Over the weekend, I soaked my book, first in cold water for three hours and then in hot water for about ten hours. This made the paper swell and soften and the cover seperated from the book, the book became really flimsy.
Interesting choice for a paper weight! I can see your reference to the relationship between history and geology in your use of a precious/semi-precious stone to weigh the book down in the water. Geological artefacts such as stones hold intrinsic meaning in our history, as it provides researchers with the means to extrapolate the context of the historocities we establish and write about in books such as this. The destructive affects of minerals on paper also emphasizes the fragility of 'the book', and how, through exposure to natural elements, such man-made objects literaly break down. This speaks to the metaphorical break down of mankinds ideas and knowledge suspended in 'the book' as an icon of human knowledge, effectively relating to your ideas around the books obselete status in our technologically driven age. Well done kirst:)
Interesting choice for a paper weight! I can see your reference to the relationship between history and geology in your use of a precious/semi-precious stone to weigh the book down in the water. Geological artefacts such as stones hold intrinsic meaning in our history, as it provides researchers with the means to extrapolate the context of the historocities we establish and write about in books such as this. The destructive affects of minerals on paper also emphasizes the fragility of 'the book', and how, through exposure to natural elements, such man-made objects literaly break down. This speaks to the metaphorical break down of mankinds ideas and knowledge suspended in 'the book' as an icon of human knowledge, effectively relating to your ideas around the books obselete status in our technologically driven age. Well done kirst:)
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