04.Jul.2010 A Picture Paints A Thousand Books
What one picture would you choose to represent your reading taste without a book in it? Simon of Stuck in a Book started the wave a while ago and I saw many who have responded to the challenge, which I loved to see (list here and pic compilation here). I know I’m awfully late, but it is something I’ve been thinking about and can’t possibly miss to contribute!
I’ve decided to settle on this painting by Salvador Dali. I saw this painting so many years ago, when I was a teenager. At that time I didn’t know who Salvador Dali was, never paid any attention to paintings, and didn’t know who painted it. Just last year I stumbled upon Destino, an animated short, collaboration by Disney and Dali (you can check the video on youtube). Only after learning more about Dali did I find out that he was the painter of the painting I fixed my eyes upon almost a decade ago. Boy how it stuck on my mind. I remember staring at it for at least a couple of minutes at some random small store which I just went in by chance. Didn’t quite make out what it was, but I was absolutely enchanted by it. It probably remains the only painting that is engraved in my memory from my teenage self.
What does it have anything to do with my reading taste, you ask.
I love books that are memorable and long lasting. I love books that make me think, challenge my world, and come up with a new reality. Books that are haunting, bold, and different. Books that grab my soul and don’t let go.
Books that make me go Wow.
mee 
