Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Henry David Thoreau ISBN Tag

I really like the idea of this, something so simple which is able (with a bit of digging) to say something so expansive.



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From Torontoist:



"This year, a more cryptic stencil has appeared on the Humber Bay Arch Bridge, boldly proclaiming "ISBN 486-28495-6" for all to see and ponder. This International Standard Book Number turns out to be a paperback edition of Henry David Thoreau's Walden; Or, Life in the Woods.



In Walden, Thoreau wrote, "A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature."



Photo by Val Dodge.




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