if you didn't fully connect to it read "A short stay in hell"
it's a story that occurs "within" the library.
Very worthwhile.
I did not understand it, but I have felt it, and it transported me into a maze of lateral thinking.
https://maskofreason.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/the-library-of-babel-by-jorge-luis-borges.pdf nostr:note1dh2rjps5evw97eeulh3343dndpkeyssk3dfaqzj8d3nxkkt5fmasera07p
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I am still absorbing. It’s my first time reading it…
It connected a whole lot, in my mind. I kept “wandering in the Library” instead of reading…
One passage took me by the guts.
The “I did not understand it” was a reference to the question asked by the author in the short story “you sure of understanding my language?”
Thanks for the recommendation. Will certainly read it again.
yeah, it takes a lot of playing with your mind to understand the implications, "A short stay in hell" is like walking on someone's interpretation; it's much more directed, but obviously less creative. At the same time, the author of "A short stay in hell" has obviously done a lot of work of walking through many of the possible situations and scenarios, so if you won't spend weeks/months thinking of it you'll likely encounter weirdness you wouldn't have come up otherwise.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yeah, sure. Not sure I’ll sleep tonight… 😒
🤣🤣🤣 it transports and lingers
Will start reading the other one in a week or so. I want to get lost in my version of the Library a bit first 🙌
love it!
there's a few books in the library that describe PRECISELY what you will discover in the next week
and there are countless versions that depict an entire fictional version of what you will discover next week
