Scholarly, Enriching, and Fun - The British Library

I enjoyed a virtual visit to the British Library today. It is a wonderful interactive site, filled with all kinds of treasures, exercises, metaphors, learning or just "sight seeing".

I particularly like the Learning area with opportunities to listen to Sacred Texts, read up of the history of writing, Why Write, browse through unique recipe collection, Books For Cooks, or trying the Idea Storage Zone. Below are two quotes I loved from the Idea Storage Zone.

"If the items could speak (some can) at once the result would be a cacophony of conflicting, diverging, strange and wonderful ideas. Many books would disagree with one another. If the books could move around, there would certainly be fights."

"The books become like ingredients for recipes - readers take a bit of this, a pinch of that, and then stir the ideas they have collected into their own mixture, coming out with a feast of new thoughts. Allowing people to do this is the whole point of the British Library."

I love learning stuff. Another thank you due to my parents. They both strongly supported and encouraged by interests in learning anything and everything. Either one of them had completed any higher education when I was born. They very much wanted the proverbial better life for me. Instead of a centerpiece, we had a dictionary on our dining room table and it was used often. I was encouraged to be inquisitive and investigate life. That encouragement stuck.

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.” - Albert Einstein

Time to wander off to the beach and gaze at the sea. Happy voyaging both inner and outer.