" and "Summer Reading" tables, with a lot of similar, rubbishy reads on offer, and the discerning reader has to search online for what they want instead. I think if I could chose one book from your reading list it might be the Eco one, but you seem to always be able to get your hands on good books for us to look at, and what a nice spot to present them from! I'm an artist and I would say that personally I don't feel I have any kind of special access to a supernatural or divine source for my art, but I do very much draw on my strong sense of being me, in the moment, to stay "in the flow" of making art, and I think from discussion with, and watching other artists at work, it is this presence with what is happening, and the ability to be totally in it, that helps create a good artwork. Arts function, of course, is not just to be beautiful, and it doesn't have to be that, or convey that, to be good art. It can just be thought provoking, although it has to have something tying it all together; sadly these day, often a long essay (a bit like this comment) which isn't the artwork, but legitimises it, since getting a thought out and calling it art are now labelled as a reasonable measure of what is art, since Duchamp really, with his urinal, and satirised so well by Warhol's copies of copies. Arts are often a bit philosophising, in their thought processes, and I've never met an artist who I thought was any good who wasn't also very well read. To get the good stuff to output, you've got to also input good stuff; sensory perceptions, books, friends or acquaintances, environment etc.

I have started getting into classics (for around the past two years) with my upcoming read being Middlemarch, which lead me to talk to my English teacher about it with her saying Middlemarch would be more suited to be read serially. In addition the hobby of book-journaling, which I will start later this year once I start Middlemarch (and finish Vanity Fair and other activities such volunteer work and my A-Levels)!

As an Italian graduated in Italian literature, I really appreciated that you mentioned Eco and Dante. Dante is the most important poet of the Italian literature and the founder of our actual language without any doubt. I suggest you to search for Mimesis by Auerbach, too, and I really do hope you can read Dante in Italian, even if it's just a little bunch of verses, reading Dante in Italian is an unbelievable experience. I agree with you about bookshops. I think the bookshops of used, old, out of catalogue books are the best ones. Loved this video and the natural setting. Greetings ❤

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Your collection of Dante seems to be my collection of Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo! ;) I worry about the future of bookshops, and I believe I will one day utter the words: I remember the times when there were still bookstores. I hope I am wrong - it would break my heart. My publisher says that the bookstores are struggling. Great video!

Recommendations for bookshops in London greatly appreciated. I will be visiting later this year.

Keep the great work up Vashik. Love from Ireland 🇮🇪

I just had this serendipitous bookshop experience, looking for one book, not getting it, then buying four books on three subjects, none of them fiction-which is rare for me, and leaving one behind for another day. And this bookstore discovery is an act of beauty. Good spot, btw, the crows had their say, too, which I appreciate.

First, the backdrop is wonderful for recording and reading, except for the occasional helicopter or strolling couple. 😉 Next, it would take me 10 minutes to get into your sitting position - and at least twice that time to get up. Next, I agree that the Latham book is terrific and the serendipity of the used book store is a wonder. My favorite is only 20 minute drive away. I would seriously be lost without it. Next, I have put the McMahan, Anderson, and Wood books in my shopping cart for a June 1 buy. I am seriously overextended for May. Finally, I would like to pose a question if I may: what are the best movies about books. Not movies based upon a book, but ones where the book features prominently in the tale. My favorites are 84 Charing Cross Road, The Neverending Story, The Dead Poets’ Society, and The Holdovers. My son in law likes The Ninth Gate. I am too old to do the HP experience, so I can’t vote on them. Thoroughly enjoyed this video.

I also have various editions of the same works, primarily Sherlock Holmes and Oscar Wilde.

Gorgeous location Vashik. Seems like bookstores are getting harder to find here in the U.S. Just last week another store close to me closed. I buy a lot from Amazon but love the stores to explore and find something unexpected

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I love your vids even the a bit older ones, and you are so inspirational. 👏🏽

Bookshops and library are my favorite places. I'm a volunteer at our local library, and I just do enjoy that. Not really the administrative part, but to discuss. Your reading spot is really great !! Thanks to share with us, I will look for the Umberto Eco book, really like the author.

Sadly, between lack of personal space and COVID, I've only seen fit to stop in a physical bookstore once in the past five years, and that was to buy a new B&N Nook. Thus, while I am 'familiar' with Eco's novels, that particular non-fiction book by him looks totally unfamiliar and utterly fantastic. Loved that Tarkovsky quote.

(Will watch later, doing work stuff now.) But I saw the tittle and my brain instantly screamed, "YES!"

Where can I buy it?

I have been keeping a journal/diary for over 30 years, and it started with a red spiral notebook and a crystal Bic pen. I started writing because I had no one I could talk to about the thoughts and feelings swimming through my mind, without them judging, ridiculing, or minimizing my thoughts and feelings. I realized quickly that getting my thoughts out on paper was therapeutic, and the physical act of writing helped me make sense of everything, and helped in the thinking process of resolving difficulties or in truly understanding what the root was of everything I was thinking and feeling. My used and unused journal stash is huge, as is my collection of ink pens that I love writing with. Having a pretty journal and nice pens to write with also helps, at least for me. It's the little things sometimes.

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Real powerful and true!

oh i found my fave video on CZcams! Now back to reading and preparing our book club in Second Life later today! Stop by sometime :)

“The moderate overwhelm of a great bookshop is better than the infinite overwhelm of the Internet.” Seems Borgesian but true?

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We live in the age of distraction and we are all addicted to it. If you want to control your bad habits, leave your phone at home when you go out. Change your focus. You will see things you never noticed before. Instead of escaping your thoughts you will begin to notice them again.

Great video.

I love your short videos! I always know you're going to share something profound. Thank you :)

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@VashikArmenikus - Bravo!!! Loving the 5-minute videos. I'm on a mission to add humor into my writing and artwork. Your features on Marcus Aurelius has me wondering what the stoics had to say about comedy.

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As always perfect video !