The smell of books..... ?

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by fugazied

It's kind of disgusting when you realise that the smell is the paper decaying, the chemical in the paper and ink leeching out and possibly the smell of tiny mites who have decided to live in the book decaying. lol

I do like the smell too though.

And some people still like wine, beer, cheese, sauerkraut...

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

I don't "smell" books, any more than I "taste" driving, "watch" radio newscasts or "feel" television.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

I don't "smell" books, any more than I "taste" driving, "watch" radio newscasts or "feel" television.

I smell books, and I taste through the air vents the air we are passing through in the car, and I watch the radio, particularly during items I am most emotionally attached to to focus my body and my mind on a source, and I "feel" the the light and sounds of the television in my spine and my face or even so far as holding my hand just barely above the screen.

I don't find decay disgusting, but, rather, beautifully part of, for instance the fecundity of my garden, or the transience of memory or life. My body innately rejects the odour of decaying animal flesh, but I do not reject an odour simply because it is decay. "So it goes".

But that's me - one minuscule data point in a sea of senses. Everyone builds their own mindscape, and uses whatever means they see fit.

Cheers,
Marc (licking the screen)

[Moe The Cat]

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

... "watch" radio newscasts ...

Steve, I don't know about the "taste" driving or "feel" television, but you can get a "watch radio" here ...

[desertgrandma]

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

I don't "smell" books, any more than I "taste" driving, "watch" radio newscasts or "feel" television.

Now, thats just sad. All books have their own smell, and older books are the best....unless they are smokers books. Those go in the trash...