Celebrating libraries

maipenquynh on 29. November 2024

For a long time, I didn't really realise that I had a heart for libraries. They were there and I went there. That's it, no more and no less. That's what I thought. The fact that I'm now a bit of a fan of libraries and want to blog about them - I wouldn't have thought it.

It's all the more amusing to look back and see in the photo archive that this interest was already there much earlier. I just didn't see it.

Nowadays it's completely different. I am very aware of libraries. Wherever I go, libraries are a sight worth seeing (just like bookshops, but this is another topic). Thus, I look for libraries and visit them subsequently. Or if I happen to walk past one, I take a quick look inside. I consciously look around to see how the library is organised, try out the seating possibilities and take some photos every now and then.

Thus, I want to celebrate libraries a little with some text and photos. Where will the journey lead to? I don't know. But it can only be good, right?

Fittingly, I wrote this text in a public library. Quite nice.

Internet findings (3)

maipenquynh on 6. October 2024

💻 | 📚 Tiny neighborhood libraries
I'm currently in a phase of paying a lot of attention to libraries. Has the frequency of library content always been like this and I haven't noticed or has it actually changed and now there's been more?
Library content 1: Jim takes photos of Tiny neighborhood libraries in the States and I think this is a beautiful photo motif. I've never seen anything like this in Germany - but if I ever come across one, I know what I'll do!

💻 | 📚 Bibliothek
Library content 2: Flow im Ohr writes about his experiences with the Bibliothek (library) in Kiel and shares his thoughts on the opportunities that libraries offer to society - and how these are (not) utilised.

💻 | 🐝 Klein, aber auffällig – die Gemeine Sumpfschwebfliege
In case I haven't mentioned it before: Unfortunately, I have very little knowledge of flora and fauna in general and the local flora and fauna in particular. Elke shows interesting things about local flora and fauna which are worth to see and learn about. The pattern of this fly (Gemeine Schwebefliege) is quite extra!

🎧 | ➗ Maryam Mirzakhani und die Schönheit der Mathematik
The podcast ‘Geschichten aus der Mathematik’ (Stories from mathematics) is not that old, I've just realized. The first episode I listed to was the episode about Maryam Mirzakhaniis not that old as I have just realized. My first episode I listened to was the episode about Maryam Mirzakhani. The intro sentence telling she was the first mathematician to receive the Fields Medal (one of the highest mathematical award) piqued my curiosity. The podcast tells the context and explains the maths that was in focus in a way that is also suitable for laypeople. It's incredible and so unimaginable to me what must go on in the minds of mathematicians. What they ‘see’ and what connections and questions arise. Getting a little insight was pretty cool.

🎧 | 📞 Telephobia – Dieser einer Anruf
Having listened to the season finale of season 1, I highly recommend the entire podcast ‘Telephobia – Dieser einer Anruf“ ‘ (Telephobia - This One Call). As the subtitle of the podcast says, it's about that one phone call. This call you have to make to have certainty about something that is bothering you. I really enjoyed the narrative style as well as the personal stories.

A promise is a promise: The girl in the library of Mainz

maipenquynh on 15. September 2024

A few weeks ago, I told about happy 12 euros - my library card which I had just extended was the reason for that.

While I was in the library, I even took a photo. But I didn't want to wait until it was developed and so the post went online without the photo. I was really desperate to post my happiness!

Thankfully (not ironically), Miss Booleana reminded me in her last Blogophilie , that I still had a promise to fulfil and the photo was still being awaited for (so nice ☺). The photo has had a few days (weeks?) to have its peace, now it's time to go online.

So I'm posting the photo today, and I've also included it in the corresponding post.

The picture looked different in my head, and possibly in yours, too. I hope I'm not destroying any imaginations now :'D

But that doesn't change the memories of that day: happy 12 euros.

Camera + lens: Olympus XA2
Film: Kodak Gold 200
Development + scan: ON FILM LAB