Post 2: What is a book?

A book has a life of its own.   It speaks to your inner being, like nothing else can.  It reaches your soul through a variety of emotions and events that conjure your thoughts in a unique way.  It surprises you; a book can eliminate your expectations completely.  It affects every reader in a different manner, depending on their judgment of the book.  It can take you to places you have never been.  A book can take you on a trek through the pacific, or to a romantic love scene in the 15^th century.  In a way, a book is your own personal tour guide.  It shows you its marvelous features, but allows you to see them in whatever way you desire.  The book itself is a blank canvas.  It creates an image in your mind as you read, and the more you read, the better the painting becomes.  Words are merely a map, a set of directions that can take you to the edge of the universe and beyond.

A book is not a three by four inch screen.  A page is to be flipped, not swiped.  The thickness of a book allows you to feel the depth with your fingertips, unlike a cold, lifeless cellular device that is there to only distract you.  A book has memory.  It contains scratches on the binding, or wrinkles on page created by a simple tear drop from a previous reader.  If you get tear drops on a phone screen, the guy from Apple will simply tell you that there’s water damage.  A book does not have a battery.  Its light cannot simply go out, due to over usage.  A book can never be overused.  It gains value the longer it sits on the book shelf in your head.