when I was fourteen and lounging in the gardens clubhouse -before it was torn down and out of my life- I picked up 'The Little Prince'. When I was sixteen, a copy of 'The Little Prince' became mine.
when I was eighteen, mr koh lent me 'Mister God, This Is Anna'. I'm twenty now. I would like a copy of 'Mister God, This is Anna' to become mine. May I not forget.
Vernon Sproxton talked about Ah! Books in its introduction. He says
Ah! Books are those which induce a fundamental change in the reader's consciousness. They widen his sensibility in such a way that he is able to look upon familiar things as though he is seeing and understanding them for the first time. Ah! Books are galvanic. They touch the nerve-centre of the whole being so that the reader receives an almost palpable physical shock. A tremor of excited perception ripples through the person.
Brilliance right. I've had three, I think. Here they are:
'The Little Prince'
'Mister God, This Is Anna'.
'Pilgrim by Tinker's Creek'
[I'm not sure if 'Pilgrim by Tinker's Creek' counts, but I'll put it here anyway.]
I think, these books are a good reflection of who I am. People sprout tired maxims like 'you are what you eat', but did you ever think, you are what your Ah! Book is?
It's three sixteen in the morning now, and I have yet to actually come up with an essay plan that is anything more than scribbles and intelligible mindless scrawls, but I am supremely satisfied with my little revelation.
2 comments:
Hola! (:
Lets see the Ah! Books of mine are "Unifying Geography", "Surviving the Volcano" by Stanely Williams, "The Sea Around Us" by Rachel Carson and "The Courage to Teach".
says alot doesn't it.
And did you migrate here with all your barang barang of your past? I am assuming this is a completely new blog.
ahahahahha yeah yr Ah! books are so telling. :))
yeah it's really simple actually. just go to the dashboard and change the website's name! haha so empowering right.
it's FANTASTIC to have you back :)
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