An online commonplace book
Men must endure their going hence, even as their coming hither…
– William Shakespeare
As read from John Hendrix’s The Mythmakers.
Hendrix, John. The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (A Graphic Novel). United States, Abrams Fanfare, 2024. pg 154
For man is never truly himself except when he is actively creating something
Go! Create!
As read from John Hendrix’s The Mythmakers. The best type of book – part prose biography, part comic, part picture book.
Doubles as a commonplace book, chock full of fantastic quotes.
Picture books are underrated.
Hendrix, John. The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (A Graphic Novel). United States, Abrams Fanfare, 2024. pg 101
At Saint-Maurice I have a huge trunk. I’ve been filling it, ever since I was 7 years old, with my plans… with the letters I receive, with my photos. With all I love, think about, and want to remember. At times I spread them out haphazardly on the floor. And as I look down, I am reminded of all these things once again. Nothing but that trunk is of importance to me.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
We should all cultivate a “trunk” like Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Bimba Landmann‘s In Search of the Little Prince is an enlightening short biography of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The prose reads like a poem. And I knew Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a pilot, but I didn’t realize how much he loved to fly.
Picture books remain underrated.
Landmann, Bimba. In Search of the Little Prince. United States, Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014.
One morning you wake up and say: “It was just a fairy tale.” You laugh at yourself, but deep down you’re not laughing at all. You know that fairy tales are the only truth of life.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Picture books remain underrated.
Landmann, Bimba. In Search of the Little Prince. United States, Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014.
I dropped out of school, but I didn’t drop out of life.
– August Wilson
Try not to drop out of either.
Bryant, Jen. Feed Your Mind: A Story of August Wilson. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2019.
We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of world it is
Edwin Hubble*
Edwin’s spark toward astronomy started with his Grandfather, who bought him a telescope for his eighth birthday.
Edwin Hubble’s astronomy studies didn’t begin right away. He started at the University of Chicago. Then studied law at Oxford in England. Later he returned to the University of Chicago to finally begin his Astronomy studies.
Edwin Hubble coached high school basketball?!
Two of Edwin Hubble’s most important discoveries:
All this from the wonderful picture book: The Boy Whose Head was Filled With Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble.
*Marinov, Isabelle. The Boy Whose Head Was Filled With Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble. Brooklyn: Enchanted Lion Books, 2021.
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